Grocery store employee fired after one trial shift, then reprimanded for not showing up to their next shift: 'I didn't know I was scheduled!'

It seems that this employee would be better off working somewhere else anyway. Considering how poorly management handled the termination of this person, we're confident that they will find another opportunity working for more organized and decent employers. 

Firing someone might be inevitable, and while it's certainly not an easy thing to do, there are definitely bad ways of handling it. If someone had to be let go, I would assume they would prefer it to be done privately and with all other logistics considered and sorted out. That means when their final day is, when they need to return necessary materials (electronics, uniforms, etc.), and when other members of the team will be made aware of the dismissal. All of that needs to be decided and communicated carefully and with clarity. Otherwise, those final days on the job will be a big old mess.

For this author, they were asked to do a trial shift, which consisted of a few hours at the store followed by an entire day's worth of work. Then, their boss started coordinating the schedule and said they would get back to the author the next day. That day went by, as did another day. It took a long time before the author was told they were fired. When it finally happened, other colleagues were not made aware of it, and that's when chaos ensued.