I'm probably on the verge of getting fired.

[Bravo]

The company forced my long time boss to retire early in March. I knew that was beginning of the end. See, he was a good guy working for an asinine corporation. He's what made the place tolerable, he put in extra hours he never got paid for and looked out for support personnel as best he could. The administrative assistant left last summer, they had a job posting and the company narrowed it down to 3 people (all part time employees) and chose the worst person. Now she's been promoted to manager. She has NO managerial experience, and it shows. They aren't replacing the now vacant administrative assistant position, because MONEY. They either think the place can run on fumes and fake smiles or they are setting the location up to fail.

She's annoyed me, dumped too much work on the entire staff. Says stupid shit like "I need you guys to step up" and I'm ready to step out for ever. We are already busting our asses and missing out breaks. She complained about having to come in on the weekend and I wanted to tell her that's what she signed on for when she took the old man's job.

She asked me compile a list of defective items and give it to her by the end of the day, then guess what? Bitch left work early! I think I was set-up. We'll see tomorrow.

I'm tired of being mostly a custodian anyway. It's not as glamorous as Toy Action Theater made it out to be. And it's not what I signed on for, just something else that got dumped on me because the company decided an after hours cleaning company was too much money. I went from office aide to light warehouse to janitor.

There's no future there. I never got benefits or anything, anyway, since there were only 4 or 5 full time employees. I hadn't been laid off since last February, though.

Edit: Hey. My 400th post!

[Felix]

Your story sounds a lot like Toy Action Theater to me :-)
Dark Side Duke, and wasn't Xena a crazy bitch? I can't remember anymore

I'm one of those weird optimistic people that believe things like this happen for a reason. You see how everything is all wrong, and it's beyond your ability to repair the situation, that's life saying, "There's something better out there for you, you don't have to do this anymore."

I started as basically a janitor/dishwasher at the bakery I work at. Became a baker, and because I put my time in as both, I basically earned my stripes all around the board, and became an owner. You can't become one unless EVERYBODY agrees to it, even the non-owners :-)
I work at a co-operative bakery/cafe that uses organic ingredients and all our fresh produce comes from local farmers. Things are pretty good right now. Far from perfect, but pretty good.

Hope my story helps you find your way.

[Bravo]

I made it through the week. Maybe I'm too paranoid. I'm more less dreading every work day now. I hate living that way.

I'm glad that things sounds like they are going right for you, Felix.

[Bravo]

Not so paranoid after all. Tomorrow's my last day. Officially, it's a lay off. But there's a project coming up, with 400+ people in the building, things need to be moved, cleaned, etc. So, yeah, I won't be called back. I'm almost relieved, except, you know...that whole money thing.

I wish they'd waited until tomorrow. I need money enough to finish out the week, but really...

[Felix]

At least you aren't having to stress about "what might happen" anymore, I always hate that.
Hang in there bud. I honestly believe better things await you :-)

The tight money thing will help remind you to find something else. I've known a lot of people that just give up and go on unemployment....hey wait, since you got layed off, you should be eligible ;-)

Keep your chin up, stay positive, and the only direction to go is forward.