Comments | dalonzo9: Termination Station Nation

dalonzo9

Termination Station Nation

Jan 19, 2009 22:41

I too have been "let go" as a casual temp VSR from the Museum of Science, Boston!

...They got me before I could quit.

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lordameth January 20 2009, 04:16:24 UTC

Wow. Is there anybody still there out of the people I know?

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 05:07:20 UTC

Ummm... Maria Kohls is still at the MoS in the Membership department....

larivee22 January 20 2009, 04:19:45 UTC

The hell? What was the point of requiring the mandatory shifts?

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 05:08:56 UTC

I think they're eliminating "casual temps" and are keeping on "holiday staff" and "regular staff." As of February 1st, they'll be minimally staffed. That vacation week is going to be awful. Hospitalizations, I predict!

wildomania January 20 2009, 19:40:26 UTC

I think the league of disgruntled ex-VSR's should make a trip to the MoS during that week just to point and laugh at the pure hell they put themselves in.

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 20:06:11 UTC

Hah! That would be grand, though I'd feel too much sympathy for the hapless VSRs who still remain.

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jenesis914 January 20 2009, 04:24:06 UTC

that sucks. at least you still have game stop which is better than most people can say lol. what kind of job are you looking for now that you've graduated?

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 05:10:19 UTC

I was looking into editing, technical writing, even an administrative position at a university or something. You know, nothing extravagant; just something that pays decent money so I can live alone and write.

jenesis914 January 20 2009, 05:12:57 UTC

well..sophia works at MIT i believe..maybe she can get you in

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 05:15:24 UTC

I doubt it. Nobody's hiring. Most places have a "hiring freeze" going on. Everybody's looking to lay off. Not enough monies to go around!

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aurorax999 January 20 2009, 14:21:42 UTC

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 20:12:09 UTC

My remaining friends at the Museum all expressed sympathies and 'sorry's too. However, I am really not affected or even a little upset. The congratulations are most appropriate! I was pretty much in MoS limbo for a long time. I was honestly going to quit out of principle because they had gone too far too long ago and I had finally had to wash mine hands of the place. So, I guess mine only regret--what makes me even the slightest upset--is that they let me go before I could quit.

The "production assistant" position where you work would be ideal. That's definitely a technical writing position. It'd be a lot of fun! I'd feel bad making more than you for less work, though. It'd be okay if it were because I am a man and you are a woman, though. Haha! Misogyny.

dawbygirl January 20 2009, 14:54:01 UTC

Bastards.

dalonzo9 January 20 2009, 20:13:35 UTC

What they are!