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Started by PnP Bios Jan 7, 2005 at 7:26 PM 23 replies 4.1k views
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PnP Bios
PnP Bios
Title says it all. I lost my job at my college's IT department. Apparently, lack of motivation played a part. Tell me this, how are you supposed to be motivated working at a college over winter break? It isn't enough that I have to drive half an hour both ways to get there and slave my ass of for eight hours a day in a dead library? No complaints were filed against me, no warning, no performance review, nothing. Just a 5 minute sitdown with my supervisor, a quick little chat, and a nice inter-office memo to make it official. What sucks even more is that this is the first job I have even been 'fired' for. They wouldn't even say that, they... "let me go." No warning, just "good bye." Now it looks like I may have to make pizza in a gas station... For reading this post, I offer you a picture of Donald Trump. [/rant]
_the_phantom_
_the_phantom_
ouch, at least when i lost my job it was because they couldnt afford to pay me any more.

you have my sympathy sir
nprz
nprz
Wow, they fired you. I had an IT job at a college that was an hour a day lab assistant job. It was so boring I'd fall asleep. Then I decided to just clock in and go back to my dorm, and then clock out on time. They never fired me, but I didn't care to reapply the next quarter. Boring jobs suck. At another job I would create games and other apps because they didn't give me enough stuff to do.

8 hours a day for an college IT job is unimaginable for me.
kSquared
kSquared
Don't get mad -- get proactive. Ask your (former) supervisor for suggestions on how to improve, then ask someone with a favorable opinion of your work if he or she would be willing to write a recommendation letter for another position elsewhere.
- k2 "Choose a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life." — Confucius"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will get you everywhere." — Albert Einstein"Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it." — Roger Starr{General Programming Forum FAQ<
PnP Bios
PnP Bios
At least I didn't go apeshit or something. You could see it in my supervisors eyes, she was expecting me to go nuts. Instead, I just shook her hand, gave her my name tag, smiled, and walked out the door.
PnP Bios
PnP Bios
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Original post by kSquared
Don't get mad -- get proactive. Ask your (former) supervisor for suggestions on how to improve, then ask someone with a favorable opinion of your work if he or she would be willing to write a recommendation letter for another position elsewhere.


She said she would be more than happy to write me a recomendation. I had a good working relationship with all the employees there. Oh well.
Nahoopii
Nahoopii
Its too bad lack of motivation is a reflection on the management team (or admin in your case), and a reflection on the work environment, not the actual employee. Im sorry to hear about your misfortune, take it with a grain of salt(what does that actually mean?), and move on. Sounds like even they know it wasnt a good excuse to let you go, do you think it had anything to do with a 40 hour job that took place in a dead library? They probably just didnt want to pay you, or some other underlying reason..

Heres to looking for a new job!
benutne
benutne
Sorry to hear dude. I'm sure you can get a job someplace that will use your talents to their fullest. I've been "fired" from jobs before. Its mostly not your fault. If they had given a damn, they might have sat you down and talked about your "issues" before they just flat out canned your ass without so much as a reason. Either that, or someone else sucked enough dick to nail your job. Who knows. Keep your chin up and hope for the best.
PnP Bios
PnP Bios
Well, the news only gets better. One of my friends just lost his job at exactly the same time. He worked at the local computer shop. He got fired cause he was working to slow or something. I'm going to do the only honorable thing.

That job is mine. We'll see...
kSquared
kSquared
At least you didn't get fired because you were "overqualified". That's the worst. In the midst of applying for internships last year, a company had extended me an offer. A week later, they wrote back to say that, in fact, their letter was in error and that they were "un-hiring" me (yes, they used the word "un-hiring"). It went on to say that I was "overqualified" for the position and not "a good match at this time". Having a company tell you you're "overqualified" is like having a girl tell you she just wants to be friends.
- k2 "Choose a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life." — Confucius"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will get you everywhere." — Albert Einstein"Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it." — Roger Starr{General Programming Forum FAQ<
Mawr
Mawr
I've seen that happen before, $friend_1 says to $friend_2 who's looking for a job to apply at his company. Said company fires (wrongfully, I think too), $friend_1, and immiediatly hires $friend_2 in exact same position a week later. Weird stuff, but goodluck. :)
nes8bit
nes8bit
yes shit happens. Welcome to the wonderful world of working for someone.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Season2
Season2
Quote:
Original post by PnP Bios
Well, the news only gets better. One of my friends just lost his job at exactly the same time. He worked at the local computer shop. He got fired cause he was working to slow or something. I'm going to do the only honorable thing.

That job is mine. We'll see...


I think you hit the nail on the head right there. If you both want/need to be working....try to swap. At least for the short term, until you both find something better.
I Like Bread
I Like Bread
I'm amazed that I'm the first person to suggest suicide.
I suggest suicide.
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nes8bit
nes8bit
Quote:
Original post by I Like Bread
I'm amazed that I'm the first person to suggest suicide.
I suggest suicide.


sound advice by someone that likes bread.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Maega
Maega
Off topic because nes8bit posted:

There is a guy that comes into the store where I work with the last name nesbitt.

I just wanted to share.


Onto the topic:

It sucks that you got fired. It could be worse though. You aren't stressing about bills. You could have lost the job with bills already piled up. :X
PnP Bios
PnP Bios
I got tuition paid for next semester, almost enough for books, so i'm not stressin or anything.

Like my psycho chick friend says: "It's all good."
Mushu
Mushu
You know, that's the kind of job I want: to get paid to sit at a computer and do whatever the hell I want, and carry out a once-a-month responsibility that comes along. I'm glad they have those nowadays. Time to start looking for one near me.

(other than the library that I already pretty much do that at, without pay; it amazes me how people can find ways to fuck up computers; the most common complaint is that the "screen is rotated!" - the gfx cards have some obscure hotkey alt-ctrl-arrow key that rotates the screen output... grr)
shadow12345
shadow12345
kill yourself
Why don't alcoholics make good calculus teachers?Because they don't know their limits!Oh come on, Newton wasn't THAT smart...
PnP Bios
PnP Bios
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kill yourself


I tried. I don't have a knife big enough to go across the jugular.

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