Manager had some off boarding stuff he needed me to acknowledge and one of them stated my status was terminated. Anybody else get this? Should I contact HR to find out if I’m rehirable?
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@OP Anyone who leaves the firm is marked as “terminated” no matter if you left my choice or were fired. It’s the system HR uses.
Yes, terminated (T) is generic and that is the status unless you retire (R) This is not related to do-not-rehire check. That is a different HR status. If you gave 2 weeks you should be OK, unless you were IP on action plan.
It's simple. Your manager either checks the box or doesn't for the rehire question. It is at their discretion. This isn't something visible to you. There's no list, just your record.
The concept of the “do not re-hire list” after quitting is sometimes true and sometimes not true. People managers in general have higher aspirations for themselves than where they currently are if that makes sense. It’s pretty easy to tell the difference between the two. The other manager being more humble to put it simply. So to answer your question — if your manager (or history of managers) used their title as stepping stones for their next promotion or is known to have those sorts of flashy career growth goals. It’s usually obvious that their input on “disgruntled employees” shouldn’t always be considered a reasonable review on you as an individual overall.
It sounds like you do have some lingering thoughts of returning to the firm in the future, if thats the case — then have faith that your experience in between will be very marketable to HR when you return no matter the circumstances of your exit and who was in charge at the time! The proof will be in your resume, not on a few low-lifes that you met along the way.
As someone who left the firm not so quietly — i wish i proceeded without pressuring HR about the semantics and the categorizations like “terminated”, position name, etc. Once you’ve interviewed and worked at a few different places, you’ll come to find out each one does employment verification differently. Most hiring managers are well aware that companies intentionally categorize roles to discourage employee turnover. Apple is notorious for only referring to their employees as associates for employment verification. EVEN if they were a managing director level software engineer. So short answer, your personal references will outweigh any word HR has you categorized as.
I LOVE so many of the people i worked with over my 7 year run there. A few je-ks along the way pushed me over the edge — and even then it’s still OK. Still have my friends, colleagues as references — and more importantly my experience.
Bottom line, for the higher ups in general there is no justice, there is only compensation — so my advice is to not get hung up on them, they don’t really matter to anyone at the end of the day. Boomerangs get paid more when they come back, most people are just trying to scare ya — sincerely a former 11 year “Systems Analyst” now known as Product Manager and something of anything and everything inbetween
Thank you for enabling me to reply to this comment :)
If you gave a 2 week notice and was not an a--hole or absolutely su-ked at your job you are most likely not on the “not rehirable” list.