I was laid off from my job this morning, and while I am not sad to lose the job- I AM sad that sole financial responsibility is completely rested on my husband's shoulders.
I suppose I should explain how I was laid off.
Yesterday we had all of our sales representatives come in, owners, etc. They were being trained and informed about our products, and it was a big to-do all day long. My direct boss and coworker were a part of the meetings all day long, therefore, I was the sole person responsible for answering phone calls. I wasn't able to take my 1 hour lunch during the normal hours I go because nobody was around to relieve me from the phones. I told the coworker under me to go ahead and take her lunch, and I would stay. She returned from lunch the same time my boss and other coworker returned from the day-long meetings (at 2:50pm). I figured it would be silly to take my lunch from 2:50pm-3:50pm and return for 10 minutes of work. Therefore, I worked until 3:00pm and clocked out for lunch (which would last until the end of my workday). It made sense to me, however, it apparently did not make sense to my direct boss who fired me this morning.
I'm a bit stunned because: A. I was never allotted a time to take my lunch or relieved from my duties, so I could take my lunch, and B. I've never been told that their were 'rules' to when we could take our lunch.
I'm a bit stunned because: A. I was never allotted a time to take my lunch or relieved from my duties, so I could take my lunch, and B. I've never been told that their were 'rules' to when we could take our lunch.
I suppose I'm better off without working at such an morally and unsavory business, as I have had trouble following their unsound business practices in the past when it was obvious that we were cheating over vendors and customers. However, I filed an unemployment claim anyway, as I don't agree that they had just cause for letting me go.
Thankfully my husband has been very supportive and stands by me regardless. I'm not sure what I would do without his unfailing love. He's truly my rock and my light in the darkness. I am so lucky that God provided me with such a wonderful and loving spouse...and I'll always count that as one of my blessings.
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Ouch! You have rights to have breaks every certain amount of hours so if you're fired when taking your legal break, you probably have a wrongful termination suit on your hands. Might want to look into it!
ReplyDeleteJoanna - I guess I just don't fully understand the laws protecting workers enough within my state to feel like I could adequately fight against it. I have no desire to continue working there, however, terminating me does place us in a bit of a financial bind. THAT is what irks me the most (which is why I filed an unemployment claim- although I'm sure they'll try to fight it), and the fact that I've seen them weasel their way through unsound business practices. I'm pretty sure that they are good at getting themselves out of corners because they are honestly the most unethically company I've had the displeasure of working at! *Sigh* A hard economy makes us more willing to work at such places, when I wouldn't have though twice about working there in the past.
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