The name and shame thread.

[pastradamus]

If you have lost your job please post the name and location of the company here. Or if a member of your family or friend has lost their job post them too. I Think it would be interesting to see what kind of companies are named and what kind of numbers we have.


I'll make an attempt to get the ball rolling:

My sister lost her job.
Name: Irish Revenue Comissioners
Location: Cork City, Ireland.

[Dr Mindbender]

If i may interject:

I think it's necessary for the sake of impartiality to state the reason for the sacking.

Not that i'm defending the capitalists but if someone driving a forklift truck drives into me and rips my feet clean from their leg constituents i don't think thats the sort of person i want to work with.

[Forward Union]

I think creating a huge blacklist for employers to dig into is a stupid idea.

[pastradamus]

If i may interject:

I think it's necessary for the sake of impartiality to state the reason for the sacking.

Not that i'm defending the capitalists but if someone driving a forklift truck drives into me and rips my feet clean from their leg constituents i don't think thats the sort of person i want to work with.

Ah yes, Good point US. My above statement was a case of redundancy.

[pastradamus]

I think creating a huge blacklist for employers to dig into is a stupid idea.

Such as? and how do they discover whom we are? Fuck them I say.

[Poison]

Oh have I got a good (read:bad) few for you.

From Jackson Rancheria, in Jackson California.

My mom, along with MANY other workers (no idea of the number but I can ask her) was sacked from Jackson Rancheria (http://www.jacksoncasino.com/).

The casino was losing a lot of money after placing family members in several vital positions that gave them power over engineering teams. Long story short, this is resulting in a significant amount of their property slowly falling apart, which is costing them millions to repair. Their solution? Fire employees.

And the ones fired included my mom, who saved them several million in one day once (by giving them a solution to their serious water problem) and worked VERY hard for them while dealing with their employee-hating. They also fired several engineers who actually spoke up and warned them about the problem they were having and several long time employees.

Ugh. Fuck Jackson Rancheria.

[Enragé]

I or my family/friends aren't directly affected by this, but in the town i grew up in (and where my family still lives):

700 workers are to be sacked
Name: Orbis
Location: Sittard, Netherlands
Reason: A new very expensive hospital was built, but apparently they underestimated the costs - now workers have to pay the price.

I wonder if the unions are going to do anything. It's too bad we (my organisation) have no presence in Sittard outside myself.

also:

800 workers to be sacked
Name: Corus
Location: IJmuiden, Netherlands
Reason: falling profit margins (but they're still making a profit), "redundancy"

FNV union is planning actions. They say they are not going to accept this, and accuse Corus of "using the crisis".


PS: look, i think its best if we just make a list of any sacking we know is going on, whether or not family/friends are involved. And also, to state whether or not the unions are doing anything about it. If more people do this, it might be a good idea to sticky this. Tho, ofcourse, its interesting to see what kind of numbers we have as for people getting sacked from this board, i think its more practical/useful to make a comprehensive list, because if we have this information if we're somewhere near where it's going down we can go there in case of union action (though ofcourse i think a decent organisation wouldnt be so out of touch as to miss stuff like this, lets not assume we always know whats going on around us).

[PRC-UTE]

Comrades, naming and shaming is fine, but please don't include any details so specific that they could identify that person.

[Poison]

Yikes--hopefully I didn't do anything too specific? Anyways, here's a few more, though more vague.


McClatchy Co. is shearing another 1,600 jobs in a cost-cutting spree that has clipped nearly one-third of the newspaper publisher's work force in less than a year.


Union members at The Sacramento Bee are deciding whether to accept pay cuts of up to 6 percent.

Approval of the cuts by the Newspaper Guild would save 19 union-covered jobs in the newsroom and advertising departments, at least for now.


The paper plans to cut 34 of the union's 268 positions regardless of the vote results. Rejection of pay cuts could put those 19 additional jobs in jeopardy, too.



ORANGE, Calif.—The Orange County Transportation Authority has voted to cut bus service by a quarter and layoff almost 400 drivers, supervisors and maintenance workers.


APPLETON, Wis. - The Appleton school board has given final approval to terminating 43 teachers, cutting nearly $2 million from a projected budget deficit.

[LOLseph Stalin]

I lost my job at Domino's Pizza because the boss was an asshole and just didn't like me. He wouldn't even let me move up in the company or anything. I was stuck only making pizzas the entire time.

[pastradamus]

Some of you made an important point here. If you or a friend is after losing a job then please be careful when mentioning the industry especially if someone got sacked on their own. Its fine to say the company if a large group of people got fired because they cant point out any one person and give a criminal reference to a new job you may be up for.

But good work people and keep um coming.

[PRC-UTE]

Some of you made an important point here. If you or a friend is after losing a job then please be careful when mentioning the industry especially if someone got sacked on their own. Its fine to say the company if a large group of people got fired because they cant point out any one person and give a criminal reference to a new job you may be up for.

But good work people and keep um coming.

Yeah, unless it was multiple workers losing their job on the same day from the same employer, I'd ask comrades not to list it. we all know they like to carry out reprisals.

Was your sister the only one let go? if not, you should edit out the specifics, or I could for you.

EDIT: also, if comrades want I can sticky this.

[pastradamus]

Yeah, unless it was multiple workers losing their job on the same day from the same employer, I'd ask comrades not to list it. we all know they like to carry out reprisals.

Was your sister the only one let go? if not, you should edit out the specifics, or I could for you.

EDIT: also, if comrades want I can sticky this.

Oh no PRC, my sister was one of 195 people to be let go by the whores.

[pastradamus]

EDIT: also, if comrades want I can sticky this.

I think thats a good idea

[Sean]

If you made it anonymous, this would be a fucking awesome idea for a website, where you could search your company for disgruntled ex workers comments and anecdotes. No names though.

[RedAnarchist]

A lot of people in Preston, including my little brother, were sacked by HomeServe (a call centre) via text message.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

The last time I was fired was from PetSmart.

I took these two foam christmas ornaments and covered them with peanut butter and taped them to my crotch. I then let a german shepherd who was staying overnight give me a 'blowjob.' The owners walked on back, getting a tour before picking up their dog and the rest, as they say, is history.

I fucking loved that job. Except for the $9/hour part.


A lot of people in Preston, including my little brother, were sacked by HomeServe (a call centre) via text message. Now that is some bullshit.

[pastradamus]

A lot of people in Preston, including my little brother, were sacked by HomeServe (a call centre) via text message.

Thats Despicable.

[ibn Bruce]

Lost my Job at Angus & Robertson booksellers because of objections I made to racist comments by my boss.

Lost my job at Borders because someone 'complained' about my Khufi (Islamic cap), despite having no dress code I was told to lose it or my job.

[Patchd]

You can put The University of Sheffield on there, there are plans to cut jobs for porters in the uni, when there is already a shortage, and cutting up to £4K off their annual salaries.

The security team, also short staffed are up for review after the porters.

EDIT: Also to include that the university is already short-staffed, the cleaning staff have a hard time keeping track with all the bins and rubbish collection on campus grounds because there simply isn't enough of them.

[Bitter Ashes]

Another set of redundancies at BES Consulting in Huddersfield. Thier entire Energy Performance Certification department this time. Yet again, only weeks before the company has been claiming in local press and on thier website that they are recieving lots of extra work and that profits are high. The EPC team in particular were awarded major new contracts only last month. Catasphobic failure in management, but it's hardly suprising when you look at Ian Kelly's track record of exploitation and running companies into the ground.

[eyedrop]

The small company I worked for went bankrupt, not really necessary to mention the name since it doesn't exist anymore.

[rednordman]

TESCOS. I hope there is no way they know who i am, but for all the 'glorious' press that they do actually get (come on, everyone defends them, despite raping small buisness, and treating their workers like kids), I could write a novel for the bad things they have done within the last 4 months alone...look, if you are making a profit and 'boast' to the media about making profit during the recession, DONT lie to your workers by telling them the things are awfull, and REFUSE to give them a payrise..

[pastradamus]

TESCOS. I hope there is no way they know who i am, but for all the 'glorious' press that they do actually get (come on, everyone defends them, despite raping small buisness, and treating their workers like kids), I could write a novel for the bad things they have done within the last 4 months alone...look, if you are making a profit and 'boast' to the media about making profit during the recession, DONT lie to your workers by telling them the things are awfull, and REFUSE to give them a payrise..

Tesco's are a harmful, Corrupt and Nasty Entity in working class terms. Tescos around the world are Rife with union Complaints. Here In Cork city, Ireland they opened up a huge new Store in Douglas and the Mandate trade union has been battling them viciously through one of the said unions decent activists Lorraine O’Brien. Basically to put it in a nutshell, tesco Moved workers from one store to another and made the workers sign a piece of Paper which dishonoured union agreements and used the threat of joblessness as collateral.

[Il Medico]

My dad was laid off today by the corporation Media General.
They also laid off three family friends that also worked for that company, two working class a one petty bourgeois. They decide that it would be more beneficial to keep the corporate big wigs and lay off hard working people like my father.
As a result we will have to foreclose on the mobile (cemented down piece of crap trailer really) we have been struggling to hold on to for years.
After Friday (my high school graduation), me and my father are going to have to go job hunting.......... Fuck Capitalism. :crying:

[Bright Banana Beard]

My dad was laid off today by the corporation Media General.
They also laid off three family friends that also worked for that company, two working class a one petty bourgeois. They decide that it would be more beneficial to keep the corporate big wigs and lay off hard working people like my father.
As a result we will have to foreclose on the mobile (cemented down piece of crap trailer really) we have been struggling to hold on to for years.
After Friday (my high school graduation), me and my father are going to have to go job hunting.......... Fuck Capitalism. :crying:

I feel your pain.

Now a store here fired a lady for not ever wearing a makeup. Unfortunately, I do not have any more info.

[rednordman]

Tesco's are a harmful, Corrupt and Nasty Entity in working class terms. Tescos around the world are Rife with union Complaints. Here In Cork city, Ireland they opened up a huge new Store in Douglas and the Mandate trade union has been battling them viciously through one of the said unions decent activists Lorraine O’Brien. Basically to put it in a nutshell, tesco Moved workers from one store to another and made the workers sign a piece of Paper which dishonoured union agreements and used the threat of joblessness as collateral.Scummers! I tell you. They are doing similar things in the UK as well. They are now one by one shutting all the old unionised warehouses down, and building new ones. Problem is they are offering the old staff (who have served them well for years) jobs at these newones, with a wage cut, no bonuses, and rubbish security. Scary stuff really.

[cb9's_unity]

I have something that can top quite a lot of stuff.

My mom worked at a company for well over 20 years and was laid off because of the pay raises she acquired during that time. She was let go the day after she buried her mother.

[pastradamus]

I have something that can top quite a lot of stuff.

My mom worked at a company for well over 20 years and was laid off because of the pay raises she acquired during that time. She was let go the day after she buried her mother.

Motherfuckers. Thats horrible comrade.

[Revulero]

Sorry to hear that comrade, my moms was layedoff today with hundreds of workers including my uncle from Temple-Inland and Lufkin Industies. Both corporations are based in East Texas.

[rednordman]

I have something that can top quite a lot of stuff.

My mom worked at a company for well over 20 years and was laid off because of the pay raises she acquired during that time. She was let go the day after she buried her mother. If that was Tescos, they would ask for a death certificate to prove that her mother had passed away. And only after that would they consider letting her have the day off. Its happend, im not over-exagerating.

[Il Medico]

Today, my aunt got laid off. She had worked for Kane's for a few years, she is older and that is the only source of income she had. :(

[rednordman]

Today, my aunt got laid off. She had worked for Kane's for a few years. she is older and that is the only source of income she had. :(who ever laid her off... they are scummers, all i can say.

[MilitantAnarchist]

I know many people who have lost their jobs, and one of my worst stories is thanks to the fuckers at virgin megastores (and what became zavvi)...
In my town, there was three independent record shops, the best being The Left Legged Pineapple, which was a sound little second hand n new shop... the guy opened it when he left school just selling second hand LP's n then managed to get into new stuff... he was there 20years, another shop was there 30years, n the third was only there a short time....
Alot of it was because of free downloading dont get me wrong, but within 4months of Virgin Megastore being in my town they all closed down...
Now them ****s Zavvi have gone bust, (which im gald of) there is no where to get CD's from... it pisses me off that first your forced to feed the corporate machine, then they go bust leaving you fucked with no where to get decent albums from...

It is shit that all the small business is going under, and even more so in this recession, but also the fat cats feel this... which is only small conciliation, but its better then nothing...

[pastradamus]

My friend, laid-off from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals plant in little Island, Cork, Ireland.

[Bitter Ashes]

My friend, laid-off from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals plant in little Island, Cork, Ireland.
That sucks. Did they give a reason why, so they can give an indication of when they'll be taking them back?

[pastradamus]

That sucks. Did they give a reason why, so they can give an indication of when they'll be taking them back?

They didnt give a reason, just a redundancy cheque (a small one). Basically they're moving the Mixing departmental operations to Singapore. The operations manager being the only one with the Balls to say that to the Unions.

[Bitter Ashes]

Ah. They have been made redundant then. Bieng "laid off" is something different. Bieng made redundant is essentially being sacked for stuff that's not your fault and you get a redundancy package for that usualy you're entitled to notice too as part of your contract. Bieng laid off is simply them saying that they're not going to offer you hours until buisness picks up again,, but without actualy sacking you. Bieng laid off is especially evil because you're never entitled to redundancy packages unless they also make you redundant, no notice has to be given and if you choose to quit, so you can claim benefis then the Jobcentre will throw a fit at you and refuse to pay JSA until you've been unemployed several weeks.

But yeah, sounds pretty bad that they'd do that there. "We're off to go find even more exploitable wage-slaves. So long and thanks for all the fish!". I'm guessing the union was one of the useless TUC lot, like UNITE?

As for thier redundancy package it depends on thier age, how long they've worked at the company and how much thier weekly wage/salary was. The calculation is:

under 22 = 0.5 week's pay for each year in the company
22-40 = 1 week's pay for each year in the company
41+ = 1.5 week's pay for each year in the company

They dont pay anything if you've been employed for less than 2 years, the company has gone bankrupt and your National Insurance contributions cant cover it, or one or two specific trades. Employers can wangle thier way out of this sometimes too by giving you a new contract on a regular basis, known more commonly as temping.

edit: Actualy, you can get some compensation for bieng laid off, but you have to be laid off for 4 weeks first, request to be made redundant (IMPORTANT: Not handing in your notice!) and then the employer has another 4 weeks to either make you redundant and give you your money, or start you working again.

another edit: I just remembered that Cork is ROI, not NI, so most of this isnt relevant anyway, so sorry :(

[Comrade B]

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
hosting and celebrating former US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker

They hope to get money out of him, they really don't care that his lack of experience has given the US a terrible image in Iraq and is partially responsible for the deaths of many US soldiers and enraged Iraqi people.

[HoChiMilo]

whitmanxpackagingxplantxhauppaguexnewxyork
straightxlaidxoffxbyxthosexfoolsxlastxsummer
onlyxjobsxivexfoundxthisxsummerxarexday-laborxandxyouxcan'txalwaysxfindxworkxeveryxday
afterxbills,ixcurrentlyxhavexforty-sixxbucksxforxthexrestxofxthexweekxfromxforteenxho ursxofxbasicxmaintanencexandxlawn-mowing.

maybexwithxthisxforty-sixxbucksxixcanxgetxaxnewxkeyboardxwithxaxfunction ingxspacebar:laugh:


srysrysry

[Comrade B]

whitman packaging plant hauppague new york
straight laid off by those fools last summer
only jobs ive found this summer are day labor and you can't always find work every day
after bills, i currently have forty-six bucks for the rest of the week from forteen hours of basic maintanence and lawn-mowing.

maybe with this forty-six bucks i can get a new keyboard with a function ing spacebar
translated that for you
a way to replace your space bar for short term is selecting a space in a sentence, doing copy on it (ctrl C) and pasting it with control v for every space, inconvenient but easier to read

[ellipsis]

I waited tables at a Sun Microsystems conference/retreat in Hawaii, although for some reason we were supposed to refer to it as sun down. The cost of the event was $3 million, with the booze alone accounting for 1 million.

Two weeks later sun microsystems announced that they were laying off 8,000 workers.

[mitchirviv]

I'm very interested! I would love to find out more inforamtion related to this topic. Thanks in advance.
me too, I need more detailed info

[Decommissioner]

Sam's Club

I worked for them for about 3 years, I finally quit about two months ago.

Just this last sunday, they laid off 10,000 employees nation wide. All of the demo workers were laid off at my store, most of them being 60-90 years old. They did it early sunday morning, before anyone could show up. I am sure if they had an audience, there would have been outrage, for several of them couldn't even stand up they were so upset.

What is more outrageous is this wasn't done just because they were losing money, on the contrary, Sam's Club and Wal Mart are still making profits despite the crisis. Their excuse for laying them off was "to remain competitive with Costco".

[LeninBalls]

Father got the sack
Keane Co. Tarmacadam
Knockanean Ennis Co. Clare

[IrishWorker]

Father got the sack
Keane Co. Tarmacadam
Knockanean Ennis Co. Clare
Sorry to hear that mo chara.

[Cagekun]

Sam's Club

I worked for them for about 3 years, I finally quit about two months ago.

Just this last sunday, they laid off 10,000 employees nation wide. All of the demo workers were laid off at my store, most of them being 60-90 years old. They did it early sunday morning, before anyone could show up. I am sure if they had an audience, there would have been outrage, for several of them couldn't even stand up they were so upset.

What is more outrageous is this wasn't done just because they were losing money, on the contrary, Sam's Club and Wal Mart are still making profits despite the crisis. Their excuse for laying them off was "to remain competitive with Costco".

This happened in my town. 27 employees (mainly demo workers) lost their jobs. Most of the employees that lost their jobs were people who had been with the company since they opened their doors here.

[Dimentio]

Sucks, but that's how the economy works. We will soon be back to normal after Obama leaves office.


Don't think you would find anyone outside of the OI who likes Obama here :lol:

[Lord Testicles]

Sucks, but that's how the economy works. We will soon be back to normal after Obama leaves office.

Because the credit crisis is Obamas fault, right? :rolleyes:

[Comrade Akai]

whitmanxpackagingxplantxhauppaguexnewxyork
straightxlaidxoffxbyxthosexfoolsxlastxsummer
onlyxjobsxivexfoundxthisxsummerxarexday-laborxandxyouxcan'txalwaysxfindxworkxeveryxday
afterxbills,ixcurrentlyxhavexforty-sixxbucksxforxthexrestxofxthexweekxfromxforteenxho ursxofxbasicxmaintanencexandxlawn-mowing.

maybexwithxthisxforty-sixxbucksxixcanxgetxaxnewxkeyboardxwithxaxfunction ingxspacebar:laugh:


srysrysry

what is this? i don't even


OT:

I was fired from Tim Hortons. I worked as a baker, and they just didn't really need me.

I should mention that my boss wasn't actually all that bad, he paid me $10/hr in cash. Although I worked for him again at a later date and he didn't pay me anything at all.

[Comrade Akai]

Because the credit crisis is Obamas fault, right? :rolleyes:

He meant "back to normal" in a bad way, I think.

[<Insert Username Here>]

TESCOS. I hope there is no way they know who i am, but for all the 'glorious' press that they do actually get (come on, everyone defends them, despite raping small buisness, and treating their workers like kids), I could write a novel for the bad things they have done within the last 4 months alone...look, if you are making a profit and 'boast' to the media about making profit during the recession, DONT lie to your workers by telling them the things are awfull, and REFUSE to give them a payrise..

SWIM "liberates" food and luxuries from Tescos every day and distributes them among the disadvantaged. I just thought that image might give you some small pleasure :P

[Ocean Seal]

I remember my father was unemployed several years back and now he along with 10,000 other state employees risk being fired by Governor Patterson.

[Amphictyonis]

I'm self employed but I've had HUGE problems with a landlord. Insane things no one would believe unless they read the news papers articles on him.

[apawllo]

Got fired a few weeks ago. I worked as an attendant at the gas station around the corner from where I live. For the record it was a Marathon station, but it is owned and operated by a local business that owns several other gas stations in my area. My boss was partial owner of the store I worked at, along with the owners of the aforementioned company who would make appearances on rare occasion.

Basically, I was fired for making a mistake on my closing paperwork the day after my grandfather's wake. The following day I went into work and my boss told me to take a week off. I called in at the end of the week to find I wasn't on the schedule, so I went into work to talk to my boss, at which point he reassured me that he'd put me on the schedule. The next week went by, still not there. Went back into work, and talked to him for about a half hour. He started telling me that I didn't need to work there and that jobs were readily available, and even that he would use his connections to help me find another job. At the end of all of this, however, he still reassured me that he would reschedule me. Obviously none of this ever happened.

So I was never actually told I was fired until I filed for unemployment. Which, by the way, I've been denied each one of the past 5 weeks.

[Bright Banana Beard]

Kmart Corporation dropped me. They never needed me to begin with and few co-workers also lose the job.

[thriller]

Someone I know got fired from Bed Bath and Beyond for their criminal record. The fucked up thing is that the manager was desperate for new workers that he told that person to leave it blank, because they rarely check them. Of course the manager is still employed.

[¿Que?]

I don't know if this is totally relevant to this thread, but check out this bullshit article I just dug up. After you read the article, make sure you read the comments from actual tech workers in that area.

Too many jobs, too few candidates (http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/business/too-many-jobs,-too-few-candidates)

[pastradamus]

Well I started this thread and now im adding to it myself.

I just lost my job at Group 4 Securicor Cork City. Im the only one to be booted off and given redundancy at this stage so if they read this post I am easily identifiable, But honestly I couldn't give a fuck what they think.

[Metacomet]

My usual system of getting shifts at work (Macy's Department store) is to call them the week before and see if they have anything.

I did this two weeks ago. They gave me ONE shift that week, and that is ALL they told me about.

I have also been without a phone. I just checked my voice-mail and got an angry message from Monday, I was scheduled without my knowledge. I (obviously) never showed up. We have an employee website. I just checked it and I was scheduled Monday and Tuesday of this week. So I missed 2 shifts.

I can't do ANYTHING about it. And I didn't check the website because I have NEVER been scheduled without asking. Not a single time in almost one year.

I am not fired yet but I wouldn't doubt it happening soon.

[W1N5T0N]

1. Sounds like a ***** losing your job like that...

2. Don't blame his family, they prolly have enough to put up with him anyways.

[¿Que?]

1. Sounds like a ***** losing your job like that...

2. Don't blame his family, they prolly have enough to put up with him anyways.
True, true. Just a bit pissed, tho.

[W1N5T0N]

Freaking CEOS...like the comissars of the free market oligarchy.
They have the responsibility over capital, not resources (humans includes), as they would say.

[Robocommie]

So wait, the guy had you fired because he gave you $5 for lunch?

[¿Que?]

I don't have any fucking clue as to why he had me fired. All I know is the reason they gave me is bullshit. I know how to do that job, and I have enough technical knowledge to do it well.

[Pilkington]

A few years ago I lost my job. It was my fault to be honest, I was tardy and actually I wasn't that into it so my mind was elsewhere. I do feel that I should have been given another chance but I suppose that's life. But a friend of mine who worked with me was dismissed unfairly in my opinion. However he's got himself a much better job and he's doing what he loves to do, so perhaps with hindsight it all worked out in the end.

[Reznov]

I don't have any fucking clue as to why he had me fired. All I know is the reason they gave me is bullshit. I know how to do that job, and I have enough technical knowledge to do it well.

Just relax, he obviously did that for some asshole reason. I know this might sound a little corny, but whenever stuff like this happens, this shit always bites you back in the ass, I'm telling you.

I would say you should try to contact him personally, or talk to some other people and just voice your complaints.

Either way, no point in getting to mad over it. Just got to move on, I know it fucking sucks though.

[Pilkington]

I don't understand why the need for a thread about losing your job. It happens sometimes. I don't see what the problem is or what the objective of the thread is. If you lose your job you lose your job and you move on. It could be simply because you're not the right person for the job, or you weren't doing it properly, or other circumstances beyond your control, and you can't so anything about it but you can dust yourself off and move on. It's pretty simple if you ask me.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I don't understand why the need for a thread about losing your job. It happens sometimes. I don't see what the problem is or what the objective of the thread is. If you lose your job you lose your job and you move on. It could be simply because you're not the right person for the job, or you weren't doing it properly, or other circumstances beyond your control, and you can't so anything about it but you can dust yourself off and move on. It's pretty simple if you ask me.
losing a job can be one of the most devastating things that can happen to someone who is trying to survive at a minimum wage. Also, you cant just 'move on' especially now when companies are saying 'unemployed need not apply.'

[Jose Gracchus]

I don't know if this is totally relevant to this thread, but check out this bullshit article I just dug up. After you read the article, make sure you read the comments from actual tech workers in that area.

Too many jobs, too few candidates (http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/business/too-many-jobs,-too-few-candidates)

Don't see any comments. Am I missing something here? Did they remove comments?

[Pilkington]

losing a job can be one of the most devastating things that can happen to someone who is trying to survive at a minimum wage. Also, you cant just 'move on' especially now when companies are saying 'unemployed need not apply.'

Well actually it is perfectly possible to move on. Many people do it. You can't spend your whole like crying over such things. You have to pull your socks up and do something else. Life isn't perfect and you can't go through it expecting to have stuff handed to you on a plate, you have to earn your way through life. If you get fired from a job, maybe it was your fault. If it was, learn from it. If it was your employer's fault, who cares, you go and do something else and look forward rather than back.

Some years back I was dismissed from a job that I thought I was doing rather well. I was told I wasn't a "team player". To this day I think he was wrong, but I don't care any more, because it's in the past now. It's over. Nobody owes you anything, nobody owes you a living, you just have to take thje punches as they come and do your best.

[∞]

Best Buy

I got fired. Downsizing.
Fresno California.

[#FF0000]

words

and none of this means that you can't complain about losing your job, especially when you've been fired for dumb reasons.

[Reznov]

Best Buy

I got fired. Downsizing.
Fresno California.

Did you really? I thought Best Buy was doing relatively well, at least financially.

I was just going to go apply for a job from them too.

[∞]

Did you really? I thought Best Buy was doing relatively well, at least financially.

I was just going to go apply for a job from them too.

Well I think the one in that particular area was over-employed and getting in the way of profits. Hopefully I can apply to a Barnes and Noble. Or at least the Ice-Cream stand at Rite-Aid.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Well actually it is perfectly possible to move on. Many people do it. You can't spend your whole like crying over such things. You have to pull your socks up and do something else. Life isn't perfect and you can't go through it expecting to have stuff handed to you on a plate, you have to earn your way through life. If you get fired from a job, maybe it was your fault. If it was, learn from it. If it was your employer's fault, who cares, you go and do something else and look forward rather than back.

Some years back I was dismissed from a job that I thought I was doing rather well. I was told I wasn't a "team player". To this day I think he was wrong, but I don't care any more, because it's in the past now. It's over. Nobody owes you anything, nobody owes you a living, you just have to take thje punches as they come and do your best.
please dont be a mutualist.



anyways.


No one owes anyone anything? But apparently the owners and executives have a right to the work that you do and the money that is made from your work. But, you have no right to a job or to actually have a say in how you spend your labor and time and how your work place works.

You have no right to complain about wages because you are threatened with unemployment. Fuck this "pull yourself up by the boot straps" motto. Sure, i work hard,sure i dont complain and sure, i am slightly competitive at work. Doesnt mean i cant resent being fired or laid off or fight against capitalism.

My point is this. The capitalist system is structurally in favor of the wealthy and not in favor of those who actually work to keep it alive. There is always a "vast reserve army of labor" to take care of anyone who complains about conditions and to keep wages low (they disguise it as "supply and demand" bullshit)

Also, the "can do" attitude isnt necessarily bad. but you have to know when to inject a bit of realism into the picture.

[¿Que?]

Don't see any comments. Am I missing something here? Did they remove comments?
Sure looks that way. I posted that a while ago. The comments were more hopeful than the article.

[¿Que?]

Just relax, he obviously did that for some asshole reason. I know this might sound a little corny, but whenever stuff like this happens, this shit always bites you back in the ass, I'm telling you.

I would say you should try to contact him personally, or talk to some other people and just voice your complaints.

Either way, no point in getting to mad over it. Just got to move on, I know it fucking sucks though.
I sort of see your point. I was pretty pissed off at the time, but that was like almost a month ago. It's actually given me time to do some thesis work before the semester starts up again in late August.

[Tim Finnegan]

My sister lost her job: Asda Kilmarnock. Also at fault, Tesco Maryhill, Glasgow.

An asshole security guard hauled her up claiming that she was shoplifting and got her arrested (she wasn't, and the charges were dropped without going to court), and while they were waiting for the cops to show up, they bullied personal information out of her, including the name of her employer (which she really shouldn't have given them, but the lass was scared out of her wits). They then called her employer, which is as illegal as it is dickish, and got her fired. Upside, she's bringing a lawsuit against Tesco, so she might be able to give them a kick in the bollocks that way.

[Nox]

I got declined from a job because they thought it would be 'too hard' for me to travel there each day, even though I live 20 minutes away by foot and there is a bus stop right outside the place :sneaky:

EDIT: This place was McDonalds incase any of you were wondering

[∞]

Feel bad for anyone who works at BlockBuster.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Feel bad for anyone who works at BlockBuster.
Why, because they're all closing, or they suck to work at? (Or both?)

There's still surprisingly a few open in my city/metro.

[Aspiring Humanist]

Torch it

[A Revolutionary Tool]

My soon to be sister in law lost her job because the owner didn't want to pay her. She hadn't got paid in a month and she was asking for her check and the owner told her to leave and that she no longer had a job. She's an illegal immigrant so she doesn't really think she can do anything about it, the sad thing is she was already getting below minimum wage and for her last month it was basically slavery since she hasn't gotten paid :sneaky:

Name: Taqueria Manteca
Location: Manteca, California.

[gendoikari]

what about those of us out of college with no job....

[A Revolutionary Tool]

A girl I know was asking another friend who works on a yacht as a waiter if he could ask the owner if she could get a job there and I was thinking about applying too. So my friend asks his boss if maybe a girl he knew could get a job there. The owner said that he wouldn't hire a woman because they're "bad luck on the sea". Yeah not applying there.:cursing:

[El Louton]

My Mum
Name: Healthy Schools
Location: Hampshire

[goldentony111]

burger king