Random Thoughts Thread

[Hooahguy]

Ive been fired before, and it sucks. I truly feel for you Vuk, good luck on the job hunt! Remember to keep friends and family around you who support you, its always best to surround yourself with people who care in hard times.

[Vuk]

You basically just tried to set-up your personal Trade Union, Vuk. Corporations don't like the employees thinking for themselves, and you just discovered this the hard way. I hope you find somewhere else soon.

No, I didn't. I just wanted people to give me their stories so we could go up the ladder and report it to the appropriate people in the company. No demands, no real organization. Just didn't want an unethical bully running his own little private kingdom up here that completely contradicts the core values and practices of the company as a whole. It is a good, family owned company, and one I took a lot of pride in being a leader at. The problem is that it is growing so fast that it is becoming full of cutthroat, corporate, carrion birds who are filling all the bureaucratic positions. It is a company with a good legacy that deserves better. My brother is still employeed in a leadership position in Central Wisconsin where I come from. He has been seeing the same thing: a good company going farther and farther away from its founding values as its founding leader loses more and more control and his business school educated kids and grandkids take over.
But no, I was not trying to form anything like a union. I was looking out as much for the company as the coworkers. I guess they just did not see it that way.

Ive been fired before, and it sucks. I truly feel for you Vuk, good luck on the job hunt! Remember to keep friends and family around you who support you, its always best to surround yourself with people who care in hard times.

I haven't told my family or friends yet, and probably won't till I get another job. For one, my ma is pretty old and having all sorts of heart troubles. She does not need my stress and worries to be added on to hers. If I tell anyone, I know it will get back to her. The only people I think I am going to tell is my brother who still works for the company (because he will find out anyway) and my married brother because he was fired before and knows what it is like. I think I can trust them to keep it a secret till I am back on my feet.

[Vuk]

Ive been fired before, and it sucks. I truly feel for you Vuk, good luck on the job hunt! Remember to keep friends and family around you who support you, its always best to surround yourself with people who care in hard times.

Can I ask you Hooah, did you have a hard time finding work after that?

[Hooahguy]

Well so my last job before my current job was working for a handyman. He was kind of a massive jerk so I really didnt mind being fired for his imaginary accusations of purposely getting in the way of work (a ridiculous charge). I was unemployed for a week before a friend put in a good word for me at the company he worked at, so for about six weeks I did scut work. It paid well though and I liked who I worked with. Then I went to Norway for seven weeks. There was no guarantee I would have a job when I got back, but I was asked to apply back anyways. So when I got back I did, but they said the current summer interns were enough so I was jobless for a month and a half. I looked for other work but came up with nothing. Then finally I got a call back at the end of July from my former boss at the company I used to work for and she asked if I could begin after the first week of August. I happily accepted the job offer, and Ive been working for that company ever since. Its still mostly scut work but I like the people I work with and its a great work environment (we get to drink beer at work that the company provides for free) so Im rather happy where I am right now and i feel rather lucky.

I can only hope that you have as much luck as I did.

[Vuk]

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