I Got Fired Yesterday because I woke up late. I work a swing shift, 14 hours days, off one week then 14 hour nights and I set my time period to pm when it was suppose to be am. I was told that this was an unacceptable account and it's not the first time. Well on my behalf, it was a mistake. I have been late before, once, but I called ahead of time and explained why I might be late but still arrived at the moment the bus was taking off....... And of course they still left me. We are told to be at the yard at 4, but when you get there at 4, the bus is already leaving and when I mentioned this to my lead man, he just stated I need to get there earlier. Well wouldn't you think to say be to the yard at 3:30 because the bus will be leaving at 4?? I did do just that tho, I started coming earlier so this wouldn't happen again. If it wasn't that, it was something else with me. I'm from Ga and I stay in Colorado, so my talk is different, my walk is different and my approach is different..... but it's no different then theirs. We're all the same, just raised differently, but I'm the one liked or hated by the "higher ups". I've been work this company since April and have learned 4 different positions within a three month period. I was rooks you get raises thru your competencies and job duties. Well I never got anything. Same pay, different jobs. This continued even to now and now I know 6 positions on my job. Did them all very well for after I taught someone else, I moved around. I'm told I have great work ethics and that they brag on my work to the Big Bosses, yet my being late caused me to be terminated. Were they lying to me just to keep god standards?? I don't know, but it doesn't add up. Even tho I work good I'm always being spied on as if they're looking for a reason to get rid of me. I do stand up for myself when its not relevant to the job or my accusations..... And I'm not belligerent, I just talk loud and I'm a passionate person. Especially when i feel mistreated. But they don't like that, yet they do it, but it's in a facaded way. Very double crossing. I'm not fake and I'm allergic to it, but it's a norm to the guys I work with and for. And of course it's the employee vs the leads and when brought up to the Big Bosses. Who do you think they look out for???? I really feel I was mistreated and fired for standing up for myself and they think it could go sour due to race. So they got rid of me because I'm like them, but different. Has anyone ever felt like this?? What now???