I got hired as consultant (hardware engineer) after a brief phone interview that went really well. He was impressed not only with my skill A but also skill B and C. I was asked to join immediately.

It was basically a one man's company where the owner was the sole employee (design engineer). I was hired through a recruiting agency.

On my second day after I was on my way to home, I received call from the recruiter, asking me not to go to work tomorrow. I was in a shock. I was not given a clear reason but was told he needed someone with more experience.

This gave me great pain because

• He had reviewed my resume
• He had interviewed me over the phone
• We had talked about my previous experiences and he was fine with it
• I did not oversell myself, in fact was quite honest enough about my projects.
• There was nothing false in my resume.
• I did not make any mistake in the two days that I worked
• I did not get enough time for my skills to be properly evaluated (just 14 hours of work)
• The termination was on phone
• There was no discussion there would be an evaluation period.
• He never spoke to me in person to explain it.

Do I have any options here? Can I fight for my rights here when I am not apparently at fault? How do I cope with this situation now and in future.

I got hired as consultant (hardware engineer) after a brief phone interview that went really well. He was impressed not only with my skill A but also skill B and C. I was asked to join immediately.

It was basically a one man's company where the owner was the sole employee (design engineer). I was hired through a recruiting agency.

On my second day after I was on my way to home, I received call from the recruiter, asking me not to go to work tomorrow. I was in a shock. I was not given a clear reason but was told he needed someone with more experience.

This gave me great pains because

• He had reviewed my resume
• He had interviewed me over the phone
• We had talked about my previous experiences
• I did not oversell myself, in fact was quite honest enough about my past projects.
• There was nothing false in my resume.
• I did not make any mistake in the two days that I worked
• I did not get enough time for my skills to be properly evaluated (only 14 hours of work)
• The termination was on phone
• He never spoke to me in person.

Do I have any options here? Can I fight for my rights here when I am not apparently at fault? How do I cope with this situation now and in future.

I got hired as consultant (hardware engineer) after a brief phone interview that went really well. He was impressed not only with my skill A but also skill B and C. I was asked to join immediately.

It was basically a one man's company where the owner was the sole employee (design engineer). I was hired through a recruiting agency.

On my second day after I was on my way to home, I received call from the recruiter, asking me not to go to work tomorrow. I was in a shock. I was not given a clear reason but was told he needed someone with more experience.

This gave me great pain because

• He had reviewed my resume
• He had interview me over the phone
• We had talked about my previous experience and he was fine with it
• I did not oversell myself, in fact was quite honest enough about my project.
• There was nothing false in my resume.
• I did not make any mistake in the two days that I worked
• I did not get enough time to my skills be properly evaulated (just 14 hours of work)
• The termination was on phone
• He never spoke to me in person to explain it to me why I was terminated.

Do I have any options here? Can I fight for my rights here when I am not apparently at fault? How do I cope with this situation.

I got hired as consultant (hardware engineer) after a brief phone interview that went really well. He was impressed not only with my skill A but also skill B and C. I was asked to join immediately.

It was basically a one man's company where the owner was the sole employee (design engineer). I was hired through a recruiting agency.

On my second day after I was on my way to home, I received call from the recruiter, asking me not to go to work tomorrow. I was in a shock. I was not given a clear reason but was told he needed someone with more experience.

This gave me great pain because

• He had reviewed my resume
• He had interviewed me over the phone
• We had talked about my previous experiences and he was fine with it
• I did not oversell myself, in fact was quite honest enough about my projects.
• There was nothing false in my resume.
• I did not make any mistake in the two days that I worked
• I did not get enough time for my skills to be properly evaluated (just 14 hours of work)
• The termination was on phone
• There was no discussion there would be an evaluation period.
• He never spoke to me in person to explain it.

Do I have any options here? Can I fight for my rights here when I am not apparently at fault? How do I cope with this situation now and in future.

I got hired for a job (hardware engineer). The interview went really well over the telephone. He was not only impressed with my past project but also hoped my other skills will benefit him in other areas. I was asked to join immediately as a consultant.

The day I joined, his first words I heard from him was

"I do not know much about you"

I was really excited to work on the project. This was something related to my field. I started looking at extra material to speed things up, started looking at books, tutorial as I loved the job. You say can I was putting in 110%. The company was really a one man's company. He was a designer and the sole employ. He did have some helpers. On the first day I worked for 8 hours, on the second I worked for 6 as he had to leave early. On my way back, I got a call from the recruiter,

"He does not want you to come back tomorrow"

I was in a bit of shock but I really did not get it at the point. The next day it really hit me, and it hit me quite badly. I think this is something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

I was not disappointed because I was fired on my second day. I was disappointed because the employer did not have the courtesy to speak to me in person and discuss that my skill were probably not enough to do the job, that is something would make the process so much easy and understandable for me. I was fired on the phone by a third person, which to me is probably one of the worst thing that can happen to any employee.

My question is

1. Is it fair for employer to fire someone on the next day over the phone with out giving any solid reason? Is it common?

2. Can the employee do anything about it if this is something violates him/her emotionally just because it is against common code of conduct?

I got hired as consultant (hardware engineer) after a brief phone interview that went really well. He was impressed not only with my skill A but also skill B and C. I was asked to join immediately.

It was basically a one man's company where the owner was the sole employee (design engineer). I was hired through a recruiting agency. 

On my second day after I was on my way to home, I received call from the recruiter, asking me not to go to work tomorrow. I was in a shock. I was not given a clear reason but was told he needed someone with more experience.

This gave me great pain because

• He had reviewed my resume
• He had interview me over the phone
• We had talked about my previous experience and he was fine with it
• I did not oversell myself, in fact was quite honest enough about my project.
• There was nothing false in my resume.
• I did not make any mistake in the two days that I worked
• I did not get enough time to my skills be properly evaulated (just 14 hours of work)
• The termination was on phone
• He never spoke to me in person to explain it to me why I was terminated.

Do I have any options here? Can I fight for my rights here when I am not apparently at fault? How do I cope with this situation.