Fired/Laid off from jobs

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

I got fired from Bose for lateness, after I had to trek 14 miles thru really bad snow to work at a outdoor mall. Some lady infront of me lost control I had to swerve to miss her I looped it and got stuck on the side of the highway. The store made $7 in sales that day and closed at 3 o'clock when it was supposed to close at 9.

[Jean]

F Bose lol

[czag13]

I've was laid off 3 different jobs in about a 6 month period. I'm an independent college student, so after loans pay my tuition, my job is my survival.

First, I was working as a personal assistant at a commercial real estate brokerage. Stock market crashes, a month later, I'm unemployed.

Luckily I found a job at a restaurant less than a mile from my house and school. Great tips, lots of hours, solid job. 3 months into this job, I get a call that the restaurant has closed, so there's no need to come into work that day.

I then found a job at an advertisement company shooting and editing web commercials (I'm a film student, so GREAT experience). Solid pay, as many hours as I could handle, working from home a lot. Best job ever. I went from working 40 hour weeks to them telling me that there was no work left.

I don't know many people who can say they've been laid off 3 times in 6 months, but I guess I've been lucky to land jobs and now have another job that will hopefully last long enough for me to graduate (in 6 months), although who knows if I'll be able to find a decent job then

[e30:)]

from september to middle december i was working two jobs, concreate during the week and a scale shack at a log yard during the weekends. it was pretty cool cuase i got paid ever week and every other week but the concreate place laid me off cause of no work. i still miss it

[ikkitousen]

I wanna know what Jamba Juice the OP worked at cuz I work near his Local.
Wanna see this Haggared hoochie.

You know what they say: Pics or it never happened

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[Alkasquawlik]

I wanna know what Jamba Juice the OP worked at cuz I work near his Local.
Wanna see this Haggared hoochie.

You know what they say: Pics or it never happened

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I worked at the Bishop Ranch location in San Ramon, they closed down though.

Last I heard, the girl had moved to Livermore.

[kishg]

you deserved to be fired for acting like a retard at work. have some respect and professionalism no matter what job you do.

[Alkasquawlik]

you deserved to be fired for acting like a retard at work. have some respect and professionalism no matter what job you do.

I never said I didn't deserve to be fired. Live and learn. I was an immature high schooler at my first job.

[z31maniac]

I've never been fired (you have to be a serious fuck up to get fired these days) and thankfully I've never been laid off.

And my last two jobs I've had since being out of college would hire me back because I did great job, but wanted to try something different. I've even had a few calls from my old manager at State Farm to come back and I MerCruiser would hire me back in a second............if I would be willing to take $10-15K less a year than I make now.

[lylefk]

Uh, I have one. I was an assistant manager at Best Buy. I was dating/fucking a SMOKING girl that worked there. She was a senior (between full time and supervisor) in a different area of the store. We had been quietly dating/fucking for months when her crazy ex called HR pretending to be an employee and complained. There was an investigation, but it was dropped when they found out he was the one who called it in. A couple more months go by, we continue to date/fuck...things aren't going well, it's about over....then the power goes out in the store for a week. During this power outage, I proceed to sleep with another girl IN the store (not as hot, but 34DDD). In home theater, to be precise. I figured it was one of those moments that you either remember forever or regret not doing until the day you die. No regrets, right?

Anyway, a week later I was suspended for dating the first girl. My GM just had it out for me, it was a convenient way for him to off me. I got fired a week later.

A few weeks later a rumor started about the power outage incident...to this day all the stores in the Seattle area still talk about it. I got a phone call about it last week, and it happened over 2 years ago.

[der affe]

i was laid off from the Benz dealer in September because i wouldn't quit after i was burned (3rd degree the whole boat) because of their lack of safety (not up to osha/fire/building safety code) and not having enough seperation between the stalls. the illegal south of the boarder resident blew off his bondo dust and hit the arc when i was tack welding. this resulted in a fire ball (see the myth busters coffee creamer cannon to get an idea) that lit my arms on fire, melted my work shirt and lit it on fire and melted the silk screen on the t shirt under it into my chest. i had to run 25 feet while on fire to get to open floor so i could stop, drop, and roll. the fire ball also melted the rubber gloves to the tops of my hands. when i pulled them off instinctively, i tore the tops of my hands off. the only fire extinguisher in the shop (also way out of code!) was hidden under the non legal shop foreman's tool box. luckily the LEGAL Iracy co worker on the other side of me found it and put out the part of my now burning ball of plastic that was once my work shirt, that wouldn't go out from me rolling on the ground.

the same non legal shop forman was running around telling everyone that i said not to call 911, so another co worker told him to fuck off and called from his cell phone.

FUNNY PART......
when they were loading me into the ambu, someone asked what hospital they were taking me to? they replied "County Hospital."
i sat up in the gurney and yelled "NO dan't take me there, i have health insurance!" the medic turned to me and said "County is the best burn unit in AZ and the second best in the US!" so i replied "oh" and laid back down.

so i spent 3 months in the hospital on: morphine ( IV and pills), perc, vicodin, demeral (IV and pills), neurontin, anitbiotics, ETC. after being released i was at home for another 3 months before they would let me return to work. so after being on fire i was back at work after 6 months.

they next 6 months that i worked there they did everything to get me to quit, but i stuck it out. when the economic down turn started to effect the bodyshop world they took that as there chance to get rid of me, so off i went.

[lylefk]

That's fucked.....I'd sue.

[ragged325]

i was laid off from the Benz dealer in September because i wouldn't quit after i was burned (3rd degree the whole boat) because of their lack of safety (not up to osha/fire/building safety code) and not having enough seperation between the stalls. the illegal south of the boarder resident blew off his bondo dust and hit the arc when i was tack welding. this resulted in a fire ball (see the myth busters coffee creamer cannon to get an idea) that lit my arms on fire, melted my work shirt and lit it on fire and melted the silk screen on the t shirt under it into my chest. i had to run 25 feet while on fire to get to open floor so i could stop, drop, and roll. the fire ball also melted the rubber gloves to the tops of my hands. when i pulled them off instinctively, i tore the tops of my hands off. the only fire extinguisher in the shop (also way out of code!) was hidden under the non legal shop foreman's tool box. luckily the LEGAL Iracy co worker on the other side of me found it and put out the part of my now burning ball of plastic that was once my work shirt, that wouldn't go out from me rolling on the ground.

the same non legal shop forman was running around telling everyone that i said not to call 911, so another co worker told him to fuck off and called from his cell phone.

FUNNY PART......
when they were loading me into the ambu, someone asked what hospital they were taking me to? they replied "County Hospital."
i sat up in the gurney and yelled "NO dan't take me there, i have health insurance!" the medic turned to me and said "County is the best burn unit in AZ and the second best in the US!" so i replied "oh" and laid back down.

so i spent 3 months in the hospital on: morphine ( IV and pills), perc, vicodin, demeral (IV and pills), neurontin, anitbiotics, ETC. after being released i was at home for another 3 months before they would let me return to work. so after being on fire i was back at work after 6 months.

they next 6 months that i worked there htey did everything to get me to quit, but i stuck it out. when the economic down turn started to effect the bodyshop world they took that as there chance to get rid of me, so off i went.

I've seen most of this story before, but just wanted to say that really sucks and I'm sorry you had to go through it. What does your lawyer say about it?

[Alkasquawlik]

^^^
That's horrible. Did you just let it go or are you pursuing legal action?

[der affe]

because i was hurt at work, on the job, workmans comp covered all the medical. if i was to sue WC (which i had no grounds to do) or my former employer i would have negated the medical bills being picked up by WC.
the way the workmans comp laws are in AZ there is no way you can sue your employer for neglagence, shitty, but true!

right now i am sitting at close to or at $3 MILLION in medical bills! there is no way i could have had the propper medical care in the long term after the initial care at the hospital. i will get a final settlement from them soon based on my losses though. i get life time health care on amything related to the accicent.

you bet your sweet ass i turned the shop into every governing body i couyld after they let me go: sheriff joe (immigration), INS, Phoenix fire department, OSHA, City of Phoenix zoning, AZ wage commission.

i forgot to mention that the non legal shop foreman tolf me in confidence that he was living here in the US under his son's SS number. yea, i let that be known too!