Yup!! This happened to me several times. It pretty much means that you’re qualified and competent enough to do the job, but you don’t fit in with everybody else there. (I.e. cliques, people who project etc. I hate the “personality conflict”. Because that is such a garbage phrase that is overused). It’s usually personal. But they act vague to make it sound like it’s not personal. Because you know… Lawsuits and everything.

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1. AnonymousMay 13,2025 at 5:42PM UTC

   If you are replying to someone's post, click reply under their post. You just posted a new post.

2. SheilaMay 14,2025 at 1:21PM UTC

   it depends on what state you are trying to claim unemployment. Some states consider that to be an acceptable reason, meaning it was nobody's fault, and it could be one reason, or it could be several but "not a fit" can be a myriad of things.

3. AnonymousMay 23,2025 at 2:15PM UTC

   "Not a good fit" is generally not a reason to disqualify for unemployment. This might be state-specific, but where I have been, the reason has to be related to conduct rather than ability or personality. This includes a gross failure of a PIP, something illegal, violent, or threatening. I was once denied because I failed a PIP that had expired and had nothing to do with the reason for the termination. I won the appeal without any legal assistance, and my employer and her attorney got reamed by the appeals "judge." The rule here is that the termination has to be "for cause" to be denied. One example is to write up someone for excessive absence with clear attendance expectations, and they fail to meet the expectations.