Ever been fired unexpectedly?

Mince Pie · 12-06-2014 08:03PM

Just got laid off yesterday myself. Last week next week and paid till the end of the month. Stressed doesn't even come close. Can't sleep worrying about having to sign on!
Been messaging everyone I know to let me know if they hear of anything. It totally sucks.

The One Doctor · 12-06-2014 08:12PM

Mince Pie wrote: »

Just got laid off yesterday myself. Last week next week and paid till the end of the month. Stressed doesn't even come close. Can't sleep worrying about having to sign on!
Been messaging everyone I know to let me know if they hear of anything. It totally sucks.

I have to admit that I'm not stressed, something will turn up and if it doesn't, well the dole covers my rent etc with a bit to spare. Plus I saved a ****load during my time in the job, but I'll try not to touch that. Of course I'll start looking for a job tomorrow, but I see nothing useful in stressing about it.

Mince Pie · 12-06-2014 08:15PM

The One Doctor wrote: »

I have to admit that I'm not stressed, something will turn up and if it doesn't, well the dole covers my rent etc with a bit to spare. Plus I saved a ****load during my time in the job, but I'll try not to touch that. Of course I'll start looking for a job tomorrow, but I see nothing useful in stressing about it.

No nest egg here I'm afraid so nothing to lean on. And have glastonbury booked and paid for as a 40th birthday treat for myself. So timing is pretty crappy.
I mean I'll get by on the dole in the short term but it really is a shítty situation. At least its not the middle of winter. Easier to be happier outside in the sunshine walking the dogs when you're brassic.

The One Doctor · 12-06-2014 08:37PM

Mince Pie wrote: »

No nest egg here I'm afraid so nothing to lean on. And have glastonbury booked and paid for as a 40th birthday treat for myself. So timing is pretty crappy.
I mean I'll get by on the dole in the short term but it really is a shítty situation. At least its not the middle of winter. Easier to be happier outside in the sunshine walking the dogs when you're brassic.

Well, I'm sitting back with a pina colada. I'll worry about finding a job tomorrow.

Bozo Skeleton · 13-06-2014 12:08AM

Twice, both for the same reason. I work in bars. One example. I came in for my shift on a Friday night to find the doors closed. Turns out they'd closed down without telling any of the staff.
Between unpaid wages, holiday money, and redundancy, I was owed €7,000. Took 10 weeks for dole to come through, and 2 years for the money owed through the Labour Court.
All is good now, this was 5 years ago. But so frustrating to be utterly skint and owed €7,000 tied up in red tape.
Yeah, that was a nightmare, I'm venting it

Awkward Badger · 13-06-2014 12:15AM

Not very smart on the part of the company to fire The One Doctor they had working there...

steddyeddy · 13-06-2014 01:01AM

metaoblivia wrote: »

The job I had before my current one tried to let me go stealthily. In the summer they announced a move and merge to take place in December 2013. Of course it meant that the admin staff was going to be cut because when two companies merge, they don't need two full admin staffs. I was told I was going over with them, though and that people from the other office would be let go. But I didn't believe them - so I started job hunting immediately.

Sure enough, in December, on our last day in the old office (which I had packed up all by myself and gotten ready to move), they called me in and let me go. They were overstaffed and had to cut 2 or 3 more people in addition to me. It was two weeks before Christmas. They offered no severance pay and didn't even intend on paying me for coming in that day. Just, "Thanks for working for us for two years, we no longer need you, let us know if you need a letter of recommendation, good luck and Merry Christmas."

But as it turned out, I didn't need a letter of recommendation because the very next day, I not only got a job offer, but that offer was 3 times what I had been paid working for them. When my old boss found out - he didn't even have the balls to fire me himself, he had pawned it off on his partner - he got super mad that I had used personal days to go on interviews (I had told them I had some personal business to deal with) and that I was telling people I was let go two weeks before Christmas with no warning and no severance pay because it made them look bad. One of the most glorious moments of my life was telling that asshole that, A. Had they been honest with me about their plans to let me go in December once they moved, I would have been honest with them about my job search and B. If you you don't want to "look bad" as an employer don't do sh!tty things to your employees. And he backed right off. He was kind of bully, so I think he wasn't used to someone standing up to him.

But yeah! That's my story. Very happy at my new job, by the way. I do a lot more, work with great people and thoroughly enjoy it. Sometimes getting fired works out for the best.

You're a legend! Fair play

rannerap · 13-06-2014 01:04AM

yep last week

my probation period contract was up and was told they are not keeping me, they are getting rid of my position and redistributing my tasks to other staff members, My last day is tomorrow! Hoping I get something soon!

WilyCoyote · 13-06-2014 04:25AM

In my 30s working in London ......... got a phone call during a lock-in at my local well after midnight. My then boss ........ and he gave me the high jump. Couldn't blame him at the time. We're still friends though ........ him in NZ and me here

Incidentally, that was the second of such sackings and was re-instated after a week long exercise in Bacchanalianism

suicide_circus · 13-06-2014 07:00AM

Got fired once but it was for gross incompetence so it's ok.

Teyla Emmagan · 13-06-2014 08:11AM

Was made redundant from my first proper job at 27. Got a job more or less immediately but I was devastated over the whole thing and took it far too personally. Took me years to get over!

More fool me.

bear1 · 13-06-2014 10:23AM

I used to work for a banks credit card division. Job was in Naas and I lived in Tramore so you can imagine the joys of driving that every day.
Worked like a dog and was constantly being monitored by my superior, any small detail she would call me out on.
Sometimes I was right and sometimes I was wrong.
She just had some sort of problem with me, anytime I would say hello or just go for a friendly chat she would move away.
One day I was in the middle of a call when I get an email to go to her office.
Finished up the call and went to the office where it was herself and the HR guy. She didn't mutter a word except a slight smile when the guy told me to pack my things and leave at 5.
Signed the confidentiality clause and went back to my desk.
The most awkward 2 hours of my life but I didn't bother answering a single call or email.
Was paid the final 2 weeks and off I went.
Being the boom times I got a job a week later in Waterford so more money for me.
Sometimes getting fired can be the best thing that can happen to you.

Skerries · 13-06-2014 11:23AM

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Incidentally, that was the second of such sackings and was re-instated after a week long exercise in Bacchanalianism

That is a word I only heard of recently and is going to be my disease of choice when asked

The One Doctor · 18-06-2014 07:01PM

Interview on Tuesday. That was surprisingly fast.

drumswan · 22-06-2014 04:06PM

The One Doctor wrote: »

I was handed my notice today and while it wasn't a massive shock (I've seem similar signs in other big companies before receiving a swift boot to my overfed arse) or my fault it's still not particularly pleasant. Our first baby is currently in the plush residence of my girlfriend's womb and will be evicted in December, so there's no massive hurry and we've some savings, but still, needs must.
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So AHers, have you ever experienced the heavy hand of unexpected unemploydasment rearrange you jaw?

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Ever been fired unexpectedly?

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