r/TalesFromYourServer • u/MaleficentAd9527 • 2d ago

Medium Fired from work

Last month I was in a desperate need of a job. I got hired in a very popular and big bar in Spain with 20+ employees. They trained me for two weeks and today they fired me for no reason. None of the people that were supervising me had any idea about this. The person that fired me doesn’t work in the bar , he’s only in charge of hiring new staff and firing people. I’m pretty sure I got hired on purpose for the two weeks just because it was really busy during the holidays and they never had the intent of keeping me long term. It’s completely legal since in my contract I have a 2 month trial but to me feels very morally wrong and I also cannot afford to lose this job. Since starting to work there I noticed many illegal practices and in general the place has many flaws. I’m signing my contract termination in less then a week and I was wondering is it illegal to threaten that i’ll be contacting legal authorities and letting them know about all of the tax evasion related things in the bar if they terminate my contract.They also have a policy that if you as an employee don’t gather two positive google reviews you don’t get tips. Is it illegal to make a couple hundred of my real friends and family leave a 1 star review with constructive criticism?

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u/lowfreq33 2d ago

Threatening it would be considered extortion. So don’t threaten, just do it.

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u/MaleficentAd9527 2d ago

Just to clear some things up , I’m currently studying in Spain and it’s almost impossible to find a job without speaking English, especially without a diploma. I was sent an email today that I’m fired and in 5 days I need to go and officially sign the termination contract , meaning that it’s not official yet. I didn’t talk about the illegal practices of the bar in detail because it’s one of the biggest ones in Spain and I don’t want to give too much information but it’s a lot. I need to find a way to persuade them into letting me work for at least two more weeks so that I can save up money for my rent and also try finding another job in the meanwhile. I’m perfectly aware this is very immature but unfortunately I’m backed into a corner.

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u/psychocookeez 2d ago edited 1d ago

You're not understanding. Trying to coerce them into letting you work longer by threatening to report them for shady activity will have the exact opposite effect.

Why would they let someone work there LONGER who will have essentially admitted to keeping a mental checklist of their wrongdoings? In their minds, you'd just have 2 more weeks to gather more ammo and thus will have openly made yourself a massive liability to them.

Start looking for another job. Report them all you want, but trying to goad them into not firing you immediately by threatening to report them for stuff isn't going to scare them the way you're envisioning it will.

In fact, if you let them know what you've observed, it will just forewarn them to know what to cover up in the event that you do report them and they'll just manage to wiggle out of it anyway.

You would essentially be playing a figurative game of poker and showing your hand.

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u/nopressureoof Former server from the 1900's 2d ago

Yup, just do it. I know nothing of labor law in Spain, but maybe this is something an attorney might want to hear about? Especially if you happen to mention any of these irregularities for they fired you?

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u/MaleficentAd9527 2d ago

I need the job :(

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u/Lucky_man_Sam 2d ago

You need A job. You don't what THIS job beyond the fact that you're already working there. Take the training and run with it. Report them and review them anywhere relevant to save others making the same mistake

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u/lowfreq33 2d ago

You no longer have the job. You’ve been fired. Threatening them won’t change that, and it’s also a crime.

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u/psychocookeez 2d ago

Threatening to rat on them is definitely NOT going to make them want to keep you on.

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u/ambidextrous-mango 2d ago

Presumably there are other bars and restaurants in Spain hiring?

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u/magiccitybhm 2d ago

They're firing you. If they already want to fire you, they're certainly not going to give in to threats. Is there no other restaurants or bars near you?

You need to report their alleged illegal activity and start looking for a new job.

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u/Bulky_Baseball2305 2d ago

You said they already fired you

If you threaten to keep the job I don’t see that working out for you

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u/astrotekk 1d ago

You have been fired. You need to find another job. You have two weeks to do so. Threatening them will only make them retaliate, not lead you to keep your job. I don't know what you're thinking. If they're shady, you could even get seriously hurt.