Women who got unfair dismissal, what was the reason your company listed ?

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1. “Not a good fit” is the excuse that was given both of the times I was fired from a company exactly one day before I would have become eligible for medical benefits etc.

   I later found out from talking to other employees that they did this with basically everyone, since providing benefits was expensive and they were unethical companies.

2. “No reason”. Which is legal here.

3. Back when I was a teacher, I moved to a new city and started at a public high school in a high income area in the middle of the year. I was considered “highly qualified” for that state and had 8 years of experience teaching, which included advanced placement courses. I took over for a teacher who moved into a different position at the same school.

   My students all told me they liked my teaching style and were learning so much from me, especially compared to the previous teacher who had mostly assigned busy work. All of the other teachers in my department were very welcoming and told me they were hearing good things about me. My male head principal, however, was very rude from the start.

   I experienced a pregnancy loss prior to starting at that school, and became obese from the depression -I was the heaviest I’d ever been in my life. Almost all of the young women teachers at my school were very attractive, and the elders worked there before that principal came along. The assistant principals hired me, so the head principal didn’t see me until my first day.

   The week before school ended, I was given notice of my layoff “due to lack of funds.” One of the elder teachers confided to me that the principal offered his son, who was also a teacher, my spot. The son turned him down, so my principal emailed the teachers list that they had a vacancy posted for my position.

   That same school was in the news the next year for punishing a girl who wore a sleeveless dress (violating dress code) to a school event by removing a title she’d earned running a club at the school. He wasn’t named, but I’m sure that same principal was behind it. I ended up leaving teaching for a better job and also finally lost the excess weight.

4. I started at a very desirable workplace while finishing my degree in an entry level position. Even though I was over qualified for entry level in that particular feild, the understanding was that I would be immediately promoted upon completion of my degree. This was a great place to have on a resume, so I was willing to take the deal.

   Well, guess what happened the week after I graduated? Lol. Of course, they let me go. I was just a glorified intern the entire time. They never really had any intention of paying me more.

5. “Insubordination”, which is not exactly wrong.