Reply to: Requested to leave and GDPR

[Gibbon]

Missed me? Thanks.

You wetter.

I missed you too, I don't fancy wetting you though!

[MaryPoppins]

Missed me? Thanks.

You wetter.

[northernladuk]

You were crap. Move on and stop talking like an employee FFS.

Damn we've missed you! Welcome back.

[MaryPoppins]

You were crap. Move on and stop talking like an employee FFS.

[Benny]

Dear Fellow Contractors,

I have been contracting for a few years now and am still getting used to the policies applied to contractors.
I was employed by a large bank to carry out a supportive role.
My manager wasn't the most pleasant person to work with and often made my time there very difficult.
After two months I was requested to attend a meeting with the in-house recruiters to be informed that my services are no longer required. No reason was given.

Is there something in GDPR which could help me find out what happened?

Thank you for your help

1. You were krap at your job
2. Your manager disliked you
3. The requirements changed
4. The role evaporated
5. You smelled

It's one of those
HTH

[northernladuk]

, when being requested to leave, they said they could give me no reason other than my contract was no longer needed. No gross misconducted had been reported.

After analysing the above statement in detail I'd say your contract was no longer needed. That's all you need to know.

EDIT : 'contract was no longer needed' with no other supporting explanation generally means you were crap.

HTH

[BlasterBates]

I doubt that they have anything written down about that meeting so there will be no records. Normally HR would only keep records on permies, and on permies it would only be the performance reviews the permies receive at the end of each year.

[Contractor911]

Alternatively you could always ask them verbally. That way you are more likely to get some honest feedback that the client would not risk putting in writing, for fear of legal action.

But as others have said, get outwards, get onwards, and get upwards.

Edit:



Did you ask them?

, when being requested to leave, they said they could give me no reason other than my contract was no longer needed. No gross misconducted had been reported.

[Contractor911]

You can submit a subject access request under article 15 requiring them to provide copies of all information they hold about you including email correspondence and other documentation. Make it clear what information want in the request.

However, what do you expect to achieve from this? Even if you find out why, there is little to nothing you can do about it. If the client wants you gone, you are gone. Thats how contracting works.

I guess i'm curious as to what happened. I have not been in this situation before and really was confused by the news.
It would be interesting to see what comes up via the access of information request.

Thank you

[GhostofTarbera]

Dear Fellow Contractors,

I have been contracting for a few years now and am still getting used to the policies applied to contractors.
I was employed by a large bank to carry out a supportive role.
My manager wasn't the most pleasant person to work with and often made my time there very difficult.
After two months I was requested to attend a meeting with the in-house recruiters to be informed that my services are no longer required. No reason was given.

Is there something in GDPR which could help me find out what happened?

Thank you for your help

Ask HR if you were an employee or your union


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[GJABS]

Is there something in GDPR which could help me find out what happened?

Alternatively you could always ask them verbally. That way you are more likely to get some honest feedback that the client would not risk putting in writing, for fear of legal action.

But as others have said, get outwards, get onwards, and get upwards.

Edit:

After two months I was requested to attend a meeting with the in-house recruiters to be informed that my services are no longer required. No reason was given.

Did you ask them?

[northernladuk]

Welcome back NLUK, it was a scary 20 or so minutes when you could pass as a decent human being

This was just a tester to help me ease back in to my routine.

[SimonMac]

Appears that's not all you haven't gotten used to yet..



Forget spending time trying to find out what happened. It's totally irrelevant. Absolutely nothing you can do about it even if you do find out so pointless trying.

Leave this one alone and instead spend some time learning how to be a contractor.

Welcome back NLUK, it was a scary 20 or so minutes when you could pass as a decent human being

[northernladuk]

Dear Fellow Contractors,

I have been contracting for a few years now and am still getting used to the policies applied to contractors.

Appears that's not all you haven't gotten used to yet..

I was employed by a large bank to carry out a supportive role.

My manager wasn't the most pleasant person to work with and often made my time there very difficult.

Forget spending time trying to find out what happened. It's totally irrelevant. Absolutely nothing you can do about it even if you do find out so pointless trying.

Leave this one alone and instead spend some time learning how to be a contractor.

[BlasterBates]

I hold the view that these opinions on competence or suitability are completely irrelevant, because this is what you can expect. My view is I don't seek nor heed advice from managers about how good I am or what I could do better.

I remember when we were on a project which totally went wrong and the project leader asked the manager whether he was pleased with him as he'd lost his self-confidence.This was when I realised you should never seek nor want approval from management. Be a politician !!

Ignore and move on.