John Spencer
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2000
- Messages
- 857
Actually, I don't know how it is in California, but around here, if your company has justification to terminate you, you don't get squat. If you're laid off, you get unemployment. Or if you can make a case for wrongful termination you can get unemployment, but that's very hard to do.
I went through the wrongful termination proceedings here, and it was a case of watching your tax dollars at leisure. I had all my ducks lined up at the outset, and still had to go through 3 different EEOC tribunals which are heavily slanted toward the employer, before I finally received my benefits, almost 4 months later. By then it almost wasn't worth the effort, which I'm sure was the whole point of my old company fighting my claim.
But, after going through the experience, I fully agree with Steve, Todd, and Jack. Don't linger around a job you hate while you wait for the other shoe to drop. That doesn't show very good judgement, or class honestly. Put yourself in their shoes. If you were paying someone to do a job, and you knew they hated it, what would you do for/with them? If I'm taking a man's money, I want him to think I'm worth his effort, even if I don't think much of what I'm doing.
My current job I love, and I'm not making a ton of money at it. I had to move to a city with a high cost of living, and my wife and I are expecting a baby in January. So after all of our expenses, including doctor's visits, our post-expenses income is negligible. But we've never been happier. And I used to have money to burn at my prior job.
So, without being too non-HTF-friendly, I'd say to get off your duff now, not later. If you really have the attitue you say, have the courage of your convictions and do something about it. Rattling off on a public forum does absolutely zip for your future prospects.
That, and realize that people wouldn't give you this kind of advice unless they didn't want you to make the same mistakes they did. Think about it.
I went through the wrongful termination proceedings here, and it was a case of watching your tax dollars at leisure. I had all my ducks lined up at the outset, and still had to go through 3 different EEOC tribunals which are heavily slanted toward the employer, before I finally received my benefits, almost 4 months later. By then it almost wasn't worth the effort, which I'm sure was the whole point of my old company fighting my claim.
But, after going through the experience, I fully agree with Steve, Todd, and Jack. Don't linger around a job you hate while you wait for the other shoe to drop. That doesn't show very good judgement, or class honestly. Put yourself in their shoes. If you were paying someone to do a job, and you knew they hated it, what would you do for/with them? If I'm taking a man's money, I want him to think I'm worth his effort, even if I don't think much of what I'm doing.
My current job I love, and I'm not making a ton of money at it. I had to move to a city with a high cost of living, and my wife and I are expecting a baby in January. So after all of our expenses, including doctor's visits, our post-expenses income is negligible. But we've never been happier. And I used to have money to burn at my prior job.
So, without being too non-HTF-friendly, I'd say to get off your duff now, not later. If you really have the attitue you say, have the courage of your convictions and do something about it. Rattling off on a public forum does absolutely zip for your future prospects.
That, and realize that people wouldn't give you this kind of advice unless they didn't want you to make the same mistakes they did. Think about it.