Two months ago I resigned from my job. I was Director of HR for a mid-sized company. The job became overwhelming for me and with handling all HR for about 200 people in three locations in different time zones I realized I needed a change. I'm married and my husband supported me in this decision and assured me that we would be fine financially even if it took a while for me to find something. I knew it would be hard to explain quitting a job without having another but I felt like I need to do that. Here's the problem:
I resigned on a thursday and was asked if I would be willing to stay to train somebody new. I said yes. The following wednesday I interviewed a woman and the next day she started as a consultant after being hired by my boss who was COO. I was surprised to see her the next morning when I came in. I sat with her and went over what I did and where files were etc and was called to the conference room at noon. I was told that my employment was effectively terminated and that I should leave. My stuff would be mailed to me. I was crushed and shocked. I had worked there for four years and had built good relationships with the staff and owners. It's like they just didn't know me anymore and treated me like I had done something wrong.
They did not fight my UI claim so I assume I am/was fired. I applied to see what they would do.
I have no idea how to explain this to people in new interview oppts. I'm at a loss and try hard to not be emotional but it was such a crappy thing I can't help it. I don't even know if I can use anybody there as a reference so something has to be said. My former boss tells me to just say that it was not a good fit for me and that we didn't see the HR function/value the same.
Any advice on how to handle this? It's 4 years of my life that I have to explain somehow. I got good reviews, raises, bonuses and lots of accolades for the work I did. Now I have nothing.
Thanks
I resigned on a thursday and was asked if I would be willing to stay to train somebody new. I said yes. The following wednesday I interviewed a woman and the next day she started as a consultant after being hired by my boss who was COO. I was surprised to see her the next morning when I came in. I sat with her and went over what I did and where files were etc and was called to the conference room at noon. I was told that my employment was effectively terminated and that I should leave. My stuff would be mailed to me. I was crushed and shocked. I had worked there for four years and had built good relationships with the staff and owners. It's like they just didn't know me anymore and treated me like I had done something wrong.
They did not fight my UI claim so I assume I am/was fired. I applied to see what they would do.
I have no idea how to explain this to people in new interview oppts. I'm at a loss and try hard to not be emotional but it was such a crappy thing I can't help it. I don't even know if I can use anybody there as a reference so something has to be said. My former boss tells me to just say that it was not a good fit for me and that we didn't see the HR function/value the same.
Any advice on how to handle this? It's 4 years of my life that I have to explain somehow. I got good reviews, raises, bonuses and lots of accolades for the work I did. Now I have nothing.
Thanks