My employer fired me because I refused to upskill as a recruiter
Grabe, it felt like a slap in the face. After 6 months as a Social Media Manager, where I crushed metrics like grew the page followers to 13k and drove 1M+ total ORGANIC views thru postings and delivered 1,000 hot leads for their company, I received a termination email out of nowhere. No warning. Just “strategic shift” and “effective immediately.”
Let me rewind. When I applied, the job description was clear: “Create content, manage socials, drive engagement, and generate leads” Not a single line in the contract mentioned recruitment. I did my part. I built their online presence, hit KPIs, even stayed late editing reels. Then suddenly, my manager dropped this bomb: “Can you train as a recruiter? Two hours of training lang, then start na agad.”
Wait, anong connect? SMM plus recruitment calls plus no salary increase? I responded, “I’m sorry, pero I can’t balance both roles without adjustments.” I even added, “My focus is excelling in my current work.”
Pero ayaw nila makinig. They insisted it was “critical for the business,” pero hello, two hours of training to become a recruiter? While managing my existing workload? WTF.
The next day, terminated na ako. No thank you for the leads. No “good job” for the views. Just cold corporate lingo. Ang sakit, but at least I stood my ground.
Lesson? Always check the fine print. Baka may hidden agenda. And never let a company force you into a role you didn’t sign up for, especially if they won’t even pay you extra. Wag papatalo!