Posts tagged unemployment
Introduction: You did WHAT?
Nov 11th
What I’ve realized since I started writing this blog is that there are a lot of firings in the news… every day there’s a story about a policeman or a teacher or a janitor doing something to get themselves fired. Needless to say the reasons range from stealing to overeating, and if it makes the news, it’s guaranteed to be controversial… or at least a worthy discussion… for me, what’s interesting is that the stories involve people who often hold important public positions – these are people who we rely on to educate our children, protect our streets, heal us, create laws, etc… and when the smoke clears and emotions move past, it’s quite remarkable how many individuals with rotten 
characters are entrusted with positions where they are expected to set the bar and be a role model. I guess we are all allowed to be our own individuals behind closed doors, in privacy, and while this has been relatively easy to accomplish in the past, it’s obvious that this is no longer the case… living in a world overflowed with information and the advance of the internet, one has a much smaller capacity for keeping their private life private, and as such, more and more individuals become exposed for the person they are in private, rather than for their work performance while on the clock.
Today, we are launching a new segment on Fired! called, “You did WHAT?” where we will track and announce all the interesting and relevant firings from the news. This will be a good way to put all the interesting stories in one place without having to pick one or two most interesting and ditch the rest… of course, stories that are real “special” will get their own post and discussion, but this will be a great way to build up our collection of stories of stupidity that leads to termination…bring every fired story to the top, and help you avoid a similar situation.
Feel free to comment or spark discussion on any of the topics.
Scrubbed Out
Oct 27th
Have you ever watched Scrubs and thought that no janitor could really be that bad? Not only do I have a good story to prove I was a terrible janitor but it’s all documented on video! 
I cleaned on 2nd shift for about 2 hours out of an 8 hour shift…hmm what to do with 6 hours of free time? Normally I would sleep or watch TV but after hundreds of hours of time theft I decided to make funny videos with my co-janitor….and hospital security guard who also hated his job!
Because the security guard was in on all the videos he was able to cover for us, he would often be a lookout while we filmed in the hospital to make sure no one was around.
Here’s a quick list of top things we did/filmed: Read the rest of this entry »
This post was submitted by X Janitor.
Workaholics go to meetings
Chapter 1: Entrance (part 2)
Oct 20th
I jumped right into work like a seasoned professional. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, QuickBooks, taxes. The only thing that really qualified me for the job was a nine-month stint doing bookkeeping for a small Long Island company. My Poly-Sci undergrad degree was of no help here, and even though I’ve taken several business classes, I knew nothing about running a company. But I HAVE been employed in a 
number of different settings ever since my sophomore year in high school, and felt comfortable handling bosses, owners, coworkers. But all those were small family businesses, all lacking the PC world of larger, “more professional” offices. These places also lacked the kind of office politics so many of us hate, yet are used to in the demeaning and impersonal corporate world.
There is a lot one can learn for an ethics or business course, but nothing could ever prepare you to be thrust into a social setting of brainwashed kids fueled by hopes and dreams, and the load of shit-sugar coating dumped on them by whoever they interviewed with. Yes, they were kids. The oldest was just about 23, as they were all recruited straight out of college and molded into an “ideal” employee. This made perfect sense after all, it’s much easier to start with a blank slate than to try to re-program a person’s mind. And it all came from the top. From both of them. And they were good. Very good.
The face of general politeness around the office hid beneath it not a trace of sincerity. The half-smiles, the eye nods, the group lunches, they were all present. Read the rest of this entry »
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