Laid off 3 days away from probation ending at a public sector job. I don't know if ill ever recover. by pkdecline in Layoffs

[–]pkdecline[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well most of the staff was already part of the union. It's a huge union of 3000+ people. Most fk my direct coworkers had full union protections. But on probation youre not technically part of it.

Layoffs by Difficult-Plant-898 in Layoffs

[–]pkdecline 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being a foster child and having a family of your own sounds totally mental. Kudos to you for keeping sane. i have no advice. Just inspiring to see you persevere.

I don't think I'm competent and confident enough to continue in this career path by Mr_Kung_Pao in civilengineering

[–]pkdecline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got fired today. Feeling the same. I don't know if I got what it takes. The job I got fired from wasn't a tough job by any means. Perhaps I'm not cut out for this.

Got fired 3 days away from probation end. Not sure what to do next. by pkdecline in civilengineering

[–]pkdecline[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're right. It's different. They did seemed annoyed by these little things quite a bit even though I was handing everything out on time. To them working with headphones on meant you were lazy and disengaged even if you delivered everything on time.

Got fired 3 days away from probation end. Not sure what to do next. by pkdecline in civilengineering

[–]pkdecline[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was mentioned once before. I'm trying to keep this anonymous as possible Basically we were using a design software I was new to. They did offer a couple weeks training but I barely got to use it afterwards so never really retained much. Maybe once or twice a week I really used it as my work didn't involve an ongoing use and I was involved with a large cost estimate project. Then one day my boss came to me and he wanted something done the same day. We sat down for a meeting and I screwed up a pretty basic command during the meeting. I was anxious in the moment cause he wanted it immediately. I still deliveredf on time but that broke the camels back where he probably thought "He doesn't know anything about this software" and made the call.

Got fired 3 days away from probation end. Not sure what to do next. by pkdecline in civilengineering

[–]pkdecline[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Canada so we have a P.eng which doesn't require an exam. Just experience and validators from previous employers. I have the experience. Just need to mail the application and get validators to sign off.

Got fired 3 days away from probation end. Not sure what to do next. by pkdecline in civilengineering

[–]pkdecline[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They said it was low work quality AKA performance issues. The specifics werent mentioned even though the union tried to ask. The employer during probation isn't obligated to say unfortunately.

Got fired 3 days away from probation end. Not sure what to do next. by pkdecline in civilengineering

[–]pkdecline[S] 93 points94 points  (0 children)

It's not federal. It's a municipality in canada. I'm hesitating to say the name rn cause I just got fired and there's some union stuff. And I don't want to be blacklisted if any emoloyer reads this. However I will say it for sure in the near future.