Well, it had to come

[gridlore]

I was fired by SuperShuttle yesterday. After seven years.

My god, what a relief to be out of there. The place had down so far downhill, and there is no end to the slope in sight. Bad management, bad decisions. This might turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

The reason they gave me was poor attendance. Evidently, they wanted me to come in and puke all over the keyboard when I had the flu. My manager was quite apologetic when he sacked me, and I knew that they weren't going to try an replace me, this was another cost cutting measure. Screw them.

Now I can apply for new jobs with the ability to say "any day, any shift." That will help immensely. It was time for a change anyway.

Comments

[sylvan.livejournal.com]

That sucks. I know what it is like to be let go from a shitty job, the paradox of feelings: panic and joy, dissapointment and relief, self lothing and salation. (AT least that is some of what went through my head) I'm glad that you seem to be shouldering the bad and walking down the road of a postive spin.

I will send you good thoughts and positive energy from up north. Right now is a hard time to be out of work, neither Dan nor I have been able to secure a job yet.

You are going to able to have Cobra, or can Kiri's insurance cover your medical needs? Sorry, I'm a Sylvan, and what Sylvan's do best is worry.

[kshandra]

You are going to able to have Cobra, or can Kiri's insurance cover your medical needs?

I did the numbers yesterday with our HR person at work, and it was just about the same whether we paid for Cobra coverage or just added Doug to my insurance - with the important difference being that adding him to my policy saves us from having to write an extra check every month.

I've got the paperwork in hand. Now I just need to get it filled out. ;-)

[sylvan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad hon. Less checks is way better! Everything should be payable online, it is so much easier that way.