It's been rough. No job stability. Left a job of four years because they would not stop constantly pushing me to do things outside my job description. To the point where my actual job was suffering, and my clients began to hate me for neglecting them. Started working for a college next. Got cut due to downsizing. Got hired at a collision shop. Decent pay but they were a month plus behind on everything. Job turned out to he customer service more than paperwork. My supervisor wasn't even told I would be fired. She was crushed when she heard the news, because she's so understaffed she doesn't take all of her breaks. I had already covered three vacation days for her, and she was excited to let me take the reins for two weeks in September.
I got fired because I picked up the phone at four forty five on a Wednesday. A man told me (for a third time) that he is with important insurance company and he HAS to speak to a manager about a new program today. He has already called three times. I have transferred him to more than one manager in an attempt to get him through. He does not want to leave a message. I ask him if he can leave a message. He says no again, because our body shop needs to be up to date if they want to work with his company. I tell him sorry. I don't want to waste your time so please call back tomorrow. The lights are off. The upper managers are gone. I'm in charge of locking up. I can't send him to anybody. I tell him sorry again and I hope he has a nice night.
A couple weeks later my general manager tells me Mr. Important is very high up and I'm being reprimanded. I say what happened. Office was closed. Nobody available. Lights off. Third time calling.
During my final meeting the GM implied that Mr. Important's office has been calling on his behalf, to demand that I get fired. Me. Somebody with no knowledge of this mystery program, who gets paid 45 nothing a year. Who got hired a month ago. Somehow I am the whole reason why Mr. Important can't get through. The place was toxic in general, but they complimented my actual work. I'm confused. I'm still shocked. My family thinks it's a joke and my friends are supportive, but my father thinks I should have stayed with my “stable” previous job. Even though that job tried to push accountability and work on me for no extra pay. I feel like I'm living in a nightmare…