Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Whaaaa????

Ummm I think I’ve lost my job, without actually losing my job… yet.

Are you confused? So am I.



Ok here’s the scoop. So as I've mentioned before, the company I work for is lame and I want to leave. Three other people (out of six) have very recently quit. I have been on the job hunt for a while now but haven’t found the right new job yet. After all of the other resignations my supervisor (the one I mentioned here…) pulled me into her office and asked me if I was happy working there. Now although she can be a biotch at times, she is not the owner of the company and I feel like I could confide in her if needed. She looked me straight in the eye and asked me if I was planning on leaving. I couldn’t lie to her. I told her that I was actively looking and that I will be leaving (hopefully) somewhat soon (for reasons which she said she completely understood). She also told me that whatever she and I talked about in her office that day wouldn’t leave her office.


She lied.


She went and told the owners that I was planning on leaving. Fuck.


Now, my position there is not one that is easy to replace or train for. So in a panic she started interviewing for my position… which I hadn’t even quit yet! She then pulled me into her office last week and told me that they had a plan. They found someone they want to hire to replace me, and they want me to give my 2 week resignation from that position and then stay on as a “floater” until the end of October if needed. The pros for me are that I am guaranteed work until the end of October and that I can leave at any point with no notice if I find something after my 2 weeks is up. The cons are if I don’t find something by the end of October… I’m so screwed!

So somehow they are letting me go… but not really.

This just adds to why I hate working for this company and why I can’t wait to get out of there. So pray for me blog-land. Pray I find something AMAZING before the end of October!

6 comments:

Kerrie said...

What a way to be thrown under the bus for being honest. :( Good luck in finding a job that is the right fit. Just a thought....Are they trying to get out of paying you unemployment if they instead actually fired you? Prayers are headed your way!

Mich said...

the owners are ridiculously cheap and petty so it probably is their way of getting out of it with making me give my resignation and all. oh joy...

thanks for the prayers :)

Angela Tolsma said...

YIKES!! Lots of good thoughts are being sent your way!! You will find something better that will make you happy. And that lady... yikes she can't have many friends

Unknown said...

Sounds to me like they are trying to avoid paying you severance! Very shaddy...

Krista

Rachel said...

That is SUCH BS!! Is there any legal recourse you can take??

Leah said...

Yikes ... What are you going to do? What an effed up thing to do.