Sorry this happened to you. Except for work attendance and general conduct, a 30-day review is insufficient to tell how well you performed the job. Do not be discouraged and do not take it personally. In the future do not quit. Stay until you find another job. If the company lets you go, file for unemployment right away. Confirm that the company is “letting you go without cause". If they say “terminated” it means your conduct intentionally violated a company policy and you were terminated for cause making you ineligible for unemployment. Before starting your job search and your next job, leave the past job's negativities and doubts behind you. Do not let one bad experience get you down. Not all bosses are leaders. Your boss may have failed to be an effective leader due to poor time management and communication skills, which is not your fault. In your new job, at the end of week one email your supervisor that you are excited to be there and will provide a weekly summary for the first 30-90 days that hits weekly high points. List accomplishments, training, ask for answers to specific questions and written feedback directing next steps to stay on task during your training period. Suggest short-term daily tag-ups (30 minutes) morning or afternoon to keep the lines of communication open and ask what time works best for your supervisor. Suggest that for efficiency other new employees be in those tag-ups so everyone receives the same training and information. State that the meetings can transition to 1-3 times a week as experience increases. These emails document your progress and your requests to be properly trained, which is critical to reply to a poor review. If you reply to a negative review ask in writing for a specific development plan to learn the job with regular assessment meetings to stay on track. If the company will not collaborate with you then in your review response write that you disagree and that you emailed your supervisor asking for training and the percentage of meetings that occurred. Say that your emails are to be included as attachments to your review response and that you are emailing them to HR to be part of the review record. Every time you send that type of email print a copy to take home for safekeeping in case you need them to get unemployment. Hopefully, you will never need them.
Good luck! You can do this. You have proven you are hirable, which is a great accomplishment in itself, so get out there again. Hold your head up high, be proud of what you have accomplished in your career and what you will continue to do for the lucky company that hires you.
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