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19 December 2006

So apparently "laid off" does not mean what I think it means. →[More:]They fired me this past July, except that didn't really take because they never followed through, then they put me on reduced hours a month later, but that didn't take either because they never followed through, then they laid me off in November, and now... they are offering me a part-time job. WTF? I am so confused.

post by: occhiblu at: 14:23 | 12 comments

This all sounds eerily familiar...

posted by jonmc 19 December | 14:26

This happened to neighbours of my parents - they laid off the husband after years of loyal service, but still wanted him to help them out whenever they wanted. My dad is a tribunal judge, so knows about employment law. Employers can't have this both ways - you're either laid off or not; they either have a job for you, or they don't. One or the other, black or white. Some kind of lawyer might be in order, if you're so willing.

posted by TheDonF 19 December | 14:30

Occhi, you know by now not to expect them to do anything logically, right?

posted by mudpuppie 19 December | 14:32

Employers these days don't have any sense of what's right or real. Most of them know now that they can use their at-will power to decrease hours, blow off benefits and hire little shits like me to do their grunt work for cheap.

I wish you all the strength you could ever need right now. I'm behind you, we're behind you, and The Man Can Suck It.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 December | 14:38

It actually, upon further information, seems to be that they want to employ me on on a contract basis for a few months, which is kinda something we had talked about, but want it more structured than I was expecting -- "freelance" was the original word, now it's suddenly X hours a week.

This whole thing has been so ridiculously ... um, well, ridiculous that it's starting to make my head hurt.

posted by occhiblu 19 December | 14:42

It dosen't hurt after the first six months, kid.

*passes occhi bottle of whiskey and a smoke*

posted by jonmc 19 December | 14:44

These people so don't deserve you.

posted by tangerine 19 December | 14:47

Have I mentioned how glad I am that I did go back to school when I did, rather than waiting around relying on this company to allow me to save up money first? Knowing that there's a total endpoint to this makes it much easier to deal with.

posted by occhiblu 19 December | 14:52

Are you going to take the part-time offer?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 19 December | 15:02

I haven't decided.

I'm kinda thinking yes... It'll give me time to look for other full-time work, and they're actually offering a bit more money than I was expecting (though they're also expecting more hours).

posted by occhiblu 19 December | 15:15

Though I am going to give it overnight to think about it, in case major objections do arise.

The lack of health insurance being one of them...

posted by occhiblu 19 December | 15:18

Accept the job, and then don't go in. If they ask you why you didn't show up, tell them that there's some additional paperwork that has to be processed first, and you'll let them know.

posted by bingo 19 December | 16:54

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