However, in the summer of 1996, Mr. Sample was laid-off. He was told by
Bay Harbour management to stay in contact with the company and that he would
be rehired as soon as the company had the chance to do so. Mr. Sample even
went through his annual review and was promised a raise when he started work
again.
Ironically, in 1997, he found out that Bay Harbour had no intention of
hiring him back. The company had been hiring new employees all along. Bay
Harbour even went as far as to terminate Mr. Sample’s apprenticeship
indenture without informing him. This is a clear sign of the management’s
terrible intentions.
When Mr. Sample questioned what was going on, he was told that he didn’t
have a place in the "new" Bay Harbour and that he had had three safety
violations and complaints about his work, although not surprisingly, no
paperwork was produced to support their claims.