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Nov 14, 2015, 02:27 PM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
Location: TARDIS
Posts: 12,588
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Originally Posted by idontknow2015
I so very much needed to hear this. I am so completely sad about this. I was recently temp to hire, and hired for 1 month and let go. No complaints, no nothing. I was doing a great job. I believe this happened to me at another job, as well as the one where I was let go. But why? I see other gainfully employed people, why can't I be one of them? I am aware of the need to accept this as possibly better things down the road,...but really?
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 Something similar happened to someone I know. They abruptly let her go, just before the holidays of all times, but she was the only one in the bunch of temps that got the ax. She did notice the others are much younger, but other than that they did the same work. She wasn't given a reason as to why they didn't renew her contract but they renewed others.
She worked hard, working on weekends too as they eventually required.
The thing about recruiters or temp-to-hire is that no job is really "permanent" anymore. A "perm" position can be just as "iffy", as you can get let go at anytime for any reason pretty much. Permanent jobs aren't what they used to be-----yours until YOU left, as long as you did your job & well enough. That's not enough anymore.
A degree isn't enough either, and it doesn't guarantee anything either.
We have few protections for employees or workers in this country. People are like objects or things, a commodity. You're supposed to tell the company what you can do for THEM, not wonder what they can do for YOU. And these stupid companies wonder why they can't get the perfect candidate who sweats blood and tears for them. Low pay, no benefits, long hours, no flexibility, etc. And they ***** about why can't they retain or find anyone. Employers don't get it. People are not machines but they are treated like they are.
Why should people give it their all when they know how disposable they are? I've had one dear friend lose his job after 20 years with that $hit company. He then got evicted and is now working for low wages, part-time, back in his home state. He's living with a relative. That highly skilled man is being wasted on such work, and he doesn't make enough to even rent an apartment over there.
I think companies also lie when they say they'll keep you in mind, if you don't get the position. They then advertise the position again, looking for more candidates when they have a pool already.
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