Tearful teen says it's 'inhumane' after Asda 'sacked her without warning'
08.01.2024 - 10:42
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A teenager said she was left in tears after being 'sacked from her job at Asda on Christmas Eve'.
Billie-Leigh Williams, 19, started working at the Tipton Superstore stacking shelves in October, Birmingham Live reports. But she claims she was giving her marching orders on December 24 'without warning'.
The teen's mum Kaye said her daughter 'had been offered a permanent contract of employment', though an Asda spokesperson said she was 'recruited on a short-term temporary contract'. Kaye, 42, said the dismissal 'ruined' Billie-Leigh's Christmas and greatly impacted her self-esteem.
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She claimed Billie-Leigh was fired four hours into her shift - but was told to keep working until clocking off time. Kaye, from Friar Park in Wednesbury, in the West Midlands, 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