I'm not in the UK so mind the time difference (it's late afternoon here right now).
Currently looking for a job after my last workplace closed suddenly with just four days notice for everybody who lost their jobs it's a very rough time right now and my family are barely making ends meet.
That said I do have some reasonably sought after skills, especially if I'm willing to travel a bit. So I'm not too worried.
Yesterday at 9am I got a phone call asking me to come in for interview, I went in at 2pm did the interview and trial and was offered a 32hr a week position with some great overtime.
Only problem was that I had to procure some things to do the role (mainly health and safety related clothing) I bought these yesterday at the cost of $120, I don't begrudge that as my partner works in an industry where he can use these if I don't end up in a job where they're required (they aren't always).
Also bare in mind that at the moment we're surviving on $800 a week with a $550 a week mortgage. That's obviously not including the utilities, contracts were locked into that can't get out of, food and school money for DC for their snacks and stuff we have to pay for here (books, etc).
We do have some family helping us out right now though. Thank god.
So it was still a lot to me. I was expecting a phone call by 5:30pm to let me know what I'd be working for my first shift so I called up at 6:30 when I hadn't had a response.
Told that he was very busy so to expect a call later or early tomorrow (so, today.) I phoned up at 2;30pm to be told that actually I wasn't going to get any shifts as another new person they've hired isn't happy to work with someone who doesn't have a certain qualification (which is something that's handy but not exactly required or essential and I'm actually qualified to a level above that in that qualification set)
Aibu to be very upset by this huge let down?
It isn't the end of the world, I have a trial on Wednesday and 2 other interviews next week I'm positive I won't be out of work for longer than a month total (so far been out of work for shy of a fortnight) but I feel so so let down, I've never had an employer do this to me. Especially annoying that I had to phone to ask about my first shift before I'd been told rather than telling me when the decision was made (the meeting with the other person included in the team expansion took place yesterday at 4pm)
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To be feeling awful/I've been fired before I started?
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PickledGlitter · 05/10/2017 07:25
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