October 27, 2008
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R.I.F.’d…?
I would have never thought it would happen to me. I don’t understand how it could happen to someone like me. I’m qualified, I’m an overachiever, I work hard and I work hard for others as well. And here I sit… home… middle of the afternoon… in front of the computer screen and here I am…
Confused.
Lost.
Unraveling.
I’ve been R.I.F.’d and for the first time since I was 18 yrs old, (I’m about to be 27)… I don’t have a job and no immediate source of income. I filed for unemployment, wont even get that until mid-November, and its 700 less than what I normally would make a month. Not that I am complaining about it, but I don’t know how to sit at home with no where to go or no job to go to everyday. I don’t know how to not have a paycheck. It would be an entirely different thing if I was not the most apt person in my department, I learned things about the systems the District used that I didn’t have to, but I chose to know how things worked so that if needed, I could teach someone else. And I got R.I.F.’d?? I get I was the youngest in my department and I likely had the least amount of years in my department – but I had worked for the same District since I was 18! I trained my boss on his job!! Ppl would bypass my boss and come to me for help because I was that knowledgeable. And I’m R.I.F.’d? And I don’t dislike the District, I understand business is business and I was on the shorter end of the years employed stick. I get it.
But here I sit… at home… middle of the afternoon… in front of the computer screen… and here I am…
Searching all the websites, getting the paper, making the calls, faxing my resume to companies and for what? Zilch? Nada? Still without a job and watching the news doesn’t make it any better! Hell – the economy is in the shitter! Layoffs are accruing massive numbers these days. And I have no job just like the next person who was R.I.F.’d. And for those who don’t know what R.I.F. means… its a fancy way of saying - ‘You’re fired!’… no, it means Reduction In Force… and you’re still fired!
Comments (1)
I’m really sorry to hear that. I’ve been fired once. That was the lowest day of my working life, I think. And that was done underhandedly, so it hurt even more. I don’t work right now because I stay home with my girls, but that’s going to have to change due to the economy. We’re just too poor to not be a 2 income family. I hope you find something awfully soon.
And thanks for your comment. I try to keep my cool. I know the girl who’s not on my side (not personally, but on xanga), and I honestly have no beef with her personally. I may not like her politics (or the way she spouts off about them), but that doesn’t mean I have to get dirty. I will defend myself if my feelings get hurt though, lol!