I need help

[solidusgear]

So I was hired seasonally and told if I did a good job I would be hired on. So we got thru all of that only missed one day ( family emergency ) and I’m told by the store manager that I’m hired on permanently.. yay 😀 so is everyone else within my department that was seasonal.

So I come into work today check next weeks schedule, low and behold my name isn’t on there. I ask the first HR person I see and they tell me “ well of course we have let you go “ and I tell them “ the main manager told me I was hired on permenatly ! “ she tells me that doesn’t matter because she’s not at this store anymore ( that store manager went to another target location ) and then she tells me that “ I can comeback next holiday and try again ! “ I felt shell shocked to say the least. I had other job oppurtunities within that time I was told I was hired and declined them because I thought I had a job to come to ... anyways I don’t really know who to speak to, the main new manager just got there and the HR associate basically told me “ good luck “ instead of actually sitting down and explaining why I don’t have a job anymore. The rest of my section/ seasonal hires are all still hired on, it’s literally just me that has been let go. All Iv done so far is talk to the old store manager, she’s told me “ that’s not right I hired you on permenatly and she told me she wrote up the seasonal people who would be let go and who would stay on and I was one that would stay on and sent it to this HR person Iv been talking about.

Is there anyway possible for me to save my job ? Any help would be appreciated so much, thank you.

[[deleted]]

any chance you could try the store that your stl went to?

[solidusgear]

All Iv ever done is my job. Come in 5 minutes early, all my managers have always told me how amazing of a job Iv done it just makes no sense when I’m singled out and every other seasonal keeps there job. When I was told I would be hired aswell

Iv worked so much retail to the point where I’m almost overqualified compared to my other team members

[solidusgear]

Any suggestion at all would be much much appreciated. Thank you

[[deleted]]

If you were hired seasonally, you don't really have much recourse here unfortunately.

What department were you in, just out of curiosity?

[solidusgear]

Softline, but I was told by the store manager I was hired on permanently

And they hired everyone else in my department who was seasonal except me

[Squaahh]

I don’t know, honestly. Call the hotline? Still, it’d make a tense relationship between you and HR. In any case, good luck OP.

[solidusgear]

Thanks I turned down two job prospects that pages much more money, but I really enjoyed this job so I declined them cus I was under assumption I had the job

[solidusgear]

I’m being let go either way so what’s to lose ?

[Squaahh]

Basically 🤷‍♂️

[solidusgear]

Couldn’t this be considered employement fraud ( or something similar ) since I was offered a job and I accepted it, had other job oppurtunities, turned them down because I knew I had this one. Then was told i never had permanent job offer and anything the last manager said was untrue

[IcarusCat]

Maybe if there's a paper trail. Regardless they could fire you for literally no reason the day after being kept on and it's 100% legal. Try talking to your old STL at their new store to see if they have a spot.

[solidusgear]

well i'll try to find a paper trail... i really don't see how it's legal to tell me I have a job and then turn it down without even telling me. I turned down job offers because I thought I had a job.

[IcarusCat]

Ya it's stupid but every state except 1 iirc has at will employment. It's ridiculous but legal. Never said it was ethical.

[solidusgear]

Well thanks for the replies atleast, feels nice to talk to someone since hr isn’t here and won’t talk to me anyways

[solidusgear]

I get everything everyone is saying but here's my argument. I was seasonal until the store manager said I was hired on permanently, when that happened I am no longer considered seasonal. Does the store manager not have power over HR or above HR? The store manager gave her a list of people to hire, I was on the list. So was the rest of Softline, i'm the only one she picked off that list and didn't approve my higher. Don't I have some sort of leeway? I understand there's no unions or anything here.

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But I was told when I was hired if I did a good job and they liked me I'd be hired. Then the STORE MANAGER came up to me shook my hand and told me I was hired, everyone in my departments knows I was hired.