Fragile Health and Safety Man
Pros
Whilst I was only here for 4.5 days the team/s and my direct manager were great.
Cons
I got sacked after riding down a no entry lane in the car park. I had assumed (wrongly) that as the bike parking was at the end of said lane I was able to scoot on up and park my bike. This morning after having parked my bike at 8:25, I headed to the office for my 8:30 meeting on my way I was stopped by a man on a phone near the main entrance to the building. Whilst he was on the phone he looked at me and asked if he could have a word. I asked if he was speaking to me and he confirmed. I said I have a 8:30 meeting. He then ignored this, pointed out the no entry sign and said I wasn’t to ride up there as drivers won’t see. I thought this was an odd thing to say as drivers tend to look where they are going. Anyway I said “ok I’ll go down that lane and around got it “ and left it at that. It was a two sentence interaction that resulted in him lodging a formal complaint and me being sacked. I’m not sure how they would’ve dealt with this had I been a permanent employee. I would like to highlight that at no point was I rude, or inappropriate it’s not in my nature to be so. I agreed with him said “got it” and left. It was also strange that the woman delivering the news to me about being sacked, called me into an office where her colleague sat down and she proceeded to barricade the door with a chair by wedging the chair under the door handle - really bizarre. I didn’t understand what she was doing at first just thought it was odd. I don’t know what type of reaction they were expecting but it was entirely unnecessary to barricade an office door (I’m 5,4” 40 year old woman). When I was told I my contract was being terminated I thought she was joking. I have no idea if I was sacked for riding down a no entry lane or if it’s because I agreed with what was said to me. To add to this, the man in the car park at no point identified himself or what he does for a job. I’m assuming he works in the health and safety team. Bearing in mind it’s 8:25 in the morning I’m in full body armoured leather in the summer time. There was nothing stopping him from getting my name and speaking with me later that morning. Or even just giving me a warning. But instead I was sacked.
