how many twists can one life have in the same year??
on august 13th, this pas wednesday, i was laid off. i got a call from a friend in HR saying the axe was swinging officially at 9:30am (she called me at about 9:25) then someone important on the PL team came and said "meeting at 9:30 at such and such". i was still on the phone w/my spy; and i asked her if she saw my paperwork come across her desk. the answer was no. by 9:50 i was signing my separation paper work. my ego was a bust. i gave my heart and soul to that job (was that a mistake?) and it didn't matter in the end. was i great or was i sucky? Either way, my whole c/s team was taken out. they did us all in a group together in fact.
the rest of my week was not as bleak. i worked w/wonderful folks that have already offered me a lot of assistance; free product, resume writing, referrals, introductions to folks in local austin natural foods companies, random job leads and lots of love. that is appreciated as i know that lots of other folks (even people on my 4 person team) are not getting that kind of treatment.
we were treated pretty shitty by the actual hr folks, and then when i went downstairs afterwards to the store to tell Dylan what happened AND To get his discount card so i could buy my lunch, i was followed by DPS and store leadership like i was a bat-shit crazy angry person about to take out the store. come-fucking-on. Am i bitter though? YES. i am.
we were told after (all of the unemployed that still has friends on the inside) a meeting that was held w/ Mr. Oatmeal and all of the VP's and such w/the team members left on Friday, that we are now getting double severance (which i was going to demand and negotiate for next wee cus the package was so shitty) for how badly the whole situation went down. the TM's were also apologized to, but sadly enough, we are the ones that are owed the apology. we don't have jobs. i will happily take over 2 mos pay along w/unemployment (got dylan's insurance soon and his spouse discount card) and have a short break. enjoy my time off. i am going to complete my 60 hrs of community service in fact. that will take care of that, and a shit-ton of exercise. what else do i have to do? I am not ready for resume-building yet. i want to actually take time and find something that could help me feel as fulfilled as the food hole did (i know it's weird, but i LOVED MY FUCKING JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) with out going back to the store. no offense, i worked REALLY hard to move up and out of the retail side and i don't want to go back. really. and i would have a year ago or so no questions asked, but i have learned so much and have a lot to offer some other company and would like to LEARN MORE than what i think the food hole can teach me at this point; especially the store, since i know i don't want to run a store one day.
i want to keep learning at my job; the crazy-ass amount of research i did, taught me a LOT about myself. i have to be challenged, and i have to have new shit to learn AND to teach people. it's who i am.
and fuck-i LOVE natural foods.
i love food.
how much change can ONE person go through.
the thing that happened on the 13th 2 mos ago was that we moved into our new home. so......
the rest of my week was not as bleak. i worked w/wonderful folks that have already offered me a lot of assistance; free product, resume writing, referrals, introductions to folks in local austin natural foods companies, random job leads and lots of love. that is appreciated as i know that lots of other folks (even people on my 4 person team) are not getting that kind of treatment.
we were treated pretty shitty by the actual hr folks, and then when i went downstairs afterwards to the store to tell Dylan what happened AND To get his discount card so i could buy my lunch, i was followed by DPS and store leadership like i was a bat-shit crazy angry person about to take out the store. come-fucking-on. Am i bitter though? YES. i am.
we were told after (all of the unemployed that still has friends on the inside) a meeting that was held w/ Mr. Oatmeal and all of the VP's and such w/the team members left on Friday, that we are now getting double severance (which i was going to demand and negotiate for next wee cus the package was so shitty) for how badly the whole situation went down. the TM's were also apologized to, but sadly enough, we are the ones that are owed the apology. we don't have jobs. i will happily take over 2 mos pay along w/unemployment (got dylan's insurance soon and his spouse discount card) and have a short break. enjoy my time off. i am going to complete my 60 hrs of community service in fact. that will take care of that, and a shit-ton of exercise. what else do i have to do? I am not ready for resume-building yet. i want to actually take time and find something that could help me feel as fulfilled as the food hole did (i know it's weird, but i LOVED MY FUCKING JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) with out going back to the store. no offense, i worked REALLY hard to move up and out of the retail side and i don't want to go back. really. and i would have a year ago or so no questions asked, but i have learned so much and have a lot to offer some other company and would like to LEARN MORE than what i think the food hole can teach me at this point; especially the store, since i know i don't want to run a store one day.
i want to keep learning at my job; the crazy-ass amount of research i did, taught me a LOT about myself. i have to be challenged, and i have to have new shit to learn AND to teach people. it's who i am.
and fuck-i LOVE natural foods.
i love food.
how much change can ONE person go through.
the thing that happened on the 13th 2 mos ago was that we moved into our new home. so......