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4/27/2022: Oops I quit my job
Apr. 27th, 2022 11:01 amI decided not to pressure myself to post every month, and so five months have passed since I last posted.
As usual, I had a crappy January/February. I thought things were looking up in March, but then some bullshit went down at my job and I rage quit. Basically I was accused to being hostile and disruptive at our all hands meeting. What actually happened is I asked an uncomfortable question. My newish boss (who wasn't even at the meeting) (and who I call Dolores Umbridge) accused me of yelling at the meeting and said six people complained about me. I told her I didn't believe that, and furthermore, there was video of the meeting which would show that I was not angry, hostile, disruptive, and certainly I was not yelling, plus I had witnesses who would back me up. I was told we couldn't watch the video and it didn't have sound anyway. I replied that even without sound you could tell if someone was yelling or threatening. They refused to watch the video. I was told I would have to do a PIP (Personal Improvement Plan) to "manage frustration" or some such shit, and I point blank refused. So I quit.
(The Mad Scientist was totally on board with this, in fact he almost insisted that I quit; I might have tried to work things out if he hadn't been pushing so hard for me to leave - something he's wanted me to do for quite awhile, actually.)
Then I bought a brand new car and so now have a 6 year loan payment with no income. Actually I ordered the car BEFORE I quit, and had to wait 6 weeks for it to be built and sent from Japan (it's a Subaru Crosstrek). It's OK, though, I actually have enough money in the bank to pay off the car, but since I got a very low interest payment, I'm going to do payments so that I don't wipe out my savings.
So of course I'm going to have to find work, but first I'm taking a long road trip with my brand new car. The Mad Scientist is going to Prague in May, so I'm going out to CA to see all my old friends. I'll be gone 2-3 weeks. I was planning to do this anyway, but I had thought I'd be able to do it using vacation time, and so I wouldn't have to worry about money. But I'm still going to do it. I've got quite a bit of $$ saved up (I never used most of the money that I had saved for our Prague trip), so I may as well use some of it.
I've been unemployed for nearly a month now, and it is stupidly HARD to have no job and no income. I've worked since I was 9 years old and a lot of my self worth is wrapped up in being a busy little bee who works and takes care of herself. Living off my husband is really messing with my head. I'm working on being grateful for this opportunity and trying to enjoy this unexpected down time.
So yeah. Life can turn on a dime. Time for a new chapter in my life.
As usual, I had a crappy January/February. I thought things were looking up in March, but then some bullshit went down at my job and I rage quit. Basically I was accused to being hostile and disruptive at our all hands meeting. What actually happened is I asked an uncomfortable question. My newish boss (who wasn't even at the meeting) (and who I call Dolores Umbridge) accused me of yelling at the meeting and said six people complained about me. I told her I didn't believe that, and furthermore, there was video of the meeting which would show that I was not angry, hostile, disruptive, and certainly I was not yelling, plus I had witnesses who would back me up. I was told we couldn't watch the video and it didn't have sound anyway. I replied that even without sound you could tell if someone was yelling or threatening. They refused to watch the video. I was told I would have to do a PIP (Personal Improvement Plan) to "manage frustration" or some such shit, and I point blank refused. So I quit.
(The Mad Scientist was totally on board with this, in fact he almost insisted that I quit; I might have tried to work things out if he hadn't been pushing so hard for me to leave - something he's wanted me to do for quite awhile, actually.)
Then I bought a brand new car and so now have a 6 year loan payment with no income. Actually I ordered the car BEFORE I quit, and had to wait 6 weeks for it to be built and sent from Japan (it's a Subaru Crosstrek). It's OK, though, I actually have enough money in the bank to pay off the car, but since I got a very low interest payment, I'm going to do payments so that I don't wipe out my savings.
So of course I'm going to have to find work, but first I'm taking a long road trip with my brand new car. The Mad Scientist is going to Prague in May, so I'm going out to CA to see all my old friends. I'll be gone 2-3 weeks. I was planning to do this anyway, but I had thought I'd be able to do it using vacation time, and so I wouldn't have to worry about money. But I'm still going to do it. I've got quite a bit of $$ saved up (I never used most of the money that I had saved for our Prague trip), so I may as well use some of it.
I've been unemployed for nearly a month now, and it is stupidly HARD to have no job and no income. I've worked since I was 9 years old and a lot of my self worth is wrapped up in being a busy little bee who works and takes care of herself. Living off my husband is really messing with my head. I'm working on being grateful for this opportunity and trying to enjoy this unexpected down time.
So yeah. Life can turn on a dime. Time for a new chapter in my life.
