Gabriel Mizrahi

Let's call it Company One.

This was actually my third run with Company One.

I worked for them for three years, went to a different company for a year, then came back to Company One for another three years.

I was then laid off in a massive company-wide layoff, so I went to work for a consulting firm for two years.

They let me go because they no longer needed my position and there was nowhere else for me to fit in in the company at the time, and I ended up back at Company One for a year and a half.

I feel that my latest termination from Company One was an unfair decision related to some poor choices in my personal life.

Two years ago, an ex-girlfriend and I broke up.

I did not take it well and was very emotionally immature.

She made it very clear that she wanted nothing to do with me, but I was tragically sure that I could convince her otherwise.

I didn't stalk her or threaten her, I just didn't listen to her when she told me to stay away.

Your Honor, I didn't murder this person.

I just didn't stop stabbing him when he told me to stop.

So I tried to contact her too much, and one of those times was to drop off a sympathy card when her grandma passed away.

She pressed trespass charges against me.

I got the conviction, followed all of the court's orders, paid my fines, etc., and never went near or around her again.

Fast forward to this past summer.

I got a promotion, but the offer was rescinded when they ran a background check.

Once it came out that I had a misdemeanor record, company one terminated me because they have a policy that if you get convicted of anything, even misdemeanors, you're supposed to tell your manager.

I had no idea that was a policy, and neither did my director or anyone else I know who works there.

Nonetheless, they considered it gross misconduct.