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Originally posted by Turntabulls yup. i was fired today for being on tranceaddict. i wasn't watching porn, learning how to build a bomb, or learning how do to inside trading.. nope, i was just on the forums posting.. how fucking lame.

CRAZYTOWN!

Did you get a warning before termination?

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unlucky.

^^^ yeah, seriously...mere surfing is rarely "just cause" for termination unless you were explictly and formally warned or it's in your employment agreement...or were still on probation.

I'd look into that.

oh they warned me. but the thing is though, that all my other co-workers like 6 of them, we're doing the same thing on other sites and nothing happend to them..

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Originally posted by Turntabulls oh they warned me.

Unfortunately you have no legal recourse.

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Originally posted by Turntabulls yup. i was fired today for being on tranceaddict. i wasn't watching porn, learning how to build a bomb, or learning how do to inside trading.. nope, i was just on the forums posting.. how fucking lame.

lol, maybe its because you spend more time on the forums than doing work

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Unfortunately you have no legal recourse.

oh i know.. my father is a judge. lol

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Originally posted by Bassi77 lol, maybe its because you spend more time on the forums than doing work

nah, i only did it on down time when there was nothing to do. but whatever. it was a shitty company. im just going to miss my co-workers.

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Originally posted by Turntabulls oh they warned me. but the thing is though, that all my other co-workers like 6 of them, we're doing the same thing on other sites and nothing happend to them..

warned on paper? i.e. documented warnings...or just informal? There are relatively specific warning requirements in order to terminate an employee with cause.

even if they illegally fired you, you almost never get your job back if you win a wrongful dismissal suit...but you could net some additional compensation.

meh...look into it, at least.

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Originally posted by MarkT warned on paper? i.e. documented warnings...or just informal? There are relatively specific warning requirements in order to terminate an employee with cause. even if they illegally fired you, you almost never get your job back if you win a wrongful dismissal suit...but you could net some additional compensation. meh...look into it, at least.

i was shown no soild proof. but to be honest i really don't think its worth my time fighting it. i already lined up a new job anyways. lol

It doesn't have anything to do with what you were doing, whether it was porn or bombs or TA. All the company cares about is that you weren't doing work. And anyway, with all the stupid threads about drugs and porn on the forum, it certainly can't look good to an employer, even if you weren't participating in those threads while at work.

There is most definitely no legal recourse here. Even if no warning was given, there have been plenty of these cases in court and they have consistently stated that it's OK. Don't bother pursuing litigation; whatever Mark may believe, the case won't hold up, and it'll just cost you more money, which is not a good thing after losing one's job.

I know, I'm an asshole for being unsympathetic, but I keep saying that people need to stop goofing off at work, and they always shrug it off. It's simple: don't take your work home, and don't take your personal life into work. Especially when you've already been warned! If you must take surfing breaks, at least read something conventional like the news.

Lesson learned, I hope.

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