Posted at 1:40 on Jul 12, 2007 | 
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Well, all the shit that I had to deal with is over.
Basically, some money went missing in work about 2 months ago, and one of the girls pointed the finger at me, because in her words, I was "looking suspicious".
Our wonderful(!) acting general manager then suspended me, and eventually fired me.
The evidence she had and used was full of holes, it contradicted itself in places, and was, basically, a complete load of shit. In the investigation, my union rep was great, she pulled the evidence apart, and pointed out all the mistakes. But, of course, the manager didn't agree with our views, and it was her decision to fire me.
I appealed, and the appeal was done by the area manager. The reasons for my appeal ran to 3 pages long, there were so many mistakes she made in the handling of it, it was unbelievable.
I had the appeal on Tuesday. The union rep came with me again, and we thought that if we could get it turned down to a final written warning, my resignation, and an agreed reference, that would be the best outcome.
But to our surprise, the area manager, after hearing our case, agreed with us, and overruled the manager and i got my job back, and my pay back dated.
And that's the short version of it. There's quite a bit I've left out. Maybe I'll post the full version another time.
I accepted my job back, mostly because I had done nothing wrong, and because it'll take the pressure off finding another job with no money coming in.
So now, I'm back there, but I'm looking for something better, where the managers know what they're doing and pay is at a decent level.
Although, I have had effectively 2 months off work, paid, so it's not all bad :D
On a side note, updating the site's software, so comments aren't working at the moment
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