Laid Off

Two weeks ago, I was going to write a post titled “Hours Cut.”

I was just finishing up my work for the day. I had two bundles to take up to the third floor. As I was going up in the elevator, my phone suddenly got reception and I had two voicemails. The first was from a debt collector – delete. The second said something to the effect of “Hi Jake, this is _____ from TempForce, I’m calling to let you know I have work available for you, I’m sure Dustin told you you’re being laid off due to lack of work, so give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx.”

Teh…. what? In a total WTF-is-going-on mood, I talked to a couple of the other guys about it, then walked up front. Since all the managers were in the office talking, I didn’t want to interrupt, and silently stood there backordering stuff we didn’t get on my RF gun, the warehouse manager (Dustin) and receiving supervisor came out.

“So, Dustin, what’s this about me being laid off?”

Good news is, they’re keeping my info to call me up when they’re looking to hire again, they gave a good reference to TempForce, and both offered to be references for me on future job applications. In the meantime, I’ll go back tomorrow afternoon to pick up my check, get my timeslip signed, and see what other work TempForce has for me — even though I’m sure it’s going to be Ingram Micro, which I really don’t want to go back to, even if the pay is $2.50 better and there’s plenty of overtime.

Popularity: 1%

No related posts.

Did you enjoy this article? Please subscribe to Debt Sucks for superior enjoyability!