Sisabel:

You are courageous with a "they-don't-make-them-like-they-used-to" awareness and personal ethic. It is a core value of the general minority to actually "give a darn" about your job, and the pride you had in doing the job well. That's perhaps one reason why you are so hurt--the disappointment is personal to we who care about our jobs. Management cares not one iota for folks like us, again another disappointment, yet a truth nowadays. Our initial optimism and vigor and eagerness in the job gets peeled off like a cucumber when it comes to dealing with "the beancounters."


I am at the receiving end of such a clumsy arrangement. It hurts to even think of my last few weeks there. A complicated story, leave it to say they don't want me back & made it known through several unprofessional methods. I know deep inside me that I am not a bad person. It is going to take me a long while to recover -- especially since I am afraid of putting myself all nice and ready-to-go which potentially lines me up for another failure in a similar situation if i don't think about it carefully.


Kudos on you being able to get out. Now thrive and blossom and grow for you and for us.

--Threadbare