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Tell HN: Terminated for Refusing to Work on Weekend

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I was terminated from my job last week because I refused to work on the weekend due to a terrible migraine. I informed the company's P&C, but they didn't take my complaint seriously. Since the company is under the influence of managers and extreme groupism, I couldn't do much about it legally, especially since they refused to provide me with a termination letter.

I had been working with the company for over 5 years and 8 months, and I had never had any issues with previous managers. However, I had multiple arguments with my current manager over the past two months due to expectations to work on weekends.

The P&C decided to early release me, but they defamed me in an internal email sent to all employees working currently, which has greatly impacted my mental state. I'm afraid to post anything on LinkedIn until I receive my experience letter, but my past co-workers have been vocal about the incident in Linkedin.

I only didn't inform my acting manager about my migraine, but I told my co-workers about it on the same day. I feel devastated by the whole ordeal, as this company was my first job after graduation, and I had been a loyal employee with consistent growth and promotion over these 5 years.

Re: Tell HN: Terminated for Refusing to Work on Weekend

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That sucks! Hope you’ll find a new job soon.

I was on the one month notice period after resignation of which only two weeks were remaining. Management just did this to satisfy their ego.

> I was on the one month notice period after resignation

So you already resigned, and then they let you go early?

IMO, this was a big detail to omit from your original post.

Re: Tell HN: Terminated for Refusing to Work on Weekend

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You may want to check whether it’s legal in your jurisdiction. It’s not in mine for example.

They denied to give me termination letter, hence I can't do any thing legally from the labor law view point.

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/why-won-t-my-employer-giv...
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