My employer fired me with out telling me?more detials inside?

Question

first off i want to start by saying i gave them a 3 week notice saying i was leaving, and planned on leaving on a good note.

also my job is over 100 miles away from where i live i work 2 18 hr shifts a week on the weekends.

last weekend i had a flat tire and couldnt make it up to work and called in friday and then i decided i wasnt goin to work saterday either cause it wasnt worth it. and i called in then too.

today i come to work and they tell me i dont have to work. and since i have a over night shift theres no managers around to talk to.

nobody called me and told me i dont have work and well they pretty much fired me with out telling me. shouldnt i get some sort of reimbursement for driving over 100 miles to come and work for them?

Answer 1

They had every right to fire you.  It was rude and inconsiderate of them not to call you, but they might have assumed you had already quit.  They are not required to reimburse you for your miles driven.  That is just one of the things in life you have to learn to eat.

Answer 2

If they didn't normally pay for your mileage, why should they now pay for it?  Oh, I see, you didn't show up last weekend when they expected you - even though you had given your notice.  But now you expected them to keep your job for you this weekend or pay you for the gas - if you decided to show up, even though you didn't bother to show up either day last weekend.

When you called off last Saturday because it "wasn't worth it", you probably let that be known to them so they decided you didn't really give them 3 weeks notice.

No, they shouldn't reimburse you anything.  You terminated yourself through your notice and then your actions last weekend.

Answer 3

sounds like they did tell you the very next time they saw you.

trust me, firing someone over the phone or by mail or text or whatever is really chickensh-t.

they did the right thing...it sounds like you were not that into the job, or at least the commute, to make a sufficient commitment to them, and they decided they could do better without you.

which sounds reasonable for them, if aggravating for you though.

Answer 4

They "should" but are not forced to. After missing both shifts for the week and knowing you are leaving, they would naturally assume you quit. To make sure, they fired you.