Comments | lightningflash: I left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day

lightningflash

I left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day

Feb 17, 2012 11:10

As some of you know, based on a job-hunting email I sent out recently, I am seriously looking for a new job. That has gotten ramped up, and it is now official:

I will be leaving McKinstry on or before March 30.

Yes, that's about 6 weeks away. No, I don't have anything lined up YET.

( It might not be a good time, but it feels like the right time. )

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lightningflash February 17 2012, 22:16:03 UTC

Thanks for the support ( ... )

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frogger414 February 18 2012, 02:06:13 UTC

or tender a resignation. I had a verbal agreement with my controller at Chihuly (starting February 2008) that I would keep her in the loop on my job search as I was 4 months away from getting my Accounting degree. Imagine my surprise in mid-May when she fires me and tells me she'll pay me through the end of the month and that's all folks.

On June 1st I filed unemployment, she contested, I won. I never resigned and everything was done verbally. She didn't contest that award and soon after I took a new job.

This time, not so easy. Ex-employer is appealing that decision and making themselves look really awful because now they're going to have to go on the record and explain why they fired a heavily pregnant woman who had no disciplinary action. You better believe I am about to lawyer up and sue them for discrimination. Eff that noise.

cuntress February 17 2012, 22:14:10 UTC

Big things ahead! Good for you, lady. :)

lightningflash February 17 2012, 22:17:03 UTC

Thankee kindly!!!
Light a candle of hope for me :D

entropic_system February 17 2012, 22:25:00 UTC

Whew - exciting but scary. Thinking HUGE HAPPY THOUGHTS for you and will keep an eye on UW jobs. Good luck, friend. :)

lightningflash February 17 2012, 22:36:51 UTC

Thank you ever so much - it's awfully nice of you to share the job-hunting mojo when you need it so much yourself! We could be the Unemployed Wonder Twins!

frogger414 February 18 2012, 02:03:07 UTC

I hope my email to you a couple weeks ago didn't hurt your feelings. I've been down this road a couple of times and my goal was to let you know that I am here for you, first and foremost but also to give you tips on how to protect yourself so that you are able to get unemployment benefits in the off chance you can't find a job before March 30th. It wasn't my intention to make you feel like you weren't supported by me, because that is far from the truth. When a job is making you physically ill, you know it's time to move on ( ... )

marinshellstone February 19 2012, 02:51:08 UTC

I just want to tell you I feel you so hard on this.

I got those same phone calls from parents when I left my steady, high paying serving job. I was at the same point of just feeling sick to my stomach at the idea of staying there for another 5 1/2 years and continuing to make excuses why I couldn't leave.

And just to share a little happy/positive story, I had a friend who left a very steady job with great pay/benefits, etc, where she was deeply unhappy. Her original back up plan didn't work out and things were looking really grim. She honestly had no idea what was going to happen, sold her car, prepared to move back in with parents, yet dealing with it all with amazing grace and poise - when suddenly a combination of knowing the right people and being persistent turned into a job in her field that is infinitely better than the one she was originally at. She was running on faith for a long time and the faith came through for her! :) Very inspirational to me.