Getting fired = not thinking of him
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| Fri, 05-11-2007 - 11:31am |
Yes so I've been in my truely awful job for over 5 years. I've worked very hard and had tremendous success in that time. 2 years ago a new manager took over and really she just flutters about trying to make herself look important because she has no idea what she is doing. the entire staff is at their wits end and everyone is looking for a new job except for one kiss up. I've come to heads with this woman and her puppet master co-manager a few times until I realized that they keep asking me what I think and what my opinions are but when I say what I think I kept getting in trouble for it. So for 6 months I shut up and went about my business and never said a word even when they asked me. I was happy. They thought things were better. I got a new job, a much better one, in a new city. I gave them 3 weeks notice 2 weeks ago. Me, being the good workter that I am, started organizing everything I did in a nice consise format so that when I left all of my programs and projects would be easy to pick right up with when the new person started.
Earlier this week a co-worker was given a hard time about a bonus that she earned but did not receive. I was not given this bonus either but decided I had a week and half left and was not going to say anything because I wanted to leave in peace. She was very upset and the way they do things around there because she's upset it must mean I'm upset. So the 3 managers decided to hold a meeting and ask us our opinions on it. I told them what I thought. I stated the facts. Nothing more, nothing less. They kept fighting with me saying I was supposed to do work that was "assumed" of me. I said you can't hold it against me that I didn't do what was "assumed" of me how was I supposed to know what that is?
Yesterday they called me into another meeting and told me thanks for my work and today is your last day. That is the thanks I get for all the hard work and going above and beyond for this organization - a kick in the @ss. Denied my opportunity to say good-bye to the people I enjoyed working with. I wasn't technically fired but its still such a slap in the face. I had a week left, I make them that uncomfortable?
I kind of figured it was coming. I knew they wanted to fire me a long time ago but they had not solid reason too, they just didn't like me. So I took all the organization of the projects I was working and put them on a flash drive that I bought and took it with me. Deleted most of my files. they are so smart they can figure out everything I did on their own.
So for the first time since my break-up I've woken up in the middle of the night to think about something other than my ex, who I really want to call and tell him what happened, just to hear him tell me to not worry about it and I'm much smarter than they are. He knows all of what I went through with them in the last couple of years so its really upseting to me that all in the last 3 months I lose my fiance, my job and my best friend (who's been much better lately and admits that she's no good at this because she's never been there). Like everything just crumbled all at once.
Sorry I know this is OT but I just really needed to vent.

HI sun14,
It is so true that where our attention is, that that is want focuses and gets all of our energy and thoughts.