Long story and not sure how much details will be needed.
I worked for a Contract Company X working at Fortune 500 Company C doing electronics testing (Job A). It was on site job, you had to use the ovens and freezers to endurance cycle test the telecom components. There were 3 on our team, a company lead, another contractor and me. Did great work, rave reviews from leads/customers. Work slowed and the other contractor left. Then I got moved to a different role, basically project management (Job B), which was just spreadsheets, web publishing, emails, meetings etc. Did a great job there also, automated and optimized workflow, took over work from my lead so gw could do some long term projects. My lead loved me.
Then Covid hit in March 2020 and we started working from home. This job was perfect for WFH, no issues, everybody happy. Then 'because of Covid', they cut contractor pay 10% company wide. I was very unhappy because I deserved a raise and got a pay cut instead. Fast forward to late Feb 2020 and my Company C manager told me I had to now do Job A and Job B because the former lead moved on. I had to return to work before I was vaccinated (vaccines weren't available for my age range yet). No mention of pay change for added responsibilities, just work 2 jobs for 90% of the pay for one. I told her, "I'm not comfortable with that" and the conversation pretty much ended. 2 weeks later I was fired (3-5-2020). I collected unemployment for 2 months, got another contract job elsewhere in the same company, still there.
So today, I get a letter, I have a call as Company X (my previous contract employer) is saying I was terminated, which is true. Am I screwed? What should I say and how should I say it? I thought the firing was unjustified, it's unfair to be forced to double your workload with the same already reduced pay.
Thanks
UPDATE: Unemployment shot them down, my contract employer said I was terminated for "Incompetence", but offered no proof, so it was determined to be bullshit. And it was, because I was extremely competent and got fired for refusing to work 2 jobs.
I worked for a Contract Company X working at Fortune 500 Company C doing electronics testing (Job A). It was on site job, you had to use the ovens and freezers to endurance cycle test the telecom components. There were 3 on our team, a company lead, another contractor and me. Did great work, rave reviews from leads/customers. Work slowed and the other contractor left. Then I got moved to a different role, basically project management (Job B), which was just spreadsheets, web publishing, emails, meetings etc. Did a great job there also, automated and optimized workflow, took over work from my lead so gw could do some long term projects. My lead loved me.
Then Covid hit in March 2020 and we started working from home. This job was perfect for WFH, no issues, everybody happy. Then 'because of Covid', they cut contractor pay 10% company wide. I was very unhappy because I deserved a raise and got a pay cut instead. Fast forward to late Feb 2020 and my Company C manager told me I had to now do Job A and Job B because the former lead moved on. I had to return to work before I was vaccinated (vaccines weren't available for my age range yet). No mention of pay change for added responsibilities, just work 2 jobs for 90% of the pay for one. I told her, "I'm not comfortable with that" and the conversation pretty much ended. 2 weeks later I was fired (3-5-2020). I collected unemployment for 2 months, got another contract job elsewhere in the same company, still there.
So today, I get a letter, I have a call as Company X (my previous contract employer) is saying I was terminated, which is true. Am I screwed? What should I say and how should I say it? I thought the firing was unjustified, it's unfair to be forced to double your workload with the same already reduced pay.
Thanks
UPDATE: Unemployment shot them down, my contract employer said I was terminated for "Incompetence", but offered no proof, so it was determined to be bullshit. And it was, because I was extremely competent and got fired for refusing to work 2 jobs.