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It’s not wrong to ask questions during training. But the types of questions you asked may have led your employer to believe you didn’t have the prerequisite skills needed for the job. Shame on them for not figuring that out in the interview process.
As someone who consistently uses temp agencies to staff up projects, if you got let go after training then your recruiter probably did not receive their fee. There are usually probation-type periods built into those agreements. I have also let people go after training for exactly the reasons others have mentioned - namely it became evident from questions or behavior during the training that it was not a good fit. Bottom line, move on.
Didn’t you already post another thread wondering about job hunting and why you were let go OP? Sounds like your former employer gave you an answer for your termination.
Frankly it sounds like you’re taking this very personally. I believe you noted this was a temp role. Why do you believe this “is a recruitment scam” and “has nothing to do with your performance”. I can tell you we have let go of individuals in the past who believe they have had stellar performance despite being otherwise.
It’s a tough job market but I would stay resilient and focus on future opportunities/skills and your UX Design classes rather than a past opportunity that didn’t come to fruition.
Almost every employer is at will employment. Just file for unemployment.
Some dropped an f bomb during training and got let got.
It was probably the context and content of your questions, not the fact the you asked too many questions.
Sometimes your questions may not be “inappropriate”, but I can tell you that as a manager I can tell from a staffs questions how well they understand what they are doing. During these virtual times, if you seem like you will need more handholding than other new hires, you may be more of a liability than an asset for x period. In a more positive market the employer may be able to more easily take on that training period vs. a more volatile market. You’re also likely working virtually where your tone could have been misconstrued and you may have been interpreted as a more difficult individual to work with.
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Invested in YOUR success? For data entry? Do you have any idea how companies (and recruiting or staffing for that matter) actually work?
And, lastly, if you want to be a writer / journalist, understand the difference between what constitutes proof vs. opinion gleaned from “exhaustive research.” That alone is enough to get you fired from a journalism job.
Basically just related directly to the role responsibilities. I did a mock training where I was in a video zoom call doing a file (I was filing insurance claims) and it was my very first one so I had lots of questions. I did the entire thing myself pretty quickly and my team lead said “great job”. The next morning my manager had a video call with me and said the feedback from my file was that I “asked too many questions” while I was processing my file, even though I had completed the whole file quickly and accurately. I did my very best. I couldn’t have done anything differently and I also feel that a manager should understand I was just trying to LEARN so that my second file could go more smoothly. All I did was the right thing.
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Based on how combative OP is in the replies, I'm now envisioning them asking questions and then "debating" the merits of the response to try to prove them wrong 🤣
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OP seems a bit off the rails. It may have come through in the training and they were flagged as a risk for some reason. Like they’d be a pain, or annoying.
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Was it a training in which asking questions was inappropriate?
Questions are good, but there is such thing as too many questions. E.g. if they are repeat questions, if they are continuosly interrupting, if they show the person needs coddled and doesn’t have the confidence to try things on their own and fail. I obviously don’t know your situation, but these are some scenarios I see when the staff/senior cross the line towards too many questions.
What questions did you ask?
Yes, they “gave me an answer”- a pathetic answer. That’s as good as them saying “we’re letting you go because we had a sign from the universe”. It’s still an answer. I don’t care that they let me go because it was a shitty job to begin with and I know I’m worth a lot more than I being laid anyway. I am upset it is legal for companies to treat their hard working employees so abhorrently when they should be invested in MY success.
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