im very heartbroken because she was telling me yesterday how happy she was she was gonna take her vacation leave that is assigned to everyone in the job, she was gonna take 2 weeks from this friday. worst is no one from her office or her boss told her, it had to be the guy from accounting to tell her to leave. my poor mom, im so sad for her i wish i could do something to help her

shes told me before she loves being useful, and she loved working in that office. everyone thinks its unfair. they kept saying that the reason to fire her was because they were being pressured by the associates to let go someone... and because of the "high pay she was getting" but she was the one making less money from the team, she was getting minimum wage for doing office job and doing the cleaning.

its so unfair, shes honest with her work, shes good at her job, shes a fast learner, but i guess thats the exact reason why the other people in the team want her gone. its because they cant do tax fraud and shit like anymore with her because shes always getting the right numbers. not like the other ladies who would suck the money out of the student benefit with their kids.

the thing that makes me sad is that she knows and we know that people wont employ her because of her age even tho shes capable of many things with computers, accounting, filing reports, cleaning, making sure to reach the costumers herself if they needed help with something, she would sit with them and help them navigate the problem. its so unfair, shes so smart, i know life its not fair but this is cruel :(

sorry about the long venting i just get very frustrated about not being able to help her

That's so awful of the workplace!! Don't feel bad about venting, totally understandable and even important, since sharing these things exposes our current violations in labor rights and how prevalent age stigmas really are. I wish her only the best and that she finds a workplace that really cherishes her stellar work ethic and herself 🩷

you'd think she'd be able to take legal action if she wasn't disclosed a month prior like she should but idk i'm not a lawyer

yeah i was thinking about the lawsuit thing but we barely have any money she wouldnt want to do that, but we do have good proof of this being a wrongful termination. Many of the associates of the work she works at had a "last minute" get together and they demanded someone be fired because of theres lack of funding and they want all the money to be used properly, and i find it stupid they fired my mom of all people.

regardless of all the qualities i've mentioned she has, she was the one doing overwork more and getting paid less, the 2 other secretaries get double what she makes and just have one job each. They just hate that my mom wont go along with their fraud and illegal schemes. that has to be it, they had no other real reason otherwise. she does everything on time shes even able to do the job of the other 2 ladies!

shes covered for both of them even tho she doesnt have the proper training for the job of those two, but she did it well and people praised her for being so efficient and those two even when they can be really mean spirited to my mom, she would still do the job when they were absent or had a free day or a emergency. its so unfair

It was expected of her to do their job when they weren't there and she adapted. They tried making her sign some papers today and she said she would but tomorrow, she got home and got all her evidence and she's coming tomorrow there to show it all off.

Its rly unfair that all of that happened, im really sorry to hear that, i rly wish the best for both of you

I'm so sorry this happened to your mom. There is a special kind of pain when someone does their best and ends up treated like a line in a spreadsheet. She sounds like an amazing mom, trying to protect you from that worry. I think knowing how much you care is more help than you might realize! I am sending the most positive energy to your family so that she can find a company soon that actually deserves her!

i have no idea what she worked for but i already hate them >:( that sucks so bad

she basically did office work, she was able to register people and check their payments + knowing all work the other 2 office ladies had to do (in case they werent at work my mom had to know how to replace them as it was expected even tho my mom had no training in their specific fields but she did a damn good job) every costumer talks so fondly of my mom. im really hoping she gets another opportunity at a better job!