Two years ago today, I got laid off at work. Two years before that, the company sold our division. I was going to get an extra day of vacation that year and an extra week the next year. I lost that as a result of the sale along with all of my personal days, two holidays,, and most of my sick time. In October of 2018 night shift was eliminated, cutting my pay $30 a week.
Finally, 2019 looked to be my year. I would finally get the extra week of vacation I had anticipated for two years. I was also on the weekend inspection list, with an easy four hours of overtime pay roughly every month. The new managers were rumored to be in trouble and human resources coming out to our facility to talk to us about the managers. At break, we were told the managers were let go and HR wanted to talk to some of us. During lunch, we found out a lead person had been let go.
An hour before quitting time, I was called to the meeting room. They told me several positions were being eliminated, and mine was one of them. I was stunned. I had never been laid off in my four decade working career.. I asked about severance, and was told four weeks, plus my nine hours of vacation, plus I would be paid for the entire day. I went to the locker room, took off my uniform, took my mandatory shower, put my regular clothes on, and cleaned out my locker. While doing all that, three other people also got the ax.
I should have got unemployment, but the state denied it, citing my severance package. By the time I could file an appeal, the system went down because the WuFlu took out key staff and increased claims. My severance managed to buy a badly needed used vehicle. Two and a half months later, I got hired as a temp at Walmart and I am still there. At least I am there full time now.
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