Today, I found out why the temps were not invited to the company Christmas party. The company paid for the regular employees to go to a nice restaurant, gave them nice presents, and handed out substantial bonuses. They keep telling me they can't hire me on because the company can't afford it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss told me they were letting me go because they "could no longer afford to pay me." Never mind the catered lunch they had the day before, which cost more than a week's worth of my salary. FML
Today, at my workplace, $200 checks were given to every employee for how well the corporation was doing. The temps didn't get any. Guess who was the only temp. FML
Today, I went with my sister to her company Christmas party. They had a gift raffle, my number was called and I won $25 for a local restaurant. A few moments later, the manager came over and said, "You don't work here? You can't have that" and took it from me. FML
Today, while at work, I was asked to see my boss. I was informed that the company would be laying off 20 people, and that I was one of them. I was told I could finish off the week, then was sent back to work. Twenty minutes later, my boss walked around and handed us all Christmas party invitations. FML
Today, I found out that my company is paying more for hors d'oeuvres at one party than I will receive for my entire year long internship. FML
Today, my bosses were boasting about their work-funded retreat, including the $1,800 bottle of wine the company paid for. This would be fine if they hadn't just told me there are no funds to pay me for the work they've got me doing. We are also the biggest company in our industry. FML
Today, I got laid off. Why would they lay me off right before the holidays? Because they want to make sure every one else gets a nice holiday bonus. FML
Today, my manager rejected my leave application for Christmas. Later I found out that I'm going to be the only employee working at the office during Christmas. FML
Today, my employer gave me a gift to celebrate the one-year anniversary of my hire date. It would have been a really nice gesture if they weren't laying me off at the end of the month. FML
Today, I found out I make less money than the temps at my job by over 2 dollars an hour. I've been working there the longest and do 75% of the job myself. I was told, "We'll think about it" when talking to upper management about getting equal pay or close to. FML
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RememberSchlitz 9
It costs a lot more than just salary to keep a full time employee. If 10 employees who get paid $50k salary got $10k each as a bonus, not giving them bonuses would be just about enough money to hire one more full time person with benefits. But doing that pisses off 10 employees by screwing them out of a bonus, and only makes one employee happy to be on full time. The way they opt to do it, one temp is pissed off and 10 employees are chuffed with the extra cash. Know what chuffed employees do? Work harder and perform better. It's just Socioeconomics.
RichardPencil 32
Now you know the truth: They can afford to hire you full-time, they just don't want to. Merry Christmas!!
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kalbrek009 20
Sounds like my old boss. I asked for a raise after nearly 3 years of being there...he said it wouldn't be much because "it was a franchise store & not a corporate store"...I got a 47¢ raise. I found his pay slip later that day on the floor & I realized that he'd been getting a $100.00 raise every year from the owner for the 9 years he'd been there...meanwhile, my boss had taught me nearly everything he knows & had given me 3/4 of HIS job tasks so he could go onto the sales floor for 4 hours a day to "shoot the breeze" with the sales people....we both worked in the warehouse...glad to know I could help him get paid for screwing around on company time. I quit over a year ago though & he was mad he had to do ALL of his job by himself, but told me "if you ever want to come back, we'll hire you immediately!" I moved all the way across the US so I'd never be tempted to reapply.
sharond23 10
you're a temp. That's how things work. be grateful you have a job.
sarahcroy20 12
So you're thinking that since they had a Christmas party with gifts that means they can afford to hire you? That's not very realistic. A party costs way less than taking on a new employee who needs a weekly check plus possible benefits.