Today, it's been less than a week since I finally got a job, after over a year of searching. I just found out that there's about to be a wave of layoffs. I haven't even gotten my first paycheck, and already I'm going to lose my job. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after finally getting a job offer after months of unemployment, I found out that the person who was going to hire me got fired. Which means I'm not getting the job. FML
Today, not even a week after I was laid off from my job, I got a call from my old boss. He offered me a "new" job at the company, which turned out to be just like my old one, but with drastically reduced pay. I'm so broke and desperate that I accepted. FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
Today, I got fired from the job I've only had for a week. Between paying for a physical, my own background check and uniforms, I paid more money to start working there than I'll get from my one and only paycheck. FML
Today, I found out I'm getting a pay cut, a week after I told my boss I need a raise or second job just to afford bills. I made the company 10k last week. FML
Today, I got a badly-needed job at a local discount store. After being hired, I found out I'm to help with the soon-to-begin store closing sale, and I'll be jobless again after 3 months. FML
Today, I finalized my new car purchase after three months on the job at a new company. Two hours later, I was informed that my position has been eliminated. I have two weeks to find a new job or I'm completely screwed. FML
Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML
Today, my employer fired me, less than a week before I could become permanent full-time staff. FML
Today, I finished my project two weeks early. Now I am being laid off because there is no work to do. FML
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Pat_Tricksta 13
You don't know that yet OP!!! Don't lose hope, and outwork the other workers. If you give up just because you heard of this "wave" you are going to be demotivated, and coworkers and your bosses will easily detect that demotivation, and then you really are ******!
Godsofdracos 15
If he was hired recently enough that he hasn't even received a paycheck, the odds of him being laid off are slim. He was most likely hired with other new people to replace people that have been there the companies about to lay off / fire.
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TipTopCaduceus 11
My boyfriend found himself in the same position when he was first hired, but he still works for that same company 6 years later. I wouldn't give up just yet.
mythicaltimes 15
I see no reason why someone would be unemployed for a year. Expand the distance you will move/travel to for work, enhance your education, or lower your pride a bit and take a lower paying job. Everyone starts out somewhere and has worked those crappy jobs.
setsunaela 13
Easy for you to say. I was willing to travel literally anywhere that would be still paying me enough that I would be making more than the gas money it cost getting there and back. I could not afford to enhance my education as I had NO JOB. I was already applying for minimum wage jobs in addition to better paying jobs that I was qualified for. Sometimes the problem isn't that you're starting out. I was told to my face in an interview that they would like to hire me, I was perfect for the job, but since I had so much other work experience they decided to hire someone else because they were afraid I would leave too soon, when I found a better job.
doemetoch 28
That's simply not true. I have several friends who've had to look for a really long time before finding a job. They wouldn't get the jobs they were actually qualified for because they had no experience yet, and they wouldn't get hired for "those crappy jobs" because they were considered to be overqualified. Travelling far for a low-paid job may end up costing you so much in gas or train money that it's not realistic, and getting further schooling is difficult if you have no money to pay for it. Although there's definitely some things you can do as an individual to increase your chances of getting a job, you cannot overlook the fact that currently, in many countries, there's just more jobless people than jobs. Failing to acknowledge that structural problem is not helping anyone.
alex_carstens_yo 9
you don't know yet if you're gonna get laid off, unless your employer said you are.
QuaSiCos 10
Try not to dwell on what will happen. Instead look at reviewing your options. 1. keep a positive attitude at work. 2. Keep sending out your CV. Nothing says you need to stop doing that. 3. Also look at the option of starting your own business.
Ninja0718 8
Dude you need to do extra things then. And make it look good too. Buy donuts for the staff.
kelsorg 21
I know the feeling, just happened to me too. fyl
drc428 5
no you just are replacing someone else from the 'wave', otherwise nobody would have hired you
Ztrippy 5
I'm in the same boat, worked at my place for a month now, got told I would get more hours at the end of July, but instead the company released a statement on Thursday last week confirming numerous plant shut downs and if anyone is going to be laid off, it will be agency workers first! So much for having a job for the summer!!! Hopefully you get to keep yours!!!
Jenniclementine 8
The saying goes, "Last hired, first fired."
sohibil 6
Something similar happened to me recently. Except I was looking for a job over 3 years and got fired after 3 days of work. Apparently they like brigade-workers better. They can pay them less.