I was layed off April 29th, but my last day of work in May 27th. I had planned and approved vacation time May 20th until June lol I've asked management if they want me to take it off or keep working, and she said it's up to me! But still warned me that if I work it and get my holiday payout, I might jump into the next tax bracket don't know if I should laugh or cry. I'm working it anyway, because I don't care if THEY want to save money that I deserve and need.
We're unionized, thank God, but they are deleting my position and said that I could apply for the new one which is more pay, same fucking duties as I'm doing now, but more responsibility and leadership is expected. HR told me in my layoff meeting that looking at my resume, I don't quite qualify for the new position, and then my manager didn't even bother to make time to speak with me about the new position, obviously wanting someone new and better at the job. Its just not my kind of thing, I don't want to have so much responsibility, and management just couldn't put in time and effort to show that I'm a valuable asset to the team, so fuck them. I'm tired.
Already, we're short staffed and I volunteered last year to help my manager with the scheduling because I've done it before at my restaurant job, but this has been an absolute hellish year with COVID. And then it became my sole fucking duty that I have to continuously worry about because we serve food and clean rooms for a vulnerable population (facility purchased by non-profit who employ us).
Even in my last weeks here, I've had to ask overworked older staff members to come in to do overtime because HR hasn't put in enough work to hire anybody to cover for staff FUCKING HOLIDAYS. And I SHOULD have been going on holidays soon too, but now I'm going to be spending that time looking for a job, my partner has already booked their holidays off, so fuck us all, I guess.
Hope I can find something better for my mental health, because having zero support from management and expecting to manage a whole housing facility and staff while the manager is working from home and constantly doing “training” is ludicrous.
I might go back to doing janitor work for a company I've worked for twice already (as a student), because it was hella lax and in the evening, I could listen to music or podcasts the whole time and work alone. Sounds like heaven.