3 posts tagged “unemployed”

Well after 6 weeks of unemployment and too many hours "watsted" on fruitless job searches, I have received a job offer. Yay! I accepted it this morning. The pay is on par with what I was making before. Not great, but it's better than a sharp stick to the eye. Science isn't about fame and fortune. Well maybe fame, but definitely not fortune.
I still have not received any money from unemployment (bastards). Maybe I will get lucky and get that soon... I need money. I have to buy stuff. I hate being personally broke.
I will be working for a small environmental firm located in Boulder City, just south of Henderson. It will be about 30 miles round trip every day, but the job has lots of diversity and I will actually get to use that pesky education that I am still paying for. The people seem top notch and with a good moral and ethical compass.
They even have an cappuccino/espresso machine (hehe)
I go back to the land of the gainfully employed as of May 14th.

My first day of unemployment. The realization was difficult to deal with.

I am bitter about it, but, what can you do. I can let it get me down or I can become a stronger person because of it. I am going to try and go with the latter option. I am sure I will have the days where I'll be all pathetic, not do anything and smoke way too much. I was tossing around the idea of giving up the habit last week. Boy did I pick a bad week to decide that. Anyway...

Eric and I went for a bike ride, which was nice. Most weekends I am too tired from work all week to want to or it's windy or the planets aren't aligned right. So needless to say, it has been a month at least since the last time I went out and way longer before that. My first ride in forever was just over 11 miles. Not bad, but I am riding a mountain bike on pavement- Oy! My average ride used to be just over 20, that was before I had toe surgery last spring then by the time it healed it was summer. Too hot to ride. I was afraid if I crashed I would be injured and cook to death on the pavement. So my goal is to try and ride every day, or at least every other day. Go in the morning when it is still cool out, come home, get cleaned up and get the rest of my crap done. It just might work.

I am doing good so far today, did some errands: went to get some parts for my mountain bike, spent too much money on a new pair of jeans that I needed (one of my other pairs decided to wear out and get a hole in an inappropriate place), had some chicken tacos at Roberto's, went to the Super Mercado to get some chips, tortillas and habeneros.

I am planning on making my super tasty salsa this week, I just dread having to peel all of the green chilies- prune fingers!

It's only just begun......

Well, I guess it doesn't matter about the cubicles now. I was fired from my job today.

 About a month ago, the new junior project manager (jpm) who started about 6 months ago (who had and still has no clue how to do his job) freaked out on me for no apparent reason. By freaking out on me, I mean I was backed into a corner and being yelled at, called a fucking worthless piece of shit, among other things. Another employee only witnessed the end of the incident. I filed a complaint. He (the jpm) twisted it into a he said -she said deal. The jpm did not receive any punishment for what he did, even though it completely violated the company policy on workplace violence and harassment. WTF?

Well, I was going to quit. but I decided that I loved my job too much to quit. I should have trusted my gut on that one.

Today, I get to work, corporate regional manager is in the office. Nothing new they are around quite a bit. Then "I need to speak with you". I was "let go" becuase I had problems dealing with people in the office. Again ??? I had been there almost 2 years. I never has a problem with anybody or vice versa Until the jpm was hired. He always hated me and tried to undermine me. I tried to be the bigger person. Apparently that doesn't count for anything. I guess I don't want to work for a company that tolerates managers abusing employees.

I was so shocked that could hardly move. stunned. I had to clean out my desk with this corporate manager looking on. Is that the company's? Uh, no the red Swingline stapler is mine, thank you very much....

Next step, state unemployment and on the job search wagon, again.

I need a drink.