I Got Laid...

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Laid off, that is.

I work(ed) for a student loan processing company, as a customer service rep. As financial times are hard, you can image that it has impacted our business. Business has been getting really really slow. It had gotten to the point where they had to send people home everyday, and since I never volunteered to go home, these last few days they made me go home.

I drive 25 miles 1 way to work, and to get there and 3 hrs later told to go home, is not good. They had a meeting with us yesterday about the slow times and basically that hrs are going to be cut back dramatically for everyone. There were other options as well for people who short hours everyday would not work for them.

I debated on if it was worth it to work 3 hrs a day where I live 25 miles away. After careful consideration, I decided to take an alternate option they had provided us. That option was to take Administrative leave until business picks up. I talked to them about modifying that to tailor my needs better.

Because I will be going back for my last year or college in 3 weeks, and would need part time at that point anyway. So what we worked out is that I will be on Admin leave. This is where I am still employed with the company, I will not lose my standing, my paid time-off, my tenure, all of this will remain. It is basically a temporary lay-off while keeping everything else.

So we worked it out that in 3 weeks I will return to work with 15 hrs a week, which would be what I would work around school regardless of this. In the meantime, I will be drawing un-employment, and hopefully I will be working for someone else to get some money for the next 3 weeks.

Kind of a bummer day, but at least I am not completely out of a job. Especially where I love my job, I love what I do, and I love the company I work for. I am glad that I will be able to return to them.

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[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

sorry man. did you start checking the classifieds?

 

[ryanj91 10+ year member]

Sorry to hear about that, with the economy the way it is now things aren't goin to well anywhere

 

[BigE 10+ year member]

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[EGGmane 10+ year member]

Man that sucks, but at least you didn't lose your job.

 

[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

This is where I am still employed with the company, I will not lose my standing, my paid time-off, my tenure, all of this will remain. It is basically a temporary lay-off while keeping everything else.

Um, dude... PTO is yours. You can't lose it.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

sorry man. did you start checking the classifieds?

Yeah I am already checking. But I have an uncle that owns a landscaping business, and I am checking with him to see if I can work with him for a little bit as a laborer. I prefer inside jobs, but you have to do what you have to do sometimes, and my uncle is good to work with, I have had to work with him before.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

ITS ACTUALLY NOT Abad deal at all.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Um, dude... PTO is yours. You can't lose it.

But I will keep the amount built up without having to be cashed out on it, and try and build it up when I return.

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

Yeah I am already checking. But I have an uncle that owns a landscaping business, and I am checking with him to see if I can work with him for a little bit as a laborer. I prefer inside jobs, but you have to do what you have to do sometimes, and my uncle is good to work with, I have had to work with him before.

inside jobs eh...? like you get a job at a bank, work your way up real high.. and then rob them muthfuvkers blind? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

he keeps his sick time as well.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

ITS ACTUALLY NOT Abad deal at all.

No, it really isn't THAT bad. I just hope I can land some work for the next 3 weeks. Unemployment isnt that much per week, put every little bit will help. And I am not in a hard financial place, so I am not hard up for money, but I am trying to get my Durango paid off as soon as I can. But this deal really worked out good for me, considering.

 

[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

he keeps his sick time as well.

Not necessarily. That is at the discression of the employer.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

I will not lose my standing, my paid time-off, my tenure, all of this will remain. It is basically a temporary lay-off while keeping everything else.

If you had tenure, I don't believe they would have dropped your hours in the first place. But it seems like you made the right decision...

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

If you had tenure, I don't believe they would have dropped your hours in the first place. But it seems like you made the right decision...

I have tenure. At the place I work being there for more then 6 months is considered a long time. I have been there a year and a half. I also am on our helpdesk/escalations team which takes calls from agents that need help, and I take supervisor calls. I am a tenured agent. I am also the highest preforming agent there. Everyone had to take cuts, even upper management had to take cuts. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif