FIRED... ME TO.

[Grov]

Best revenge is to live on happily.  I got canned after turning in 30 days worth of notice.  I have since started my new career after enjoying the 3ish weeks of unemployed time.  My unemployment claim was under review this entire time and I just got contacted by a lady from the reviewing department.  I told her the sequence of events, she was entirely sympathetic, and said that she's seeing people getting let go in record numbers for little to no reason at all.   La is a "free to fire" state.

[BLAKDUKE]

Grov:

So is Georgia and Florida.  I do not know what the reasons are for denial unless for out and out theft.  HR can word almost whatever they want to make one look bad.  Fortunatly for me the reasons they used are all technical reasons of which the HR twit knows nothing of and has admitted such on a number of occasions.  I can just about take him apart on any technical issue if an appealed review comes about.  Another aspect is that it is all over town in any setting you wish to view that the company is letting long term people gp for any excuse they can come up with.  So I hope that I have a chance. 

[lordwriothsley]

BLAKDUKE,
Is there a way you can file a grievance against this person in the HR Department that is spreading all these lies about you? If you were to do so then who knows maybe you could get your old job back.

[DeadBishop]

So sorry to hear this, Blakduke.  It seems corporations are forgetting that it's the little people that got them to where they are today.  They cut anyone away on just a whim, without any thought put into it.  The head thinks it can survive without the body, which obviously isn't the case.  Good luck with landing a new contract!

[Sir Martin]

Best wishes, Blakduke!  I'm sure good fortune will find you soon.

[Grov]

Oops, put me on this list again.  My golden opportunity internship just went belly up with one days notice.  Today is our last day there but they hope that we'll all apply for full time hiring in a couple months.  Not sure if I want to seek full on perm position or just get something to hold me over til I can take my chance at getting on at Entergy again.  Gonna mull it over this weekend and treat myself a little bit.

[BLAKDUKE]

Well things are looking up a bit.  No offers yet but some good feedback.  I had a long talk with a long term friend of mine who was in the D.P. consulting game for years and he told me that a lot of the things that I am experiencing are normal.  It is currently a buyers market and the companies are all asking for the moon.  I looked at one job a couple of weeks ago and they had 30 requierments.  There are not 5 people together who could have met those let alone 1 person.   I do have 1 lead that I hope to hear from.  It's a job in Omaha Nebraska, 1K miles away from home, but it is a 6 month contract and it is with the company that is the direct competitor of the company I just left, now there would be justice. 

[lordwriothsley]

BLAKDUKE,
I'm glad to hear that things are starting to look up a little for you my friend. Just continue to keep your fingers crossed and before you know it you'll be back to work in no time.

[Liraaf]

Unfortunately I had to move out of state... missing the fair for the second time now!  (And second state to boot!)