God is now kicking me when I'm down.
The first week of my new job was kinda crazy. Most of the time I sat there watching and taking notes from the woman whose place I'd be taking. I told her I wanted to learn the job as well as she does. I also told her that I'd like to get some "hands on" in before she goes to her new position.
We went to a staff meeting, and I kept referring to next week, blah, blah, blah and there was NO inkling whatsoever that there was anything wrong.
I thought the week went fairly well, although I didn't learn as much as I would've liked to. I asked Maureen if she could sit with me next Monday when I ran some of the reports and her remark was, "You'll be on your own then cuz I'm going over to my new job." I thought, "Okay, I can do this." I was actually feeling great about the job.
4:00 o'clock comes and I tell Maureen and my boss to have a nice weekend, and went home.
My phone rings at approximately 4:30. I noticed the paper's phone number on my caller ID. It was Maureen. I asked her jokingly, "Okay, what'd I do wrong." She said "We're going to let you go. We don't think you're the right person for the job. They needed someone who could learn the job quickly and I guess didn't learn it fast enough. She said, "This is a "multi-tasking" position that is fast paced, and we don't feel that you are the right person for it."
"You're kidding me, right???" I said. Nope. She said, "I'm very sorry. Goodbye." She hung up.
The impression I got when I first started was that she believes that NO ONE can do as good a job as she can. She told me she wanted to make sure that Andy got the right person in her place.
What a cheesy way to fire someone!!! Over the phone with absolutely NO indication that there was anything wrong while I was trying to learn!!!
I don't know whether to be mad, cry or both!!
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