Got a job in an afternoon

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
Bleh. The "contingent offer" part came into play today. The hiring was rushed because they had a deadline to have new techs, but the number of open slots was dependent on how many techs from the parent company decided to take a pay cut and come work for us, as opposed to being laid off. The techs had to decide by today, and unfortunately the one who covers my area decided to take the job, so I'm gone.

At least I don't feel too devastated. It was made very clear this was possible, and the management guys were genuinely sorry about having to do it. They'd never had to do any sort of contingent offers and don't want to do it again, it just had to be done this time due to pressure from above. There's a possibility the field manager, who is leaving to go to another company as district manager, may be needing techs to work under him at his new job, so he may call me then, but he's got a few others ahead of me in the conceptual line.

At least it seems I won't be screwed over on unemployment for this. The job was never made permanent, and only lasted one week, and I was let go at no fault of my own. The UI pages indicate that temporary employment is acceptable as long as you don't try to claim benefits for any time you were working, and hopefully the contingency issue and the impermanence of the job will be in my favor. But of course, what could I expect, on a Friday when people might be getting paychecks and needing to think about UI, the offices close earlier than the rest of the week so I can't verify anything till Monday.

Man, that sucks, keep the chin up, something else will roll around.

 

[Lord Evermore]

If I wasn't medicated, I don't know if I could keep it up. I was upset but not terribly so, partly because it was a possibility the whole time and I was prepared for it, but without medication all this time I don't think I could have handled the rejection, even though I know it was entirely unrelated to me and my capabilities. For the first time in my life I can actually tell myself and believe it that I would have been good at the job and they're losing out not having me.