Fired

I must admit I knew it was coming.

Pat...

I'd say that getting $2k out of it you did good. Now you will get a much
better job!

I got taken into a meeting, ostensibly to discuss the numerous postings I had
tried to make to other positions. Instead I was told that the call center
environment is not a good fit for me, and that they would be happy to accept
my resignation rather than have to terminate me; in return, I would be given
a severance of close to two grand and confidentiality if and when someone may
call for references. I don’t know if I’m being a jackass or not, but I took
it. It’s all rhetorical, it’s a firing, no matter what kind of pretty

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

It sounds like you made a good decision to me. You won't get unemployment
benefits this way, but it'll be much, much better for your job-hunting.

I'm sorry that you are now facing financial uncertainty, and I know how
that feels. Purrs for you to find a great job ASAP!!

However, I'm not sorry to hear that you are out of *there*. When your
ex-boss (now, doesn't that sound great, EX-boss?? :)) said the call
center wasn't a good fit for you, s/he was right. It wasn't! I was

Mark Edwards...

Want to form a club (evil grin)? My position was terminated today
because the part of the business I code for is going away.

Good luck, hugs, and lots of purrs,
Mark

polonca12000...

Lots and lots of purrs, hugs and best wishes for you to find a purr-fect
job soonest,
Polonca and Soncek

really worried about you, about what that job was doing to your mental
health. I don't say this lightly, either - you seemed to be going down

Jo Firey...

"I hated it" would be an honest and appropriate answer.

a dangerous path from the stress.

I got fired once, many years ago. I was very upset, and cried when he
told me. However, once the shock wore off (a few days later), I suddenly
realized that I wouldn't have to go back there again, and was flooded
with joy. Wheeeee, happy dance!!! I really was quite miserable there,
and therefore, was unable to do a very good job - and they knew this. So
in the end, it wasn't such a big surprise that I got canned, and the
outcome from it all was that I ended up changing careers and being much
happier.

I wish you luck in your search for something better!!

language you want to wrap it in; and no matter how flowery the wrapping and
how bright the bow, the package is still full of bullsh*t.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Well, of course if you "quit" you can't collect unemployment
insurance, so their state account doesn't get charged (which
would raise their tax rate). However, since "unemployment
benefits" aren't very much, you're probably better off
accepting the "severance", assuming you can find something
else fairly soon. Have you been there long enough so you
HAVE to use them as a reference? I haven't been unemployed
for over thirty years, but back in the days when I had a
less stable work record, I always either "stretched" my
periods of employment to cover brief sojourns between, or
claimed to have been taking an unpaid vacation. I was
married, so prospective employers didn't wonder what I lived
on during any hiatus (they didn't have to know my ex was
chronically unemployed).

So I am out, for better or worse.

Singh...

That's one heluva promotion!!!

Blessed be,
Baha

Enfilade...

You are better off out of there...you've got 2 grand to help you out
while you look for another job, and no firing on your official record.
Purrs for something you are better suited to.

I knew something was in the works today; Stosh came into the bedroom after I
got up, agitated as all hell, tail low; and when I gave him a pet, he jumped
back in such a fright that he scared Brandy in turn, and she landed on my
husband’s tuchus with claws fully out. They *know.* I don’t know how, but
they know.

Purr then, and purr loudly: I’m fired. I need a job. Anyone in the market for

Cheryl...

Ah, Liz, I'm so sorry but we are sending purrs that this is a
blessing. I know you've been as unhappy as I've been, but I know I'd
freak out too if I had to leave when it wasn't my desicion. But,
I've been there, and it opened the door to somehting better way back
then, so I hope it does the same for you.

me?

Victor Martinez...

Lots of purrs for a good job to head your way.

Takayuki...

I'm sorry that you lost your job. On the other hand, some time off
might be healthy and give you a chance to think about what you really
*want* to do.

Blessed be,
Baha

glsummer...

I am so sorry, Baha. That really stinks.

I hope that maybe this is the Universe's way of opening up a much
better job opportunity for you. May that come to you swiftly.

Ginger-lyn

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Sam...

Good job purrs on the way, Baha.

Adrian A...

I'm sorry, Baha, though you're probably better off out of there. Purrs that
you get a new and better job asap.

Tanada...

Purrs and best job placement wishes coming out to you form all of us
here, Baha. Maybe this is an opportunity. Think about what you'd like
to do, if there were no barriers in the way, then go for it.

Pam S. trying to do the same

Shiral...

I think, in the circumstances, you were wise to take the 2K and give
them your resignation and get good references from them for the
future--it showed maturity and good judgement in an unhappy situation,

Will in New Haven...

I got the purring chorus going but first I had to remind the gang what
a "job" is and then convince them that you really want one. Bear, the
d*g, thinks having a job is a noble thing and hopes you get one real
soon. He will retrieve the first duck that I shoot, and take it right
to the vet, if I ever shoot one. which I won't.

The gang, except for Bear, is still skeptical about this whole work
thing.

Will in New Haven

AND you didn't force them to do the worst possible thing. I'm sorry,
though, it feels lousy being fired. I almost got fired from my first
job after college, and I felt HORRIBLE for days. (In retrospect, I
should have just quit that job--I had real problems with my boss). So
you have my sympathy.

I will only say this: the job did not sound like the world's best fit
for you. Hopefully, you'll be able to find a much better job, soon.

Kreisleriana...

Purrs for you to land on your feet.

Theresa

Make Levees, Not War

Randy...

Purrs on the way for a speedy resolution.

polonca12000...

Lots and lots of purrs and hugs and best wishes for you to find a great
new job really soon,
Polonca and Soncek

Christina Websell...

I'm very sorry to hear this. Purrs that you will soon find another, better,
job.