Work

[Lindsey]

Thanks Diana. Our receptionist was fired a few months ago too, without any warning and no mention of it later except one email company-wide to tell everyone to take her off their mailing list. In fact, she didn't even know why. She came into work for the day, got called into the manager's office, and was told she wasn't needed anymore. She asked why, and the manager wouldn't say a thing, just stared at her until she left.

That's how it's all been happening here. One guy who was here for longer than me was let go earlier this year. Nobody said a word. Then the lab manager all of a sudden wasn't here anymore and a meeting was called to let everyone know who was now in charge, but no mention of what happened with the other guy. Nobody knew. I wish they could just tell us straight out instead of letting all the rumors swirl for months about what might have happened.

I know another job would be easy to find, and I have a standing offer from one company waiting for me to come over already! But the reason I stay here and put up with all the overtime hours and hostility and weirdness is because I can bring Layla to work with me. I won't be able to do that anywhere else. If it comes down to it, of course, there are a few great doggy daycares that take care of special needs pets, but that's more money spent.

[gja1000]

Oh Lindsay! I just hate that type of environment - it is TOXIC!!! You know knowledge is power and so I would imagine that is why the general workforce knows nothing about what is happening but it just makes everyone so stressed and edgy. It's totally the wrong sort of work environment.

[judy]

Gayle is right Linds. Get out of there! You should not be in a place all day, 5 days a week, where you are uncomfortable. It's so unhealthy.

Layla would love doggie day care. She can be with other dogs all day, and that is the best! Max went to doggie day care for a while and he would leap out of the car and not look back at me when I took him there. It is worth the money.

[Lindsey]

Unfortunately, Layla doesn't really like other dogs, and other dogs are apprehensive and sometimes mean to her, because her tail can't move and that's a big show of expression. She would have to be mostly alone for the day, because any dogs playing rough or running around her risk hurting her spine more. As a special needs pet, she'd have a little room to herself and she'd have tons of attention and some exercise, but of course it's still a huge price! We figured out how much we spent on Layla last year, and it was astronomical! I couldn't believe the number, but it was close to $8,000 A lot of the year we had her somewhere almost every day, and we just can't do that anymore. It might be feasible if we could find a daycare that wouldn't charge much, but I don't see myself getting another job that would pay that much above what I make now.

I really try to stay out of drama at my work. I know I probably come off as snobby, but I sit at my desk and work, take breaks to go online sometimes (like now!) and I even eat my lunch right here. I don't hang out with people outside of work, mostly because I like to have respect for my coworkers and have them respect me. Too many of our after-work functions end with drunkenness and acting out and I just don't like it. But sometimes I think being closed off is the problem, because the people who are personally close to the managers seem to get further.

[Blueyes]

What a crappy way to run a company! I can't imagine just telling someone to get there stuff and go without a good reason

[JJJ]

Wow, that is harsh. I know here in the US they have to have an excuse to fire you not just tell you your fires and that's that. Just do your job and hope for the best I'm sure everything will be ok.

[Lindsey]

You need to have an excuse here too, unless it's on your probation period, and I think the receptionist was just coming up to the end of her probation period. Usually it's 3 months but I think some companies have it longer. If they just don't like you in that time, they can get rid of you.

I heard through the grapevine that with one guy, they wanted to fire him, so they were searching for a reason to fire him. They even went through his company email account, including backups of any emails he might have deleted. I guess they found something good enough.