So I received a job offer and had to disclose that I was fired from my previous position. The job offer wasn’t revoked ( to be clear I never lied or was dishonest about it , The relatively short experience just wasn’t brought up during the interview process)
So my question to the form is, I’m getting a little stressed out about working under someone who knows that I was fired. Is this going to affect our working relationship? Am I starting from a position of weakness? Am I gonna be judged more harshly? I just really want to make a great new start
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SFSpartan
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Re: New boss knows I was fired before
It sounds like this is going to stress you out, so I would try to think about it as little as humanly possible. Just focus on doing good work at this job and all will fall into place. Also, if you were fired for performance issues, I'd think about what those issues were, what the root cause of them was, and what you can do to fix them in your new role.
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nixy
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Re: New boss knows I was fired before
I mean, they hired you for a reason, presumably because they thought you were the best candidate for the job. The fact that you were fired doesn’t change that. There are all kinds of reasons why someone doesn’t thrive in one job and thrives in another.
I get feeling stressed about it, and yes, I would want to make the best impression possible, too. I think the only thing you can do is make sure to do the best at your job that you can. I agree that if there were performance issues, you want to make sure to address those/not repeat them. It sounds like if you were only at the previous job for a brief period, it was probably about personality mismatch or just a bad fit for the job (like you were hired without the experience they really needed for the position or something). No reason those things would have to repeat themselves in your new gig.
I get feeling stressed about it, and yes, I would want to make the best impression possible, too. I think the only thing you can do is make sure to do the best at your job that you can. I agree that if there were performance issues, you want to make sure to address those/not repeat them. It sounds like if you were only at the previous job for a brief period, it was probably about personality mismatch or just a bad fit for the job (like you were hired without the experience they really needed for the position or something). No reason those things would have to repeat themselves in your new gig.
