I have lost a job every year ever since 2007. Fuck!!! Ironically, 2007 was when I received my MBA.
This latest lay-off is beyond bullshit. I was hired in July 2009 after 5 months of being unemployed. I was trained haphazardly by co-workers. One of the duties I was trained to perform, which I was told was “No big deal and just keep up with it every couple of months.”, cost me my job. I do admit that it is a big mistake now that I have been told in no uncertain terms what is important and what is not. How big a mistake? Costing the company a million dollars. Yeah, fire my ass - I understand. But fuck you and your non-existent training/ new hire onboarding. How could I be told in my first couple of months that the task wasn’t important and then be fired for believing what I was told? Also fuck you to how you rushed me through packing up my stuff without a chance to say goodbye to anyone. I better be able to collect unemployment, douche nozzles!
What was your relationship with your supervisor like? I can’t understand how in the 7 months you were there, no one ever checked in on your progress on whatever that task was. I’ve never been at a job where I got trained in and then no one ever spoke to be about my responsibilities again.
I really hope I’m not fired for cause! That is a gray area since I didn’t know it was a required duty until shit hit the fan. To clarify the whole costing millions thing, this duty held up claims being processed in a timely manner so money meet drain. Well, at least I have a new question to ask in job interviews now! “Do you provide any training or onboarding for new hires?” Today is my numb, feeling bewildered day. Tomorrow I will come back with a lot more profanity.