Asda worker 'sacked without warning on Christmas Eve' left in tears
08.01.2024 - 07:47
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A young Asda worker claims she was sacked 'without warning on Christmas Eve' and made to work the rest of her shift despite knowing she had no job to come back to.
Billie-Leigh Williams, 19, was left in tears after management dismissed her the day before Christmas when she was four hours into her shift.
The teenager had started work at the Tipton Superstore, in the West Midlands, stacking shelves in October and claims she was ordered to keep working until clocking off time.
Mum Kaye, 42, says her daughter's Christmas was 'ruined' by the dismissal and it has had an impact on her self-esteem, Birmingham Live reports.
Kaye, from Friar Park in Wednesbury, said: "To lose her job on Christmas Eve, at 6pm, ruined our Christmas. She was in pieces and left feeling worthless. My daughter struggles with anxiety and mental health issues and this has sent her spiralling.
"She carried on working till 8pm. When it became overwhelming, she phoned her nan in floods of tears saying they had sacked her. They have no empathy and it is very Dickensian to fire a 19-year-old girl from her first job on Christmas Eve."
Billie-Leigh said: "I'm devastated because I have been left without a job, during a period where it is impossible to get a job. I've got no way of getting any money at the minute. I can't even sign on, because I am at college full-time.
"Not just the fact I have been left without a job, but that I enjoyed working there and earning my own money too. It just blew up on me on Christmas Eve. I'm angry.
"It was my first tax-earning job, I'd worked in a restaurant before but it was cash in hand. It is inhumane to fire someone on Christmas Eve and expect them to work until the end of their shift. I didn't do anything wrong, I just wasn't