Losing my Job~
10 years ago
And why i couldn't be happier
Long and short, i worked a horrible job until recently
having to be a night shift carer, who had to sleep on site, working 5 days a week
that was 100 hours a fortnight, of basically getting crap sleep, for very little pay,
i requested time off cause of my University course, i had to go to work placement for 2 weeks,
but my bitch of a boss, refused and told me "what is more important, your education or your employment" implying the employment was more important
when i refused to budge, she just took me off the roster (Yes, she refused to give me time off, and punished me by giving me time off),
this was her attempt to make me crawl, claiming only way i'd get my shifts back is to arrange a meeting with her (Basically, she wanted to tell me why i was wrong)
but i chose to live off savings til she had to force me to come in, even bring someone in from the main office
also note, i was Casual, not even part time. but i didn't play ball, bringing in a union member and my sister to explain things
The meeting was fun, the number of times i watched bitch-tit's mask almost slip off in front of all these people she was trying to look good in front of
and it just kept coming back to the point:
-I was casual
so why did i have to leap through hoops to get time off? we even referenced the time she forced me to attend a staff review, when my mother was dying in hospital, that in her mind the "accreditation" of the site was more important then my dying mother
i did love seeing her face drop, when she asked when i'd be coming back and i simply said i won't
she seemed so sure i'd be crawling back, problem is, 4 years as a casual employee, functioning on less then 3 hours sleep a night
with no promise of a full time position or anything, course i wasn't coming back
~~~~~
Since then, i've passed my university exams last year, and now waiting to start uni this year
hope this explains my mood over the last few months of last year
Long and short, i worked a horrible job until recently
having to be a night shift carer, who had to sleep on site, working 5 days a week
that was 100 hours a fortnight, of basically getting crap sleep, for very little pay,
i requested time off cause of my University course, i had to go to work placement for 2 weeks,
but my bitch of a boss, refused and told me "what is more important, your education or your employment" implying the employment was more important
when i refused to budge, she just took me off the roster (Yes, she refused to give me time off, and punished me by giving me time off),
this was her attempt to make me crawl, claiming only way i'd get my shifts back is to arrange a meeting with her (Basically, she wanted to tell me why i was wrong)
but i chose to live off savings til she had to force me to come in, even bring someone in from the main office
also note, i was Casual, not even part time. but i didn't play ball, bringing in a union member and my sister to explain things
The meeting was fun, the number of times i watched bitch-tit's mask almost slip off in front of all these people she was trying to look good in front of
and it just kept coming back to the point:
-I was casual
so why did i have to leap through hoops to get time off? we even referenced the time she forced me to attend a staff review, when my mother was dying in hospital, that in her mind the "accreditation" of the site was more important then my dying mother
i did love seeing her face drop, when she asked when i'd be coming back and i simply said i won't
she seemed so sure i'd be crawling back, problem is, 4 years as a casual employee, functioning on less then 3 hours sleep a night
with no promise of a full time position or anything, course i wasn't coming back
~~~~~
Since then, i've passed my university exams last year, and now waiting to start uni this year
hope this explains my mood over the last few months of last year
FA+

I pretty much told myself, if they can't take care of their clients, then I'd rather be a professional lay-a-bout.
and honestly, I've been a lot happier since quitting that job.
having more then 3 hours sleep in a night, has just been.....SO weird...like how the fuck did i function on 3 hour sleep a night?!
This is what happens when most people just cave in and take it. Everyone suffers. Good for you for putting up a fight, at least -- it's never easy!
so i would go "Oh well, i'll just wait til its over"
I still got to send in a letter of resignation, (even though i am casual), but i am not rushing
I do have much union pride myself.