Not again...
Just when I worried myself into a tizzy and nearly gave myself an ulcer over worrying about getting laid off after all the temps were fired........it's happening now. A temporary lay off. 500 employees must be laid off for a month. Supposedly only 30 days, to let our customers catch back up. That's right, our stupid customers ordered SO much product this last summer and fall (when we were so busy and so behind we barely ever made weekly or quarterly goal)......and now they are so backed up and their inventory so clogged that they don't want anything as of right now. No work. Too much manpower. Big problem.
That's right....I will be laid off as of this Sunday night, unless by some miracle someone else at work has mercy on me and volunteers to take the temporary layoff for me. This is going strictly by seniority, so you know I'm one of the first ones out the door.
Just when my financial situation could NOT get any worse.
They might as well have just given me a cardboard box to live in for the next month..........I cannot survive without my paychecks. Fortunately I will still have insurance......but all of my emergency funds were for when my roomate actually DOES take the plunge and move out, to help me support myself, because my monthly expenses are more than one paycheck.....and then some. My tax returns are for to pay the rest of my car off OR my laptop, whichever is more expensive (I need to go get a receipt for my remaining balance on my car).
My emergency funds are also for things insurance doesn't cover.......NOT groceries, NOT rent, NOT utilities......
I really hate my life right now. 30 days isn't the end of the world, but when you're already up financial shit creek, it sure feels that way.
Just when I worried myself into a tizzy and nearly gave myself an ulcer over worrying about getting laid off after all the temps were fired........it's happening now. A temporary lay off. 500 employees must be laid off for a month. Supposedly only 30 days, to let our customers catch back up. That's right, our stupid customers ordered SO much product this last summer and fall (when we were so busy and so behind we barely ever made weekly or quarterly goal)......and now they are so backed up and their inventory so clogged that they don't want anything as of right now. No work. Too much manpower. Big problem.
That's right....I will be laid off as of this Sunday night, unless by some miracle someone else at work has mercy on me and volunteers to take the temporary layoff for me. This is going strictly by seniority, so you know I'm one of the first ones out the door.
Just when my financial situation could NOT get any worse.
They might as well have just given me a cardboard box to live in for the next month..........I cannot survive without my paychecks. Fortunately I will still have insurance......but all of my emergency funds were for when my roomate actually DOES take the plunge and move out, to help me support myself, because my monthly expenses are more than one paycheck.....and then some. My tax returns are for to pay the rest of my car off OR my laptop, whichever is more expensive (I need to go get a receipt for my remaining balance on my car).
My emergency funds are also for things insurance doesn't cover.......NOT groceries, NOT rent, NOT utilities......
I really hate my life right now. 30 days isn't the end of the world, but when you're already up financial shit creek, it sure feels that way.
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