Back to pounding the pavement.
About a month ago, one of my co-workers confided a secret in me. She was purposely choosing not to search the work queues for older dates because it was taking "too much time". Well, eventually my boss asked me if I knew why we were having so much trouble finding older dates, and I was sort of put on the spot to tell her what had been confided in me. She had a talk with my co-worker, and my co-worker was fired.
Well then, I was essentially given that co-worker's job. That job was to pull insurance applications off of the filing wall, and re-distribute them to the other departments on the 4th floor. I was given her desk, her "position", and asked to start this new job right away.
However, she had been doing it for longer than I, and I wasn't as efficient at it as she was.
One month later, they tell me I'm not keeping up to speed, and they're terminating my assignment.
In short, I was fired for not being good at a job I wasn't even hired to do.
Tomorrow, I make the long drive up to Oak Brook to sit down with my staffing agency, return my badge, and review the positions they currently have open and apply for those I'm qualified for. Then the next step is applying for unemployment, which I will hopefully be able to do via internet instead of driving down to the unemployment office in grungy, crowded downtown Joliet.
Well then, I was essentially given that co-worker's job. That job was to pull insurance applications off of the filing wall, and re-distribute them to the other departments on the 4th floor. I was given her desk, her "position", and asked to start this new job right away.
However, she had been doing it for longer than I, and I wasn't as efficient at it as she was.
One month later, they tell me I'm not keeping up to speed, and they're terminating my assignment.
In short, I was fired for not being good at a job I wasn't even hired to do.
Tomorrow, I make the long drive up to Oak Brook to sit down with my staffing agency, return my badge, and review the positions they currently have open and apply for those I'm qualified for. Then the next step is applying for unemployment, which I will hopefully be able to do via internet instead of driving down to the unemployment office in grungy, crowded downtown Joliet.