Okay. I can't remember if I ever posted this, but back in December I learned through a co-worker of mine at my job at this pool store near me that all of the cashiers were getting laid off because of the slow econmoy. I figured at the time it wasn't true (the co-worker in question had her head on the chopping block for quite some time now, so I thought it was just a means of covering her own sorry arse). I figured it didn't apply to me because I was on student leave because I was still in college and unable to drive an hour and half both ways to sell a few bar sets. I figured it didn't matter because I was told I'd have a job when I came back in the spring. Let's fast forward to March. I was filing taxes and for some reason couldn't find my W2 from the store, so I called them. After I managed to find those forms (hidden inside my tax book. Whoulda thunk?), I touched base to double check that I would still have my position in May when I was released from school. The manager told that yes, I would. Fast forward to today. I've officially been home from college for one day, and thought now would be a good time to mosey on down there and let my boss know I'm home so he can put me back on the schedule. I walk through the door and I'm immediately greeted by "Uncle Richie", a sales rep who pretty much trained me when I was a newbie and was always there for me. My boss hears him blurt my name out over the intercom and grins, caling me his best cashier. I barely caught his face falling. He started to try and talk to me only to see that one of the cashiers was getting a ten-person deep lne, so he was stuck opening another register and I had to wait. Which I did, so I took the time to peek around the store. I only recognized Uncle Richie and one of the assistant managers. Everyone else was brand spanking new. The cashier who had held up the line looked like he was still trying to figure out which buttons to press on the register. That in itself made me nervous. When my boss finally gets a chance he comes over to talk with me, and I eagerly tell him that I'm more than ready to come back to work and that I wasn't going to be disappearing from the state anytime soon. He tells me that while all this is well and good, he doesn't have a position for me. Turns out what my coworker said back in December was true: I had been laid off, even while I was on student leave. The only position he had available was "pool wizard", which means I stand in the back of the store and test people's water to see if their chemicals are off balance. The catch was I had to reapply online and I had about as much of a chance to get hired as another newbie. The fact that I have been working there for two years won't help me in the slightest. So as of 4 pm today I am officially unemployed. F***.
Dang, that's messed up! D8 Gee wiz, sorry that you lost your job. It's stupid how they hire newbies and don't keep the old employees... *Sighs* Maybe you can find a new job that was better then the one you had. Anyways, best of luck, and I hope things will come around for you soon.
that is exactly what happend to me, they got heaps of newbs and heaps of older staff where fired. Me, they got some new guy who took over all my shifts and they didn't tell me I was fierd? until I quit I had to quit myself o.o so yeah I am unemplyed =\ I worked their for 1.5 years... not much but yeah.
I think what angers me the most is that I was told at least three times over the curse of five months that yes, I would have a job, only to be told that it wasn't the case by the same manager. Now I'm starting the ol' look for who's hiring gig, but there's no chance I'll do as well as I did there. I worked in sales, and made $20 US /hr plus commission ( a set percentage of sales for a high priced item such as a pool liner, pool, or patio furniture)
