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I'm feeling a little better. I definitely still feel I did the right thing by leaving the job, although, it would have been much better for my resume if I hadn't gone back. Someone at Xanga reminded me that, by law, a former employer cannot say much of anything when contacted by a prospective employer. This is very true, however, you have to believe that an employer has integrity... Now, I should qualify that.
When I first started working at the office, I was actually doing some filing for Tina in her office, so I spent a lot of time with her. I liked her a lot back then. She seemed like a great person. However, one day, they were interviewing a temp person for a billing position downstairs. (I might have told this story before, but I'm too lazy to look back and see... if you've read this before, just pass it on by.) One of the ladies downstairs recognized the temp from a previous job and came up to tell Tina a bunch of bad things about her, including that she didn't have the qualifications that her application said she did.
Tina, turned around and called the temp agency, GLEEFULLY telling them that the girl had lied on her app, didn't have the experience or knowledge she said she had, and wouldn't work for their office. I was flabbergasted! I should have taken that as an indication, right there, that this wasn't a place I needed to work at, but I didn't. Tina is very tight with the woman at the agency and that's why I figure that the temp agency is a place I can't go back to.
And I sincerely believe that in the weeks to come, now that she's left the company, they will discover a boat-load of things that Tina has done that might even be unlawful. That's only my opinion, however.
Back to the resume thing... IF Tina were still there, I'm positive that she would have given the receptionist orders to give HER any phone calls regarding me, as opposed to sending them to the HR people. She is an incredibly controlling personality and, especially just before she left, acted as if she were in charge of the company. Now that she's not there, and I've had a few days to think things over, I'm wondering if I could use the company as a reference anyway. I am wondering if it would do me any good to contact the HR head and speak to her about it. Before I pissed off Sharon, she told me to have any prospective employer to call her directly in order to get a good reference. Now I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not, since I don't know for sure what mindset Sharon is in. I have to face facts, I have only known the woman for a few months and only at work, so I have to be careful. I don't BELIEVE that she would do or say anything to harm my chances, but I've been wrong before....
What a piece of crap this all is, eh? ::sigh::
In the meantime, I've put in an application at Curves, where I go. They said they would be hiring, but I don't think I'll be called. That's ok. What I really need to do is gather up all my little pieces of confidence and start looking for something else in earnest. If I don't go back to work, we'll have to let my car get repossessed and cut back on a lot of other stuff. We're not sure we can make it all right if I don't go back to work. Part of me really wants to stay home and stay out of all the office politics crap that happens whenever you work. I play politics SOOOO badly! I just don't have the gene at all! But... I don't have many options open to me right now.
When I first started working at the office, I was actually doing some filing for Tina in her office, so I spent a lot of time with her. I liked her a lot back then. She seemed like a great person. However, one day, they were interviewing a temp person for a billing position downstairs. (I might have told this story before, but I'm too lazy to look back and see... if you've read this before, just pass it on by.) One of the ladies downstairs recognized the temp from a previous job and came up to tell Tina a bunch of bad things about her, including that she didn't have the qualifications that her application said she did.
Tina, turned around and called the temp agency, GLEEFULLY telling them that the girl had lied on her app, didn't have the experience or knowledge she said she had, and wouldn't work for their office. I was flabbergasted! I should have taken that as an indication, right there, that this wasn't a place I needed to work at, but I didn't. Tina is very tight with the woman at the agency and that's why I figure that the temp agency is a place I can't go back to.
And I sincerely believe that in the weeks to come, now that she's left the company, they will discover a boat-load of things that Tina has done that might even be unlawful. That's only my opinion, however.
Back to the resume thing... IF Tina were still there, I'm positive that she would have given the receptionist orders to give HER any phone calls regarding me, as opposed to sending them to the HR people. She is an incredibly controlling personality and, especially just before she left, acted as if she were in charge of the company. Now that she's not there, and I've had a few days to think things over, I'm wondering if I could use the company as a reference anyway. I am wondering if it would do me any good to contact the HR head and speak to her about it. Before I pissed off Sharon, she told me to have any prospective employer to call her directly in order to get a good reference. Now I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not, since I don't know for sure what mindset Sharon is in. I have to face facts, I have only known the woman for a few months and only at work, so I have to be careful. I don't BELIEVE that she would do or say anything to harm my chances, but I've been wrong before....
What a piece of crap this all is, eh? ::sigh::
In the meantime, I've put in an application at Curves, where I go. They said they would be hiring, but I don't think I'll be called. That's ok. What I really need to do is gather up all my little pieces of confidence and start looking for something else in earnest. If I don't go back to work, we'll have to let my car get repossessed and cut back on a lot of other stuff. We're not sure we can make it all right if I don't go back to work. Part of me really wants to stay home and stay out of all the office politics crap that happens whenever you work. I play politics SOOOO badly! I just don't have the gene at all! But... I don't have many options open to me right now.