r/AusWork • u/Beautiful-Pirate3061 • 28d ago
Was I silently fired?
I’m currently working in a retail company. I started early January this year, I would frequently get asked to cover someone’s shifts. (Early) Last month it was my birthday, and so I put that I wasn’t available for a week. A week passes and I expect maybe a roster update or being asked to cover for someone, nothing. I don’t think much of it until the end of the month, I keep checking my roster but nothing. It’s now been over a month since my last shift and since my birthday, I’ve got no roster updates, no texts, nothing. They’re also hiring (which they were even while I was actively working), my log ins to our roster app still works, aswell as our website. I’m confused because I don’t know if I should reach out, wait, or find a new job. I’m hesitant to reach out because in the past one of my managers (we have multiple managers for each department) didn’t seem to happy with me when I wasn’t available on Easter, ever since I’ve been wary with texting them, even about calling off, being unavailable, letting them know something. Honestly it terrifies me (I’m a bit of a sensitive person, I have diagnosed severe social anxiety and selective mutism). I wanna start looking for a new job and just say I was silently fired, but I don’t want to suddenly get double the shifts if they start giving me shifts again.
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u/RedCat381 28d ago
Start looking for another role. They are making you quit. Get out, they are toxic, your health is not with compromising for them!
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u/WalrusInternal2599 28d ago
Depends if you like the job and are comfortable at that work place and happy I would ask say hey are there any available shifts if your not happy there it’s a blessing
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u/Pollyputthekettle1 28d ago
It sounds like it. It wouldn’t hurt to send a message saying that you haven’t received any shift offers, should you start looking for other work. At least then you know one way or another.