Should I quit or wait to be fired?

You can get a reference and I think by law they can't give a bad reference. But realistically speaking if you quit or get fired WOULD you ask for one? I think you should stick with this job for 3 weeks and look for a new one in the mean time. That way you have incoming funds for a while.

Btw, do you mean going on shift with your coat and bag? Because if you get fired for that then it's a retarded reason and they're prob looking for reasons to fire people..

Is it a part time job whilst you are studying, or is this you trying to live in the real world and trying to make your career out of it?

Bit of a pathetic reason to fire you.

If I were you I would wait and if I did get fired I would have a good opportunity to completely lay into the person firing me. Even if it was gross misconduct, I would still find a way to lay into them. In fact, don't quit or wait to be fired. Lay into them on your next shift. No, in fact no, ring them now and lay into them.

So I did something (clocking in with my belongings) and it was apparently gross misconduct, now I have a meeting in a few weeks, the disciplinary hearing. But should I just quit before so that if I am fired I won't have to have this on my record or in my reference?
I had no idea this was such a bad thing and keep kicking myself, do you think they will definitely fire me because I am ridiculously remorseful about it :/

just part time but having gross misconduct following me around will probably stop me getting any other job anyway.. i'll just see what they say, (or try and delay it for a while ugh

It isn't pathetic. It is to stop the staff 'stealing' time, so that it appears that they were not late to their sihift and to stop them being paid when they are getting themselves ready instead of doing their actual job.

like clocking into my shift with my coat and bag before going to the locker because i was going to be late

Surely the fact she turned up on time is all that matters? How is she stealing time exactly? It is a pathetic reason.

That souns like the dumbest thing that I've ever heard. I'm honestly perplexed as to why this is considered to be even a slightly bad thing? Also, surely your locker and the place that you clock in aren't so far apart so even if this ridiculous rule was something they really stood by, you'd only have been late by about 2/3 minutes?

Quitting now won't help you with a reference. The employer can still say there was a disciplinary hearing outstanding when you left them - because that is a fact, and a reference can say anything that is factually correct. Indeed, strictly speaking, as a reference has to be honest, if an employer failed to mention in a reference that you had a disciplinary hearing due, and you then went on and had disciplinary issues at the next company, they could take legal action against your previous employer for not disclosing material facts.

So the tl;dr of that is that your reference was on dodgy ground the moment you clocked in incorrectly.

So now you are in that situation, you might as well go ahead with the disciplinary interview. The best result is that they believe you just made a noob mistake, they bend your ear about it and you leave the room knowing that you've had your final chance.

Worst case, they'll fire you and you probably won't be able to use this job for a reference, and therefore will probably have to leave it off your CV.

Ignore the teenagers drivelling on about your rights, taking a lawyer with you etc. You signed a contract, you had a handbook, you defrauded the company. You just have to hope they keep things in perspective given your youth and lack of common sense.

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Teenagers? Are you ****ing serious? We all know what we're talking about because of life experience, is she gets fired for that then it's unfair dismismal whether it was in the handbook or not. If a rule in the handbook said: "employees are not allowed to sneeze" and you got fired for it, it wouldn't stick well, would it? She brought a coat and bag on shift, it's not like she racially abused the manager whilst getting banged over the table during her shift.

They talked to me before and wrote down what I said (i was sorry etc) and they said something about possibly being called for a hearing so does having the hearing just means they will fire me? I thought I was allowed to 'make my last plea' as it were, in this thing, are they allowed to make a final decision before hearing me out again?

Quitting now won't help you with a reference. The employer can still say there was a disciplinary hearing outstanding when you left them - because that is a fact, and a reference can say anything that is factually correct. Indeed, strictly speaking, as a reference has to be honest, if an employer failed to mention in a reference that you had a disciplinary hearing due, and you then went on and had disciplinary issues at the next company, they could take legal action against your previous employer for not disclosing material facts.

So the tl;dr of that is that your reference was on dodgy ground the moment you clocked in incorrectly.

So now you are in that situation, you might as well go ahead with the disciplinary interview. The best result is that they believe you just made a noob mistake, they bend your ear about it and you leave the room knowing that you've had your final chance.

Worst case, they'll fire you and you probably won't be able to use this job for a reference, and therefore will probably have to leave it off your CV.

Ignore the teenagers drivelling on about your rights, taking a lawyer with you etc. You signed a contract, you had a handbook, you defrauded the company. You just have to hope they keep things in perspective given your youth and lack of common sense.

Just don't tell your next employer about it and get references from school/college/uni/family/a family or friend to pretend you work in a business they own.

Edit: Also, go to the hearing, they will probably just give you a final warning rather than sack you. Next time don't try and steal from the company and you will be fine

That souns like the dumbest thing that I've ever heard. I'm honestly perplexed as to why this is considered to be even a slightly bad thing? Also, surely your locker and the place that you clock in aren't so far apart so even if this ridiculous rule was something they really stood by, you'd only have been late by about 2/3 minutes?

Yeah I'm going to go to the hearing, no point making it more complicated than it is, and whatever happens happens.



Not very close there's loads of floors, it was stupid of me anyway I should of just been late but there you go, mistakes and lessons etc..


Thanks everyone for all your help/reassurance, feel calmer about it now and just going to go to the hearing, say what I have to say and hear what they say, and see what happens.
Probably won't have anyone with me (maybe a parent or s/t so there's an outsider in case they try anything because I'm 'young' or whatever) but anyway thanks and we'll see what happens!
At least if I get fired i can go be a rockstar instead

Do not take a parent or anyone else with you and especially not into the room

You are in the working world now, you are an adult, stand on your own two feet, be honest, apologise and explain to them that it was a mistake and you did it in a moment of panic.

If they shout at you then try not to do anything daft like cry and especially don't shout back at them.

Do not take a parent or anyone else with you and especially not into the room

You are in the working world now, you are an adult, stand on your own two feet, be honest, apologise and explain to them that it was a mistake and you did it in a moment of panic.

If they shout at you then try not to do anything daft like cry and especially don't shout back at them.

Are you under 18? If so i think you should take a parent or guardian with you. And just remain calm and be honest, you made a mistake and your sorry not much else you can do.