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

Tweed

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

The City of Los Angeles is always hiring:  www.lacity.org.  Great pay,
excellent benefits.

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,
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.

{{{Baha}}}

Melissa

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

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

I'm sorry for the circumstances, but I'm glad you're out of there. That
job was poison for you, and you're much too nice for those people ...
that's great that you got severance from them. Purrs for a *much*
better job, one that you really love.

Sherry

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

My brother quit the week before he was going to get laid off and because he
quit, he was denied unemployment, though he had worked there 12 years! He
tried a appeal and was denied.....Really, really sucks as he wasn't and
isn't in a very good place mentally.... :-) Liz

Been there and I know how crappy it feels.  Even if you hated the job.  (I
did)  Even if you probably should have quit sooner (I should have).  Even if
it was the right thing for you and for them.  (Certainly was in my case)

Still, fired is fired and it feels like sh.t.

For a while.  Then you realize you don't have to think about them and worry
about them any more.  You start to get this funny feeling and on closer
examination you realize you feel -- free.

Things really do have to get better.  So let them.

Jo

I'm sorry to hear that you've lost your job though glad that you don't have
that particular kind of stress anymore.  We're sending purrs and good
thoughts to find you something better ASAP.

Take care,

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Job-finding purrs are on the way.  I think you were smart to take their
deal.  If you'd refused, they would have either made your life on the job
miserable or terminated you without the severance pay.  I hope you can find
a job where you're appreciated.

Joy

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Purrs for you to land on your feet.

Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

Dear Liz,
   Very sad to hear about the termination. Never is easy on anyone.
I've been fired from more than a couple jobs. Each time, another
better job came along in a couple weeks.
   I've been fired from restaurants, repair jobs, and likely some I
can't remember off the top of my head.
   I was just fixing a cooler today. For a restaurant in Ontario, NY.
They need a chef, and also a waitress. 20 to 30 hours a week, and you
need to work weekends. Does this uniform look good on you?

http://angam.ang.univie.ac.at/class/ko/Roseanne/pics/roseanne%20working.jpg

(hope that you consider this funny).

   Life has a fantastic way of getting even with people after awhile.
Now, you are free to look for the job that you deserve. Where people
are polite, and treat  you well.

I must admit I knew it was coming.

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
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.

So I am out, for better or worse.

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
me?

Blessed be,
Baha

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.

[snips]

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

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.

Purrs from across the pond for the perfect job.

Thank you all, for helping me get over the shock. I needed it after the bucket of
cold water that got dumped on me.

I promptly went and put in three applications after it was all over. They wanted
me out so bad they decided to pay for a full day yesterday, have me sign the
papers, and go. I had to sign to a lie though, because some supervisor whom I'd
never worked with accused me of literally screaming in his face. If I ever see
him again I'll dispense with any supposed screaming and get him well acquainted
with a boot in his a.s, quite cheerfully and silently. They had to have something
to put down as a reason to have the paperwork drawn up, and it was as good as
any. The supervisor was a weekend guy who came to check me out after the bad call
a couple weeks ago--I think I wrote about it--and he mistook the sound of
damn-near-crying for shouting. But then, this guy is naturally pissy. Think of a
humorless Paul Lynde and you've got this jerk.

Now the question remains, when asked why I left the job, how do you tell the
story? Or just say my job was heading to Mumbai, which is only half-true? I don't
want to screw up next time around.

Again, thank God for people like you all, and thank you all. You've made this
burden a heluva lot easier.

Blessed be,
Baha

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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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).

Purrs on the way for a speedy resolution.

Randy

http://www.crmartin.zoomshare.com

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.

--Fil
(Look at Smokey.  He went from working in Garbage Removal (by eating
it) and Rodent Control (by eating them) in Ontario to a job as a
couch-warmer in Halifax which he likes MUCH better. :)

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

Good job purrs on the way, Baha.

, and that they would be happy to accept

[[[[[Baha]]]]]

Something similar happened to me in a job where I was being bullied by
my line manager. In the end, rather than sack me and run the risk of an
unfair dismissal action, (Which I'd made perfectly clear I was prepared
to do) I got a severance...

The first feeling I had was one of immense relief, I'd had this woman
doing her best to drive me mad for 8 months at this point. I think that
weekend I slept the best I had for an age.

And then I went on to get a better job, better pay, better conditions
etc etc

That job was NOT doing you any good. The next one is just around the
corner and it will be better

Purrs from the Fabulous Furballs in the UK

Lesley

Baha, I have to say upon reading this that I'm sooo glad you're out of that
environment!  Sending you many recuperative purrs for getting over this
horrendous experience and finding something that you can enjoy without all
that stress!
Thinking of you, many hugs,
Christine

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