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Well...shit. (Mini-rant warning!)
9 years ago
Okay, so, from people that have known me for quite some time, you'll know that I work as an armored car guard, otherwise known as a 'Cash Services Technician" through a company of which I won't name directly, but it ryhms with "Farta Borld" and is owned by frenchmen. That should narrow it down a bit.
Anyways, I got hired there in 2014 November, I couldn't have been more excited! And sure, the job itself has had its ups and downs, and I will admit I kind of became jaded to the fact that i carried a firearm for self defense, wore a bullet-resistant vest for protection against those that would harm me, and had a license to carry, that and I was carting around hundreds of millions of dollars through the course of my career for other people that viewed me not as a person, but a number. And yes, before people start going "Welcome to real life" yes, I am quite aware that I am no longer known as my given and birth name, but a number in an ever falling apart conglomerate that is 'the working world'.
Regardless of that statement above, I worked with some amazing people at The Company that shall not be named (*Hiss!*) and sure there were some that were a little more difficult than others, but not once in my entire time there, had anyone lied to me about the work. There was sarcasm sure, there were statements about the job that were jokingly untrue but in all my time there, not one of the people I worked with barefaced lied to me about the job itself and the work.
Now...in comes corporate a few months ago doing some kind of review and audit of the company itself, this of course happening after I had been injured on November 30th 2015 and was stuck in office doing modified work (Note that I still -am- doing modified work as of writing this journal), and the corporate chronies stood there, shook my hand, bought me a doughnut and coffee, and barefaced lied to me that I was a valued employee and was doing a good job, that they hoped I got better soon so I could get back out there on the road; and that Beamsville was getting a new branch, new trucks and new gear in general. It was all things that sounded to good to be true, and I felt like a sucker believing them for about one ten-millionth of a second while they were saying it.
Then of course, I got a look into their eyes. The one person genuinely wished me well in my endeavors and hoped that I would get better soon, he didn't like seeing people injured so good on him! The other? The corporate mastermind behind the incidents that I will describe shortly...I got a look in his eyes and I saw nothing but contempt for everyone, dollar signs, and I saw hatred for me because I was costing the company money in WSIB claims and pay for a 'casual' who really, in the long and short of it, isn't worth beans to the company as a whole.
So when I saw that, I knew things were really taking a downward turn, but...I chose to not really ignore it, but I chose to put it on the back burner as from what our management said and the full timers that had been at that specific branch for nearly 20-30 years through various different companies like Loomis, G4S and Securecorps etc...That they'd 'tried this stuff before and it just didn't work' because they realized logistically that closing down this branch and getting all runs for the Niagara region run out of the main office in Mississauga were a nightmare in man hours and travel time/wear & tear on the trucks and equipment in general. Not to mention would wear on the customers patience.
Well...as of Friday I decided to do something because I was almost certain that I was going to be getting back into work soon, my physiotherapy is going well, my mobility is getting much much better and my strength is coming back. I'm coming up on my 30th birthday this year and I made a goal, to be under 300lbs before my 30th. SO! I did what any logical person would do, started eating differently, and decided to look into a personal trainer and life-coach. Through the company I got a membership to Goodlife Fitness, great gym, great location, amazing staff and wonderful personal trainers.
I met with a trainer on Friday morning at 8:30am and spoke with him for about an hour about my personal goals as well as weightloss goals, got my weight (which currently is an abysmal 345lbs >_< Fucking injury...) and developed an action plan that not only would make me shed the weight, but would also help me get better and feel better about myself the whole way along.
I was feeling pumped, ready to go and thought long and hard over it and I made the choice out of three programs to go with the longest running which would take a full year and...cost quite a bit of money, but I knew that I needed it and that I could do it if I put my heart into it, which it is! Well...Come later that morning.
I get to work, freshly showered ready to go, at 1130am. I punch in, took a seat down after asking where my boss was, he was out at a meeting in Mississauga (head office for us) So he'd be back later, no biggie. I start to read my book. (Clive Cussler is an amazing author by the way, highly recommended. Kurt Austin and Dirk Pitt are both series's that I adore)
One of the full timers who was taking the place of our lead hand that day screamed and sounded like she'd been stabbed or shot. So I had my hand on my firearm and she ran out into the main area and said "We're closing!" And she was smiling (She always smiles so I thought she was joking) but...she wasn't joking at all. And that's when it hit me. The manager on duty gets a call from our boss and posts up a notice of closure on the punch clock. Stating that as of April 2nd 2016...all operations at the Beamsville Office will cease permanently and will be moved to Mississauga and London branches.
I'm thinking "Okay, maybe I'll just move to low-lie", basically service, will be run out of Beamsville branch as really, that's all it was ever designed for, not full on armored truck haul-outs. But nope...the branch is shutting down, and all full time staff are going to be bumped and shuttled into Mississauga, London, Owen Sound or basically offered a buy-out.
Casuals like me on the other hand....are shit outta luck. Because there are roughly 125 employees at Beamsville branch, most are full timers, and at Mississauga there are almost 500 employees, mostly full timers as well...the 'bumping' in schedules will be nightmarish and they don't want to move anyone into layoff positions but it looks like that is what is going to happen. So...essentially, as per union rules. If a full timer books off and there are other full timers on layoff, no casual will be offered work unless those that are laid off (full timers, again) refuse the work outright. So basically...Casuals and completely S.O.L. when it comes to this branch closure.
So now I have to figure out how I can cancel my personal trainer membership thing before I start getting raped by fees or whatnot else that I really do not have the money for anymore; figure out if I can find another job within the next month that pays at least -something- decent so I can afford my truck payment and car insurance, and also manage to pay for medical expenses as I'm almost certain that after April 2nd, my marching papers will be handed to me and I'll be removed from their WSIB claims...as they are pushing me into an Early Safe Return to Work status as of this week...
So in other words.
I'M FUCKED! :D
And not in the good way either!
Anyone need a slightly used kidney or lung? I've got half a liver I could put up for sale as well, spleen maybe too. 20K a piece or best offer.
Fucks sakes this sucks royally...I honestly don't know what to do. Maybe start a youtube cooking channel or something, earn revenue off of that. Hah...yeah right. *sighs* Time will tell I guess. Tell me if you guys (All 3 of you that watch my journals) would think a 'gofundme' would maybe be a good idea at this point.
Anyways, I got hired there in 2014 November, I couldn't have been more excited! And sure, the job itself has had its ups and downs, and I will admit I kind of became jaded to the fact that i carried a firearm for self defense, wore a bullet-resistant vest for protection against those that would harm me, and had a license to carry, that and I was carting around hundreds of millions of dollars through the course of my career for other people that viewed me not as a person, but a number. And yes, before people start going "Welcome to real life" yes, I am quite aware that I am no longer known as my given and birth name, but a number in an ever falling apart conglomerate that is 'the working world'.
Regardless of that statement above, I worked with some amazing people at The Company that shall not be named (*Hiss!*) and sure there were some that were a little more difficult than others, but not once in my entire time there, had anyone lied to me about the work. There was sarcasm sure, there were statements about the job that were jokingly untrue but in all my time there, not one of the people I worked with barefaced lied to me about the job itself and the work.
Now...in comes corporate a few months ago doing some kind of review and audit of the company itself, this of course happening after I had been injured on November 30th 2015 and was stuck in office doing modified work (Note that I still -am- doing modified work as of writing this journal), and the corporate chronies stood there, shook my hand, bought me a doughnut and coffee, and barefaced lied to me that I was a valued employee and was doing a good job, that they hoped I got better soon so I could get back out there on the road; and that Beamsville was getting a new branch, new trucks and new gear in general. It was all things that sounded to good to be true, and I felt like a sucker believing them for about one ten-millionth of a second while they were saying it.
Then of course, I got a look into their eyes. The one person genuinely wished me well in my endeavors and hoped that I would get better soon, he didn't like seeing people injured so good on him! The other? The corporate mastermind behind the incidents that I will describe shortly...I got a look in his eyes and I saw nothing but contempt for everyone, dollar signs, and I saw hatred for me because I was costing the company money in WSIB claims and pay for a 'casual' who really, in the long and short of it, isn't worth beans to the company as a whole.
So when I saw that, I knew things were really taking a downward turn, but...I chose to not really ignore it, but I chose to put it on the back burner as from what our management said and the full timers that had been at that specific branch for nearly 20-30 years through various different companies like Loomis, G4S and Securecorps etc...That they'd 'tried this stuff before and it just didn't work' because they realized logistically that closing down this branch and getting all runs for the Niagara region run out of the main office in Mississauga were a nightmare in man hours and travel time/wear & tear on the trucks and equipment in general. Not to mention would wear on the customers patience.
Well...as of Friday I decided to do something because I was almost certain that I was going to be getting back into work soon, my physiotherapy is going well, my mobility is getting much much better and my strength is coming back. I'm coming up on my 30th birthday this year and I made a goal, to be under 300lbs before my 30th. SO! I did what any logical person would do, started eating differently, and decided to look into a personal trainer and life-coach. Through the company I got a membership to Goodlife Fitness, great gym, great location, amazing staff and wonderful personal trainers.
I met with a trainer on Friday morning at 8:30am and spoke with him for about an hour about my personal goals as well as weightloss goals, got my weight (which currently is an abysmal 345lbs >_< Fucking injury...) and developed an action plan that not only would make me shed the weight, but would also help me get better and feel better about myself the whole way along.
I was feeling pumped, ready to go and thought long and hard over it and I made the choice out of three programs to go with the longest running which would take a full year and...cost quite a bit of money, but I knew that I needed it and that I could do it if I put my heart into it, which it is! Well...Come later that morning.
I get to work, freshly showered ready to go, at 1130am. I punch in, took a seat down after asking where my boss was, he was out at a meeting in Mississauga (head office for us) So he'd be back later, no biggie. I start to read my book. (Clive Cussler is an amazing author by the way, highly recommended. Kurt Austin and Dirk Pitt are both series's that I adore)
One of the full timers who was taking the place of our lead hand that day screamed and sounded like she'd been stabbed or shot. So I had my hand on my firearm and she ran out into the main area and said "We're closing!" And she was smiling (She always smiles so I thought she was joking) but...she wasn't joking at all. And that's when it hit me. The manager on duty gets a call from our boss and posts up a notice of closure on the punch clock. Stating that as of April 2nd 2016...all operations at the Beamsville Office will cease permanently and will be moved to Mississauga and London branches.
I'm thinking "Okay, maybe I'll just move to low-lie", basically service, will be run out of Beamsville branch as really, that's all it was ever designed for, not full on armored truck haul-outs. But nope...the branch is shutting down, and all full time staff are going to be bumped and shuttled into Mississauga, London, Owen Sound or basically offered a buy-out.
Casuals like me on the other hand....are shit outta luck. Because there are roughly 125 employees at Beamsville branch, most are full timers, and at Mississauga there are almost 500 employees, mostly full timers as well...the 'bumping' in schedules will be nightmarish and they don't want to move anyone into layoff positions but it looks like that is what is going to happen. So...essentially, as per union rules. If a full timer books off and there are other full timers on layoff, no casual will be offered work unless those that are laid off (full timers, again) refuse the work outright. So basically...Casuals and completely S.O.L. when it comes to this branch closure.
So now I have to figure out how I can cancel my personal trainer membership thing before I start getting raped by fees or whatnot else that I really do not have the money for anymore; figure out if I can find another job within the next month that pays at least -something- decent so I can afford my truck payment and car insurance, and also manage to pay for medical expenses as I'm almost certain that after April 2nd, my marching papers will be handed to me and I'll be removed from their WSIB claims...as they are pushing me into an Early Safe Return to Work status as of this week...
So in other words.
I'M FUCKED! :D
And not in the good way either!
Anyone need a slightly used kidney or lung? I've got half a liver I could put up for sale as well, spleen maybe too. 20K a piece or best offer.
Fucks sakes this sucks royally...I honestly don't know what to do. Maybe start a youtube cooking channel or something, earn revenue off of that. Hah...yeah right. *sighs* Time will tell I guess. Tell me if you guys (All 3 of you that watch my journals) would think a 'gofundme' would maybe be a good idea at this point.
