So I'm sitting here in the office all teared up...

[will-end-the-cycle-dec-21]

they didn't need fuel back then as we do now

thats why I was riding a bicycle every where I go....I miss it...I miss the way u feel your legs pumping when coming off

 

[Headholio]

I come to work and I see an email from the boss asking me or another night shift coworker to please give a quick vacuum to the call center area... granted it's not a large area, it's maybe the size of a living room or 2 small hotel rooms, I'm pretty sure if I don't do it they'll give me crap because sometimes I dont do much all night, but it fucking angered me like you wouldnt believe it, I'm sitting here busting my ass off, I have 2 jobs, I dont get to have days off or enjoy my motherfucking weekend for these lousy $12 fucking an hour and this piece of shit has the audacity to ask me to vacum, I dont feel above any job, but of course I'm sad and angry that I dont have a better job, or at least something I like or related to what I studied... but it angers me to find myself at 4a.m. vacuuming the floor, I have angry tears streaming down my face, nice lie, this is what I have accomplished for myself.
/rant

I think (hope) that its not so much the vacuuming that had you upset as your overall situation, which I can empathize with.

But, as far as the vacuuming, if you were the boss and you knew people did very little all night, would you think you could ask them to do something additional if they have time? Of course you would.

I managed a production facility with about 30 people there. I would ask people to do anything that would help the organization. No specific job responsibilities, just whatever is needed. Then, I would go out on occasion and cut some weeds around the buildings or fix a leaky faucet, even if there were others there who could have done it for me.

You said you don't feel above any job. That's good, because you shouldn't.

Here's a tip for your next job- do little things like the vacuuming before anyone asks you to. Remember you are getting paid to be there, and make them realize that having you is better than having the money they are giving you. That goes for any job. The shittier the job, the more you should excel. If you can't be great at a shitty job, how are you ever going to get a good job?

I hope things work out well for you. Losing a job sucks, but I think that people very rarely regret losing a shitty job in the long run. Right now you are in a period of uncertainty, which is stressful, but it will pass.

 

[nangiggles]

I dont know if I should stay or not, I'm afraid they'll be watching me closely and just waiting for anything to fire me without unemployment... I have until Tuesday to decide, dont know what to do

 

[WoodyO]

you should burn the place down

 

[Headholio]

It sounds like you need to leave. When a boss is writing you up, they aren't doing it for fun. They are building a case against you to get rid of you.

They offered you the layoff deal because it is easier than firing you. If they fire you they have to prepare for any unlawful termination crap you might throw at them. If you take the layoff, they will make you sign some stuff that you won't come back to haunt them, as part of the agreement to not fight the unemployment claim. If you don't sign no deal. then they will fire you.

So see, it wasn't a nice offer. It was an offer that makes things easiest for them. But if you don't take the offer, their desire to get rid of you doesn't change. if they can't have it the easy way, they will have the hard way. The write ups will be proof they had justification to gfire you. If you stick around, they will write up once or twice more just to make their justification more solid.

 

[will-end-the-cycle-dec-21]

I dont know if I should stay or not, I'm afraid they'll be watching me closely and just waiting for anything to fire me without unemployment... I have until Tuesday to decide, dont know what to do

go to a 4 way red light....stay on the left lain...and if a car on the crossing road on the left lain crossed the line.....SMASH in to him....its still his fault...and the insurance company will give u money allot more than the cars worth....but make sure u do some real damage...I knew an Iraqi that didn't work and did that all the time

 

[will-end-the-cycle-dec-21]

or let your husband break your hand...than walk in to Walmart...and pretend like u slipped next to where they have the oil....and sue the shit out of them....I also know an Egyptian that did that

 

[WoodyO]

Do you want an unregistered assault rifle? You know, just in case...

 

[nangiggles]

It sounds like you need to leave. When a boss is writing you up, they aren't doing it for fun. They are building a case against you to get rid of you.

They offered you the layoff deal because it is easier than firing you. If they fire you they have to prepare for any unlawful termination crap you might throw at them. If you take the layoff, they will make you sign some stuff that you won't come back to haunt them, as part of the agreement to not fight the unemployment claim. If you don't sign no deal. then they will fire you.

So see, it wasn't a nice offer. It was an offer that makes things easiest for them. But if you don't take the offer, their desire to get rid of you doesn't change. if they can't have it the easy way, they will have the hard way. The write ups will be proof they had justification to gfire you. If you stick around, they will write up once or twice more just to make their justification more solid.

That last paragraph is what concerns me, I feel like if I dont go now, they'll fire me anyway

 

[Headholio]

Since they seem slightly motivated, you could try to negotiate some severence. A couple weeks, a month, whatever you think you could get away with. If you have any info you can hold against them (sexual harrassment, discrimination, unethical business pracitices, pirated software), you could hint at those things, then offer to sign a waiver in exchange for severence. You both walk away happy.