To give a quick back story, about a year ago I was unjustly sacked. Five minutes before the end of the day on my last day of union probation I get called in the back by management and was told to hit the bricks.
I was doing precision machine work and studying under a fellow who was retiring in a couple years. I was going to take over his duties upon his retirement.
Fast forward to last weekend. I gave him a call and talked to him. Union contract renewed with very generous pay increases annually. He's retiring in 15 months and the last suitable replacement for him that was hired is me.
One of the people responsible for torpedoing me is gone, another is on the corporate *displeasure* list, the third suspect I think is getting fired. There's a posting for his job on the company career page.
Mercenary Me: Hmmm, interesting. Play my cards right, I'm back up to $46k per year. Take over for Rich as team leader, that's another $10k. Guaranteed $ .50 increase annually plus whatever comes my way when the union contract gets renewed.
Logical Me: But wait, we have stability and security. Sure, it's only $38k, but we have it.
MM: Yeah, but an extra 8 grand a year eases up financial stresses and strains considerably.
LM: We'll be at current place a year soon.
MM: Yeah, considering this for after buying a house. Don't want to set that back again.
LM: But......
Curly Me: Hey Moe, how 'bout we play one chump off against another? Get more pay and stay put.
MM: Shaddup,you'll get us all fired! (Three Stooges slaps Curly Me and Logical Me)
I liked what I did and the people I worked with. The management types that played games and resulted in my dismissal are either gone or will be. The only real question is would the company consider such a thing? I've heard of people getting hired back, but it's pretty rare.
My other hitch is would it require me having to go through all the union probation nonsense again? Probation is 150 days. I did 149 days, 7 hours, and 55 minutes. I'm not keen on having my bare backside swinging in the breeze for 6 months.
This is all idle speculation on my part. I've been burned once. Fool me, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
But the extra money is hard to not think about. Right now, I'm paycheck to paycheck doing all I can do to hang on.
I was doing precision machine work and studying under a fellow who was retiring in a couple years. I was going to take over his duties upon his retirement.
Fast forward to last weekend. I gave him a call and talked to him. Union contract renewed with very generous pay increases annually. He's retiring in 15 months and the last suitable replacement for him that was hired is me.
One of the people responsible for torpedoing me is gone, another is on the corporate *displeasure* list, the third suspect I think is getting fired. There's a posting for his job on the company career page.
Mercenary Me: Hmmm, interesting. Play my cards right, I'm back up to $46k per year. Take over for Rich as team leader, that's another $10k. Guaranteed $ .50 increase annually plus whatever comes my way when the union contract gets renewed.
Logical Me: But wait, we have stability and security. Sure, it's only $38k, but we have it.
MM: Yeah, but an extra 8 grand a year eases up financial stresses and strains considerably.
LM: We'll be at current place a year soon.
MM: Yeah, considering this for after buying a house. Don't want to set that back again.
LM: But......
Curly Me: Hey Moe, how 'bout we play one chump off against another? Get more pay and stay put.
MM: Shaddup,you'll get us all fired! (Three Stooges slaps Curly Me and Logical Me)
I liked what I did and the people I worked with. The management types that played games and resulted in my dismissal are either gone or will be. The only real question is would the company consider such a thing? I've heard of people getting hired back, but it's pretty rare.
My other hitch is would it require me having to go through all the union probation nonsense again? Probation is 150 days. I did 149 days, 7 hours, and 55 minutes. I'm not keen on having my bare backside swinging in the breeze for 6 months.
This is all idle speculation on my part. I've been burned once. Fool me, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
But the extra money is hard to not think about. Right now, I'm paycheck to paycheck doing all I can do to hang on.
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