Job search updates

Still crossing fingers, paws and all things crossable for you Karin!

Keep us posted Karin,

Have you called back to Nintendo since it has been more than a week? Also, did you send thank you notes to those that you interviewed with? That can really help them remember you.

Karin,

Good luck with the job search. I keep sending positive energy your way. Just hang in there.

Max and Molly’s mom,

So sorry to hear about your job, that’s just awful. I hope you can find something soon. I know what that is like, it seems if you reach forty, no one wants you. My hubby would like a different job but companies don’t hire, loyal experienced, and trustworthy people anymore. They want younger workers so they can pay them less. By eliminating your job, does that mean, they don’t need the program or rememberance cards anymore?

My hubby said, to make sure you file for unemployment until you can find a new job. You might be able to collect a small check to keep you going. Good luck in the job search. Renee

So sorry M&M’s mom.

That’s typical company compassion.

What a crock!

Karin,

I’m still sending good vibes your way. Now you’ll have to share with M&M’s mom.

Good luck to both of you.

Thanks for the good wishes, everybody. But let me explain. On their behalf, this is a brand new business. I had worked for the brother’s business, a cremation society, for almost a year. It was a small office in the downtown area, which also sold monuments and markers. The brother was sort of an absentee boss, as the office didn’t need multiple workers. So, when the funeral home opened, they created this position of concierge for me. Brother then took over his own business. The funeral director, Brian, has been in the business for 10 years, and can do all of the things he delegated to me, by himself, but he was kind enough to offer me the job part time. Last year, I was given the impression that when the funeral home opened, I’d have a full time job. So, I told him a few weeks ago that I needed more than 20 hrs. a week and that I was looking for something to supplement. Now comes the complication. Brian’s dad was the director of one of the local cemeteries, had been for a very long time. It seems the other funeral directors in Monroe got a bug up their you-know-what that Brian opened a funeral home-the very idea that someone would give them competition!!! So, they all got together and put pressure on the cemetery board to remove Brian’s father from his job, citing “conflict of interest”. So, now Brian feels compelled to offer his dad a job, not to mention other members of the family. So, with me being the “new kid on the block”, I was the logical one to go. I can’t say anything bad about them-it’s a wonderful family. Brian said he’d give me a “glowing” reference when necessary. So now you know “the rest of the story”, ala Paul Harvey.

Thank you, too, Rubia. As I posted above, I really did leave on good terms. There’s no sense in burning bridges.

Also, I forgot to mention that I have already (as of a few minutes ago, on line) already signed up for unemployment.

And Karin, I like to remember the saying is “When God closes a door, He opens a window”. Perhaps I won’t find where that window is for a while yet, but in the meantime, I know I have a wonderful, loving, supporting “family” here.

God bles you all.

MMM, sorry to hear of your new unemployed status, you are in my thoughts & prayers and like everyone else has said, something better is around the corner. Being perceived as an older citizen myself (the over 50 crowd), I understand how it can be looking for a new job.

MM, so sorry you lost your job. I know how shocking that must have been for you. I’m glad you signed up for unemployment. Best of luck in the job hunt. I am sure something will come around for you soon. Love, hugs, and purrs. Lynn