{"id":9770,"date":"2025-07-21T02:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9770\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T02:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T02:07:10","slug":"i-had-a-disastrous-start-to-the-day-but-made-it-on-time-to-my-first-shift-at-my-new-job-i-was-fired-ten-minutes-later-for-a-ridiculous-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9770\/","title":{"rendered":"I had a disastrous start to the day but made it on time to my first shift at my new job… I was fired ten minutes later for a ridiculous reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

By SARAH BROOKES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 20:37 EDT, 20 July 2025 | Updated: 21:01 EDT, 20 July 2025 <\/p>\n

An Aussie woman claims she was fired on her first day at a UK salon because she wasn’t ‘passionate enough’, despite arriving on time and working with a broken leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhiannon Cunningham claimed\u00a0her boss told her she should have arrived 15 minutes early to be truly prepared.<\/p>\n

The frustrated hairdresser said her day had got off to a rocky start after her first bus was cancelled.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The second one drove past her without stopping, forcing Ms Cunningham to fork out money for an Uber<\/a> so she would still make it to the salon on time.<\/p>\n

But that didn’t seem to matter.<\/p>\n

‘I get there on time, and then I’m working for about ten minutes, and then the boss arrives,’ Ms Cunningham said in a TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘She pulls me outside to basically say I don’t work there anymore.<\/p>\n

‘She said I wasn’t passionate enough and that I should be aiming to get there about 15 minutes early to ensure that I’m never late, and that I didn’t ask enough questions on my first day.’<\/p>\n

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Rhiannon Cunningham (pictured) claims she was fired after one shift for not arriving 15 minutes early or being ‘passionate enough’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Cunningham said she was hired despite being upfront about having a broken leg, an injury sustained just a week earlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I worked as a manager of a salon before, and probably I would have been a little bit better at my job,’ she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘But I have a broken leg right now so obviously I can’t be running around like a crazy person.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Cunningham said the blow came after she was made redundant from her previous marketing role in March, a job that still owes her $3,200 in unpaid wages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said her debt has since spiralled into credit card arrears.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I can’t even go get a little hospitality job or like a retail job, because I have a broken leg and I can barely walk,’\u00a0Ms Cunningham said.<\/p>\n

Her story struck a chord online, with social media users questioning the fairness of a culture where workers are discarded so quickly and with so little compassion.<\/p>\n

‘This sounds rough! I work in HR and would highly suggest going to the Fair Work Commission website and applying for unfair dismissal,’ one wrote.<\/p>\n

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Ms Cunningham said the boss was aware she had a broken leg when she hired her for the job (stock image)<\/p>\n

‘Even though you were in your probation period, you still need to be notified with a meeting and have the opportunity to a support person. You can definitely claim some money back then.’<\/p>\n

Another said she was fired from her first fashion job after finishing university.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘They fired me within the month because the manager said I should be getting in before her and leaving after her,’ she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Cunningham said she’s still holding on to hope.<\/p>\n

‘I’ve been crying my eyes out all morning,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘I have $100 in my account, I have rent, a gym membership, mobile plan. I’m really trying to stay positive.’<\/p>\n

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