Post by Dragonfly on Jan 2, 2010 14:40:46 GMT -5
Preface: I'm sorry for going on and on about my boring life, but I really need to vent. That said, here we go.
I was fired three days after Christmas. I put in for my pay, and was told that I wasn't going to get it. I ended up getting the money owed to me, but I was also told that I wasn't needed anymore. It simply came down to the fact that my "division" - a poorly-advertised, ghostwritten tech blog - wasn't making any money. Sure, it wasn't a giant paycheck ($480 a week tax-free and under the table), but it was enough. Now to complicate the issue...
...And there you have it. Until I find a job, my fiancee and I will be living her salary, which is also $480 a week. Aside from finding another job, there's really nothing I do right now. I really hate this.
I was fired three days after Christmas. I put in for my pay, and was told that I wasn't going to get it. I ended up getting the money owed to me, but I was also told that I wasn't needed anymore. It simply came down to the fact that my "division" - a poorly-advertised, ghostwritten tech blog - wasn't making any money. Sure, it wasn't a giant paycheck ($480 a week tax-free and under the table), but it was enough. Now to complicate the issue...
- We don't have any real savings to speak of. Now before you say anything, it wasn't because my fiancee and I aren't responsible people. See, my boss had the tendency to "forget" to by me. Sometimes it was a week. Other times, it was an entire month. All of the savings went to, well, groceries and the like. Once I finally did get paid, that money usually went to problems that were "put off." (The car trouble that would have been $60 was now $200, for example.) He does owe me money, but there is no way that I'll ever get it.
- I also sunk roughly a thousand dollars of my own money into this job. Will I ever be reimbursed? Probably not.
- Due to the way I was paid, I can't register for unemployment.
- Adding to things, I brought whatever flu/cough thing is attacking folks "up north" down to Atlanta. Because of this, I really couldn't do anything about the "jobless" thing.
...And there you have it. Until I find a job, my fiancee and I will be living her salary, which is also $480 a week. Aside from finding another job, there's really nothing I do right now. I really hate this.