So a nice lady at my job got canned yesterday. It was really a sad situation and I feel sorry for her. She was very nice and to me, she was doing a very good job. She was agreeable and helpful in so many ways that I’m not sure management was aware of. I’m not sure why she was fired, but I wish her the best and hope that she lands on her feet.
I know she was working a second job to make ends meet, and I hope she gets another assignment with her security company so she doesn’t have to worry and struggle about how she’s going to pay rent, pay bills, etc. She’d been at the company for a long time, and I guess that didn’t count for anything with the people who made the decision to fire her. She never did anything negative to my knowledge, she never stole from the company, she didn’t get into fights and arguments with people. She was always a ray of sunshine when you came in the AM every day because she worked at the front desk.
Corporate America doesn’t care about us. We are all disposable to them and they only want to use you for your skills and talents and they figure they are doing you a favor by hiring you. Things have changed so much in the work place since back in the day. Back in the day, the employer valued the employee. You would get Christmas bonuses and had a retirement pension after you aged out and left the work force. It’s not like that any more. Some places offer pensions, usually government jobs, but for the most part, these companies will offer is a 401k with some degree of them matching your contributions.
It’s really messed up that they can just fire you with no severance pay or any such thing, and you’re just out on your ass and have to scramble to put your life back together. Firing someone is a very big deal for the person it’s happening to. It should be a last resort as long as the person is doing their job to a decent degree. Short of them going into the CEOs office and taking a crap on his desk, you shouldn’t look to shake up someone’s life like that. People have no empathy and don’t give a shit because it’s not them. It’s part of the reason why I’ve grown to hate people. They are judgmental, un-empathetic, and selfish for the most part.
Nice people always get the short end of the stick in this f’d up world and I’m tired of it. What is going on? One of my co-workers told me she got canned because she was late to work a lot. Its like, we live in one of the WORST traffic environments in the world and you’re going to give someone a hard time for being late to work? That’s stupid and it’s dumb and it’s WRONG! That chick was a sweetheart and it really puts a sour taste in my mouth with the company I’m working for. End rant/