Brian Hamilton
I'm on the verge of touching myself inappropriatel
Getting called yesterday on my day off and being told to have my ass at work to open the store at 6:30am. Oh, and you're going to work a 12 hour shift by yourself.
Go down to Austin (2 hour drive) last night rather than this morning (lost a night with the new daughter).
Get to work at 6:30am, get everything open and ready to roll.
District manager shows up around 9:00am.
Calls me in for a meeting at 11:30am.
Tells me they have to let me go because now that I'm a father to a newborn, and I work 2 hours away from home, I may turn into an unreliable employee.
According to them, if something happens to her, I'll just leave to go take care of it. I told them my work ethic wouldn't allow me to do that, but it was no use. Their mind was made up. Even telling them that my wife is making NO money because her job doesn't really offer paid maternity leave and I am the only one working did no good. Basically their response was, "We can't pay you what you need to justify you working here." While this is true, they have been screwing me royally on my pay for the last month or so, it still was a job and something was better than nothing.
Now I have nothing. Great...
When can I just catch a f*%#ing break?!
On the flip side, my family life is absolutely perfect and I can't ask for more in that department. I'm sure multimillion dollar a year exec's would like that. I'd be happy with a $40k-$60 a year job.
Damnit... This sucks.
Go down to Austin (2 hour drive) last night rather than this morning (lost a night with the new daughter).
Get to work at 6:30am, get everything open and ready to roll.
District manager shows up around 9:00am.
Calls me in for a meeting at 11:30am.
Tells me they have to let me go because now that I'm a father to a newborn, and I work 2 hours away from home, I may turn into an unreliable employee.
According to them, if something happens to her, I'll just leave to go take care of it. I told them my work ethic wouldn't allow me to do that, but it was no use. Their mind was made up. Even telling them that my wife is making NO money because her job doesn't really offer paid maternity leave and I am the only one working did no good. Basically their response was, "We can't pay you what you need to justify you working here." While this is true, they have been screwing me royally on my pay for the last month or so, it still was a job and something was better than nothing.
Now I have nothing. Great...
When can I just catch a f*%#ing break?!
On the flip side, my family life is absolutely perfect and I can't ask for more in that department. I'm sure multimillion dollar a year exec's would like that. I'd be happy with a $40k-$60 a year job.
Damnit... This sucks.