Wednesday, December 23, 2015

I Was Fired

Yep.

You read that correctly.... Fired.

Terminated, Let go, Laid off, Discharged, Dismissed

All of the above.

I have NEVER been fired. Never.

This happened approximately 3 weeks and 2 days ago. Right after I returned from Thanksgiving holiday, I was supposed to have my "6 month review" and they FIRED me. Without warning. For "unsatisfactory" job reasonings... some of the reasons were that "I did not ask enough questions".
Um, excuse me? I feel like if I had asked questions, I still would have been fired and the reason would have been "You're asking so many questions and we do not think you comprehend the job at hand>"

It's taken time to get my thoughts together and organized to comprehend the whole situation.

Here's what I know.


Alabama is an "At Will" state.
They can fire you anytime for anything.

I was not given fair warning.

The lead supervisor TOOK A PERSONAL CALL DURING MY TERMINATION.

I was not given proper instruction on Retirement, Insurance, Etc.

I was walked to my desk to gather my things then I was walked to my car... like a criminal.

Here's what I feel.


I was on someone's shit list.
Probably because I voiced on several occasions that I hadn't been trained properly.

I was ganged up on by supervisors and plotted against to make a case.

My lead supervisor and her replacement are TWO FACED HOES.

If I were an African American woman, this might not have happened.

Here's where I'm headed.

I'm 27 years old, and I'm only 4 years out of school. It's been somewhat of a rocky journey, and so far this was the best job(financially) that I had ever had.
So, losing that was rough.
I am thinking it is time for a lot of change.
I a dreaming up some things I would have never done in the past.
I am trying, trying not to feel super rejected.".

It's been hard though. Especially since I was working so hard at this job, and then they say "I'm unsatisfactory". I feel like that was something they had to say in order to make a case, but still.. I was actually doing my job.

Even though I have been quite with how I feel, and I am not super boisterous about this truth... I know that the Lord has plans for me. I am holding onto that.

Even though it's only a quite whisper in my heart, I still believe it.

Even though there have been days I have felt hopeless and there have even been days that I busted out crying while watching the Kardashians because they have no financial worries...(stupid, I know)... I'm still trying to believe it.

SO with all of that,  I'm hoping for great things for the future and crossing my fingers for a good job and a good community and a good city.

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