Sorry to hear your woes Lauferb, but if there was no contract then sadly you have no comeback on this.
We’ve all done it – taken people at face value and trusted them only to be let down – but thats where we learn more about how to run our businesses.
Anyway – good luck for the future and I hope everything works out well for you
ps – I wasnt fired, I was made redundant (its a small difference 
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