So I used to work for a small bank as a teller. But yesterday one of the vice presidents came and told me that I either had to resign or I was fired. So I resigned. However, I do not feel like they gave me a very good reason for their decision. So I was hoping that someone could help me out a little bit.
I was told that I was getting fired for looking at other employees account (you can't even see their balances or anything). They claimed they have a "zero tolerance policy" on this that is in our online usage agreement but no one has ever seen it there. There were 3 main employees that I was looking at their accounts. One of them is my fiance and I'm not a signer on her account or the car loan she has at the bank. I do however have a joint account with her at the bank we use for all of our banking. The joint account is where the loan is paid from and I often check the account at work to make sure that the payment got in and there hasn't been anything happen to it. I guess I'm just paranoid about a late charge.
The 2nd employee is our receptionist. She has 3 daughters and is a signer on all of their accounts. One of her daughters came in quit often to make a deposit or withdrawal, get her balance, or see if something has already been taken out of the account. So every time I pull up her account it says that I'm looking at the receptionist accounts.
The 3rd was a former teller that worked with me and I often did transactions for her whether it was a deposit, withdrawal, or cashing a check. They aren't as worried about it showing that I looked at her account since they know she did transactions.
All of this is from back in August and September. They said they got a random periodical report that showed that I had been looking at these accounts. I don't know how often they get this report but I would think they have access to it whenever they want. But this was the only reason they gave me for forcing me to resign.
Today I drove by the bank and the daughter of the vp who forced me to resign was working at my former window. She has previously worked at the bank but quit in November I think. She then came back to work much fewer hours but made it very well known that she wanted more hours, especially lately. I work the exact number of hours that she used to work and wanted again. There were 3 other tellers hired since I have been so they couldn't have laid me off.
Another thing is that they claim there is a zero tolerance policy for coming in late yet one of the other tellers who has been as much as 2 hours late before on a saturday morning was not fired.
So I'm just wondering if this sounds like a legitimate firing or not? Is there anything I can do about it because it's going to be very hard to find a new job soon? Thanks for any help you can give me.
I was told that I was getting fired for looking at other employees account (you can't even see their balances or anything). They claimed they have a "zero tolerance policy" on this that is in our online usage agreement but no one has ever seen it there. There were 3 main employees that I was looking at their accounts. One of them is my fiance and I'm not a signer on her account or the car loan she has at the bank. I do however have a joint account with her at the bank we use for all of our banking. The joint account is where the loan is paid from and I often check the account at work to make sure that the payment got in and there hasn't been anything happen to it. I guess I'm just paranoid about a late charge.
The 2nd employee is our receptionist. She has 3 daughters and is a signer on all of their accounts. One of her daughters came in quit often to make a deposit or withdrawal, get her balance, or see if something has already been taken out of the account. So every time I pull up her account it says that I'm looking at the receptionist accounts.
The 3rd was a former teller that worked with me and I often did transactions for her whether it was a deposit, withdrawal, or cashing a check. They aren't as worried about it showing that I looked at her account since they know she did transactions.
All of this is from back in August and September. They said they got a random periodical report that showed that I had been looking at these accounts. I don't know how often they get this report but I would think they have access to it whenever they want. But this was the only reason they gave me for forcing me to resign.
Today I drove by the bank and the daughter of the vp who forced me to resign was working at my former window. She has previously worked at the bank but quit in November I think. She then came back to work much fewer hours but made it very well known that she wanted more hours, especially lately. I work the exact number of hours that she used to work and wanted again. There were 3 other tellers hired since I have been so they couldn't have laid me off.
Another thing is that they claim there is a zero tolerance policy for coming in late yet one of the other tellers who has been as much as 2 hours late before on a saturday morning was not fired.
So I'm just wondering if this sounds like a legitimate firing or not? Is there anything I can do about it because it's going to be very hard to find a new job soon? Thanks for any help you can give me.
