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Offline franksolich

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primitive loses job
« on: April 18, 2014, 05:00:19 AM »
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Oh my.

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Massacure (5,870 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:21 PM

Well, I lost my job.

Long story short, my boss thought I worked too slow in a highly technical role where I am three years out of school. I don't consider myself incompetent, but I'm definitely still learning. It didn't help that we rarely saw eye to eye on how to accomplish various tasks either, although I have to admit she was pretty open minded.
 
I got put on a performance improvement plan, and I've spent more time the last two months trying to cover my rear than actually completing real work. It wasn't going well and my relationship with my boss was getting cold, so I asked human resources to help broker a graceful exit.
 
Tomorrow is my last day. They agreed to flag me in the HR system as 'Involuntarily terminated; Eligible for rehire'. They also agreed not to contest unemployment benefits. I just got done baking cookies for my coworkers. I plan on sending out a good bye e-mail tomorrow and acting as if I gave two weeks notice. My boss is in meetings all day tomorrow afternoon. She told me to just leave my laptop and my badge on her desk and let myself out.
 
I plan on looking this weekend to see if I can get a better deal for health care on the exchange than through COBRA. I'll also file for unemployment Monday morning.
 
I've been job searching in my career field for more than a month and got one interview that didn't pan out. I wanted to stay in the area, even though there aren't a lot of companies looking for what I do. I'm young and single though, so I'm thinking about moving to larger cities now too.
 
So bummed.

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Trajan (16,354 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:23 PM

1. what field?

Sorry to hear ...

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Massacure (5,870 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:33 PM

2. Information Technology

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HipChick (11,596 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:40 PM

3. Have you tried Big 4 consulting?

they would snap you up in a heartbeat...

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Paulie (7,084 posts)   Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:57 PM

5. Big 4 generally want fresh out of school and willing to travel 120% of the time

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HipChick (11,596 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 10:42 PM

10. I am most definitely not fresh out of school..

and most of the projects I had were local...or working from home

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Paulie (7,084 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 10:46 PM

11. I had no luck getting in the door

20+ years, management with staff experience, certs in security, audit, virtual machines and networking. But only an associates degree.

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Paulie (7,084 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:56 PM

4. What skill areas?

And what roll did you have?

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IronGate (158 posts)    Fri Apr 18, 2014, 12:02 AM

13. Have you considered a new career path?

Something like what I do.
Firefighter/Paramedic?

It's a tough but rewarding job, pays very well, benefits are some of the best.
Just a thought.

^^^cousin nadin's new pal.

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TexasTowelie (8,216 posts)    Fri Apr 18, 2014, 01:44 AM

14. Get out of info tech.

I have excellent skills, but so over-qualified that finding a new job is difficult. Try to find a job that cannot be outsourced or you might find yourself in the same boat as I'm in later in life.

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Sherman A1 (12,868 posts)    Fri Apr 18, 2014, 04:03 AM

15. Sorry to hear that

on the upside, they were not complete a**es to you giving with the promise to not contest unemployment. Use the time to look forward and find something that works best for you with whats available. There may be some smaller firms around that could use some of your skills.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 05:45:22 AM »
She couldn't get along with her boss, so she got caught looking for another job. Employers don't usually like that.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2014, 06:19:33 AM »
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Long story short, my boss thought I worked too slow in a highly technical role where I am three years out of school.
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They also agreed not to contest unemployment benefits.
These are the two key phrases in the OP.
1) Dummy doesn't want to work, but...
2) Is willing to work to guarantee unemployment bennies.

Free stuff...its all about the free stuff.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2014, 06:22:56 AM »
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Long story short, my boss thought I worked too slow in a highly technical role where I am three years out of school. I don't consider myself incompetent

Well, you're the only one...
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2014, 07:11:22 AM »
This actually seems like an alright DUmmie. 

1) knew she couldn't hang at work and left on her own
2) didn't badmouth the boss ir blame it on her
3) made pot laced cookies for everyone.

I am assuming she because what male bakes cookies?
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2014, 08:07:57 AM »
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I got put on a performance improvement plan, and I've spent more time the last two months trying to cover my rear than actually completing real work.

Translation: "My lazy ass spent too much time kissing ass, goofing off, and looking for another job than actually working."
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2014, 09:10:47 AM »
Another DUmmie mistakes "You're Hired" for "We've Adopted You".
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2014, 09:27:55 AM »
Three years on a job and still not up to speed?
Another Amber in the making.
No shock it is an entitled DUmbass.

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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2014, 12:06:21 PM »
Quote from: Gina on April 18, 2014, 07:11:22 AM
This actually seems like an alright DUmmie. 

1) knew she couldn't hang at work and left on her own
2) didn't badmouth the boss ir blame it on her
3) made pot laced cookies for everyone.

I am assuming she because what male bakes cookies?

Uhm...hon...these are DU "males" we're talking about.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2014, 01:52:25 PM »
Hell, as someone who was given walking papers last winter, I won't celebrate someone losing their job.  Socialist or not. However,  I do notice the lib seems to not blame herself. The first step after losing a job is to admit it is your fault in a lot of cases.

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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2014, 02:41:05 PM »
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Massacure (5,870 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:21 PM

Well, I lost my job.

Long story short, my boss thought I worked too slow in a highly technical role

Yeah.  These things are a bitch.



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Massacure (5,870 posts)    Thu Apr 17, 2014, 09:33 PM

2. Information Technology

« Last Edit: April 18, 2014, 02:46:33 PM by 98ZJUSMC »
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2014, 09:12:26 PM »
I love reading about DUmmies in distress!

I hope she starves.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2014, 11:08:19 PM »
Quote from: Gina on April 18, 2014, 07:11:22 AM
This actually seems like an alright DUmmie. 

1) knew she couldn't hang at work and left on her own
2) didn't badmouth the boss ir blame it on her
3) made pot laced cookies for everyone.

I am assuming she because what male bakes cookies?
They're IT cookies. Pre baked.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2014, 12:38:35 AM »
DUmmies sure do lay down and quit real easy.  She knew the boss didn't like her.  She knew that the company didn't think she was performing to standard.  Well, just about every business I can think of is a part of the relationship business.  If the boss didn't like her, she should have found out what she was doing that hurt the business relationship and she should have acted to correct it.  She should have been monitoring herself and making sure she hit her end of the year performance goals, because the only way she got put on a performance plan was failing to meet goals that were clearly marked down for her.

By the way, I have never seen stratospheric performance goals set at the end of the year, they are mostly derived from business interests and the employee handbook, meaning that they are the minimum an employee should hit.
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2014, 03:20:50 PM »
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so I asked human resources to help broker a graceful exit.


I asked to be fired!  :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think we need to find out where the DUmmie worked and make sure that unemployment knows they asked to be terminated in order to receive benefits.

More DUmmie fraud. I wonder if Doug needs a roommate yet?
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Re: primitive loses job
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2014, 03:40:01 PM »
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my boss thought I worked too slow

Full stop.

The DUmmy got fired.

Everything else is a typical DUmmy lie.

He got fired for incompetence.

That's a little unusual.

Normally democrats are fired for stealing, drunkenness, or drugs.

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