I just got fired… “Not a good fit”. Fuck.
Edit: I got hired as client services manager, but it was a bait and switch. What they really wanted was a branch manager. Which is a higher paying role.
I didn’t say anything about it though.
Ah who knows. I’ve done another 30 or so applications this morning. Only concern is that a lot of places won’t be hiring until end of Jan. Guess we’ll see.
Oh fuck, sorry.
Any org heartless enough to do that first thing on 2nd Jan is probably not somewhere you want to be, not that that helps right now.
They said they were going to do it before the break, but they thought they’d wait till after?! How does that make sense???
I’ve seen you bounce back from shit jobs a number of times. I’ve even considered messaging you about how you seem to land jobs pretty easily from an outside perspective. For whatever reason you’re ‘not a good fit’ better to be out of there. They might have already had someone in mind and were stringing you along to cover.
Thanks mate. I was hired as client services, but there was a bait and switch. What they really wanted was a branch manager which they didn’t mention at all until I signed the contract.
I’ve always gotten positive feedback, and I’ve never once been fired. Literally ever.
I just hope I can get something soon and not have to wait till the end of January.
Feel free to message me if you want any advice for the applications process.
What a horrid start to the year! Ah well, some things are not meant to be. Next place will be better.
How shit. Fingers crossed you land something else higher paying (and the old company struggles)
Ahh shit sorry Gibson’s dad 🥺
Well shit. Kitty hugs Stat!
Oh no, sorry to hear it :( Is this the place you interviewed at a few weeks back that were headhunting you?
Yep this exact place. I’ve never been fired before. Literally ever. I always work my ass off and had done more in 2 weeks than most people do in 6.
Just totally gobsmacked. But it is what it is.
Wow that’s such utter shit on their part. Why bother headhunting and recruiting just to bait and switch? You’re definitely better off out of there.
I hope something great comes up for you very soon.
So sorry to hear that. From your comment below it sounds like it wouldn’t have been the greatest place to work at, if that’s how they treat employees even at the hiring stage. Best of luck for a new and better job!
Thanks heaps 🙂 Yeah honestly it wasn’t great but it was paying the bills. Lucky I have a stash to last me for a few months but hopefully it shouldn’t take that long.
As shit as this is I have faith that your next job will be bigger and better. Hugs.
Oh bugger sorry to hear that.
Better opportunities await!
Shit. Fingers crossed for new bounce
That sucks, but after reading this thread it sounds like they suck more! Possibly you were being used anyway. Better luck for your next job, you deserve better.
Oh no! Ugh that suuuuuucks. Sorry mate.
😧 Aww no!
I followed the storm all the way back from Ballarat to Melbourne this afternoon and survived the M8/M1 in an unfamiliar car with worn tyres and a chatty passenger, AMA.
In unrelated news, some of you may remember the saga of soxcat and the uphill battle to get vets to believe she had ovarian remnant syndrome, not separation anxiety or a UTI or Munchausen’s by proxy on my behalf. Got in touch with her human today and guess what. They found solid proof and the original vets that desexed her removed it in an open surgery for free. It was there. It took 3 surgeons but they got it out. She is now recovered and no longer suffering and hormonal.
I am mostly very happy and relieved for sox and her human, but also, can I just gloat for a second about HOW VINDICATED I FEEL.
Poor Sox! At least they found and sorted it so she doesn’t have to suffer in heat anymore. Well done!
I’m so happy she’ll be heat-free for the rest of her life. No more confused yowling and peeing… but her supreme snuggliness when in heat will be missed!
That feeling is a relief. It took me years of fighting to be believed that Melbcat was in pain, then actual proof of multiple things was found and treated.
Well, fuck.
Guess I’m not immune after all.
No one is immune on a floaty boat!
Oh shit. And you are stuck on the cruise? Oh noes.
Yup what’s got two thumbs and is in room isolation for 3 days feeling like garbage? 👍🤒👍
At least they gave me free premium internet, movies on the TV and free room service.
Which means that SOMEONE ELSE brought it on board with them. Did the whole boatload get tested?
Nope, they won’t make it known it’s onboard. I doubt the asshole who brought it onboard has told them they feel unwell. I could have not told them and kept going about my business but I weirdly care about not spreading it.
Not making it known seems wildly irresponsible. Presumably you didn’t lick all the door knobs or something as soon as you boarded, but people who’ve been the same locations ought have the chance to test immediately.
Oh damn, hope it stays a mild case for you. Take care.
Oh no! Get well soon mate 🙏🤞
Loving this thunder!
Even more loving that the cat I’m looking after seems to have zero fear of thunder or lightning. Just chill AF.
Cat Tax…
I broke up with my partner. Honestly for the best and I’m in a great mood. I somehow seem to find people with the lowest empathy and EQ levels possible whereas I’m very high on both and end up being their ‘support’ but if I’m not doing OK I’m a shit person.
Working on doing more exercise. Set up a home gym and trying to lose my covid weight. In a great mood and kinda love storms so it’s a win/win!
At least you’re in a positive frame of mind and moving forward in your life. Sometimes it’s a relief to end a relationship that wasn’t really doing it for you or was a replay of past mistakes.
Yeah 100%. Best to just move on than feel judged and pressured by others.
oh, I’m so sorry.
No it’s really OK. Thank you for your concern. I provide all the support I can but when I’m not doing OK (I’ve had friends who couldn’t handle this time of year and ended their own lives…) I’m the shit person for needing my own time.
hugs
sometimes I think that people should just talk more and having good will is so important too
I can haz new computer. Yay. 😊
Ooo, what did you get?
Oh yay. Woke from a sleep to find my fever has swung the other way. Got up to use the toilet and nearly shivered myself apart. Skin feels warm but heater has been activated. Yay virus!
Also Melbourne has this crazy habit of having epic storms when I go on holidays when it knows I love them. This has been happening for like 15 years. I feel like it’s personal.
take care, rest a lot .
Well fuck. Message from brother after something like 17 years. This is going to take some thought.
Oooh. Had that a few years ago. Didn’t end well but hopefully you have a different outcome. Remember you owe them nothing, not even your time if all they are going to do is use that to harm you.
He’s not directly dangerous to me, but remains in contact with somebody who is. Not going to be today if I do reply. Worried cats.
You can choose not to reply, or wait 17 more years to do so to keep the tradition going…
Do you want to reply?
I probably will, but with a no thanks. There was never any blow up here just indifferent drift? But I can’t trust information to not be passed on. So…
Nice big bang very close to Thornbury. Rain is thickening. Lots of lightning. Sirens on St Georges road. Aaaand another one - too close for comfort. Triple banger thunderclap following.
The one just this second ago in Northcote was immense, almost like an earthquake
I got so many b’day emails yesterday. 🤭
Happy 21st birthday 🎉
How did you know? 😸
Just one of my special talents. ☺
Thank you. 😘
Happy birthday Seagoon :D
It’s not my real b’day
Oh :(
It’s a fake date I use on annoying forms that want too much personal information
but thanks for that real wish, it’s very nice of you
I use April 1, tee hee
Happy Birthday! 🎂
Hippo Birdies!
I just had to reinforce the small but vital distinction between a kazoo and a bazooka
A bouzouki?
No that’s a dog. You’re thinking of a bongoist.
That’s a drummer, you mean a babushka
I always called them kazookas.
Borzoi?
Hugs to all the dogs and cats who had only just recovered from the last round of angry sky noises. This is some persistent thunder.
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My zucchini plant is reaching to the sky in worship of the rain, having curled all its leaves into funnels to catch as much as possible.
plants are amazing and not just the passive beings we sometimes take them for
They are definitely quite active, and zucchini are particularly expressive. My gardening course had some great time lapse video showing how bean plants move around looking for support to climb on. The slower plant that could not find a free support pretty much got depressed and gave up.
Marge has reached Ballarat, and is heading our way.
Skies are rapidly darkening in NW burbs, storm imminent.
She’s a crackling.
It’s looking threatening here in the north east, but on the radar it looks like most of the fun will happen in the west and we might miss out on anything too dramatic. Let’s see.
