Unemployed
May. 21st, 2009 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ericadawn16They're closing the restaurant I work at on May 31st, 2009. We found out on the 19th which means we had...twelve days warning.
Nice...we give them two weeks notice and they can't bother to do the same.
I'm kind of at a loss at what to do now. I mean, I'm 26 so it's not that bad compared to being 56 or having kids or whatever to provide for...I could do anything and yet...
(sighs)
We do the minimum amount of work now. I said it's like the end of school and a coworker agreed that it was like senior year. You remember when you'd already taken all your exams but you still had like a week of bullshit before you could leave? On Buffy, they showed that by having them play Hang-Man in class.
Well, that's what it's like, twelve days of bullshit where we're still getting paid, we're still having to make food for customers...but what's the point in doing anything extra? After all, what are they going to do...fire us?
You can't get fired twice. Then, to make mattters worse, they had this woman from Texas come and complain about everything we did wrong on the morning shift yesterday...and rubbing it in that she was a Katrina survivor like between her restaurant doing so much better than ours and losing her house in Katrina...that made her better than us?
Geez, just leave us alone to mourn in peace. Because you always say that you'll keep in touch, you exchange numbers, maybe add them on Facebook or Myspace, but except for a handful...you might never see them again.
At least, we're going to have a bonfire on the 31st. We're going to burn all those orange shirts they made us wear...Autumn wants to burn her apron, but that could be handy. It happens to be the same day as the actual high school graduation for the county. Yep, they're having commencement on a Sunday. Between that and it being the second ceremony in a row that's NOT EVEN IN OUR COUNTY (they're having it at the SunDome), I don't know what's going through those planners' heads.
Well, I got a few months to look for a good job before I have to settle for a crappy one.
(fingers crossed) Please no more food service. Please no more food service. (fingers crossed)
Nice...we give them two weeks notice and they can't bother to do the same.
I'm kind of at a loss at what to do now. I mean, I'm 26 so it's not that bad compared to being 56 or having kids or whatever to provide for...I could do anything and yet...
(sighs)
We do the minimum amount of work now. I said it's like the end of school and a coworker agreed that it was like senior year. You remember when you'd already taken all your exams but you still had like a week of bullshit before you could leave? On Buffy, they showed that by having them play Hang-Man in class.
Well, that's what it's like, twelve days of bullshit where we're still getting paid, we're still having to make food for customers...but what's the point in doing anything extra? After all, what are they going to do...fire us?
You can't get fired twice. Then, to make mattters worse, they had this woman from Texas come and complain about everything we did wrong on the morning shift yesterday...and rubbing it in that she was a Katrina survivor like between her restaurant doing so much better than ours and losing her house in Katrina...that made her better than us?
Geez, just leave us alone to mourn in peace. Because you always say that you'll keep in touch, you exchange numbers, maybe add them on Facebook or Myspace, but except for a handful...you might never see them again.
At least, we're going to have a bonfire on the 31st. We're going to burn all those orange shirts they made us wear...Autumn wants to burn her apron, but that could be handy. It happens to be the same day as the actual high school graduation for the county. Yep, they're having commencement on a Sunday. Between that and it being the second ceremony in a row that's NOT EVEN IN OUR COUNTY (they're having it at the SunDome), I don't know what's going through those planners' heads.
Well, I got a few months to look for a good job before I have to settle for a crappy one.
(fingers crossed) Please no more food service. Please no more food service. (fingers crossed)
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Date: 2009-05-22 12:04 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2009-05-22 12:12 am (UTC)Nice...we give them two weeks notice and they can't bother to do the same.
. . .
Then, to make mattters worse, they had this woman from Texas come and complain about everything we did wrong on the morning shift yesterday...and rubbing it in that she was a Katrina survivor like between her restaurant doing so much better than ours and losing her house in Katrina...that made her better than us?
God, you know how The Daily Show has a new segment, "BE A F&#*ING PERSON"? I think TPTB at your restaurant need to hear it.
I have absolutely no advice on job hunting, but I do wish you luck.
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Date: 2009-05-22 12:18 am (UTC)Sadly, just last week, one of the new hires was talking about how the company really seemed to care about us and I just sort of smirked and said, "Just wait..."
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Date: 2009-05-22 12:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-22 02:29 am (UTC)Take care, and best of luck with your job search 8].
Alexis
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Date: 2009-05-22 05:05 am (UTC)At least they're giving you some notice, and still paying you what you're owed. When I lost my job, we closed early that day for a mandatory company meeting, were laid off right then and there, and I have yet to see $4000 I'm owed for a month's work. At least your company didn't do that to you.
I know you're angry and upset, and I think you have every right to be, but please don't just say, "fuck it" and actually get fired. You might qualify for some unemployment benefits, and if they fire you, you lose your eligibility. I'm sure you know that, and I'm sure it's simply the frustration talking, but just keep that in mind.
If you want to vent, PM me. I've got plenty of experience being unemployed (since January 1st!), and I'm a pretty decent and empathetic listener. Anything I can do to help you, just say the word.
Above all, keep your chin up. Right after your last day, have fun at that bonfire, and keep close with the friends you've undoubtedly made working at the restaurant. They're a good support system, trust me. Do what you have to do to vent your frustrations, but keep positive, savvy?
Oh, and that woman from Texas? I probably would have told her to piss off! What a bee-yotch!
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Date: 2009-05-23 05:28 pm (UTC)They gave you 12 days notice?! O_O
I can´t believe it.
*is speechless*
Sometimes I´m so glad for our "factory act",they have to inform you at least 4 weeks,in communal and state jobs even 6 weeks,before they can fire you.If they don´t do that,you just get a lawyer and sue your ex-boss.
I hope you´ll find a new and better employment soon,but hee cheer up Erica, *insert sarcasm here* at least you didn´t had to survive Katrina and your life is/was soooo easy.. :/
What a piece of bullsh*t to say something like that!
*shakes head*
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Date: 2009-05-25 09:48 pm (UTC)