GoddamnmutterfukkenSHIT!

[gridlore]

I got fired.

The reason was bullshit. An accident that every single witness stated was not my fault, but Mario the Munchkin was looking for excuses to get rid of people, and jumped at this. I'm the third driver fired in three weeks. And John the Supervisor got written up for nothing yesterday.

I loved that job, but only when I was actually doing my job. Mario made the office parts of the day range from annoying to hellish. Just today, for no reason, he switched the two warehouse managers. Great leadership, splitting up a team that works well together an know each other's strengths.

The best part? I drove this morning! He actually sent me out to do two jobs knowing he was going to terminate me! How chickenshit is that? I pointed out that he had cost me six hours of job search time; not to mention the gas for my fifty mile round trip commute.

Grumble.

Obviously, I'm in crisis mode right now. Ask kshandra what I'm like when I get like this. So I make a list.

• File for unemployment (Can do that online)


• Update resume and resume cheat sheet.


• I need to contact Chris from work for contact info.


• Tomorrow: Get on the bus and get new DMV printout


• Also tomorrow: Take newly updated resume to Kinko's and get some good paper copies.


• See about registering with the job hunt sites like Kelly and CalJobs.


• Start scouring Craigslist.org

Obviously, this is just a start. If I can't get a job as a driver, I'm looking at dispatching or warehouse work. One advantage I have now that I didn't have last time I was looking is that I'm a certified forklift operator with experience on a pretty big lift.

Damnit, why can't I stop seeing advantages and just feel sorry for myself for a little while? I just realized that I'd never have to do a drop in Ben Lomond again.

On the downside, my dental work just went out the window.

Fuck. I loved this job.

To show what a genius Mario is all you need to do is consider that after firing me, he let me clean out my truck unsupervised and let me leave the building without checking my cooler to see if I was taking any company property. That's Security 101! I could have walked out with a very nice set of tools had I wanted.

Comments

[nilita.livejournal.com]

This sucks. I'm sorry. I've enjoyed reading your adventures on the job that you seemed to enjoy so much for the most part.

[blackfyr.livejournal.com]

You might also want to consider applying for work with their competitors. They'd probably love to find someone with experience.

*hugz*

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Man, that is so rotten! I wish I had better things than that to say. You say you are looking for warehouse work and you're a certified forklift operator? My employer does operate warehouses (that's part of the "Logistics" in "Menlo Worldwide Logistics") in the Bay Area, including t least one in Newark and one in South San Jose. (We actually operate lots of warehouses, but I can't keep them all straight.) If you want, I can ask around and see if we're hiring in any of them and can give you a good reference.

Unfortunately, I'm so far away from the warehousing operations (despite having spent a couple of days in the Newark facility when I was installing a new QA system there) that I don't know exactly what buttons to push, you might say.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

That would be great, I really appreciate it.

If you like, I could fax you (or email you) a copy of my resume once I get it updated.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. I hope you find a driving job where the *driving* part is as good as this one, and the administration part is far, far better.

Gessi

[jackwalker.livejournal.com]

(Jack shakes his head.)

Not much to say, except: good luck finding something else, and I would indeed leave a few administrative stink-bombs on Mario's desk on your way out. The only reason pointy-haired bosses continue to exist is that no one holds them accountable when they screw up. You may not have much power to do that in this case, but you may as well try.

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Man, that sucks major donkey privates. Gee. Good thing I live with a lawyer whose specialty is Business Law, innit?

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Shoot. I'm really sorry to hear that - you obviously not only liked the job, but were good at it, whatever Mario thinks. As you say, though, being a certified fork-lift driver has to help. I can't imagine there's a glut of those, unless Mario has managed to create one single-handedly by firing y'all.

[arib.livejournal.com]

What the shit?!

Is this fightable? If so, do you want to?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

While I'd love to work there, I do not want to deal with Mario. As for fighting it, California is one of those states with at-will employment. There were three incidents, so even though the last one was bullshit, he can say he was following the rules.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Did you mention the first two incidents?

Offering to pay for the damages might have undercut your assertion that it was not your fault, btw.