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Zoo, I agree that you might want to pursue your sacking in a legal way. It is my opinion that maybe you should move closer to them since they won't move closer to you and now they can't b/c of incompet. etc. Yes, we do support each other on this forum. I'm doing just that. Wish I could be there to help you in person.
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Ypiffani, I would retain an attorney's specializes in employment law. What they have done is illegal. There area even attorneys that specialize in sueing government employers. To heck with the union steward!

You should go to the site avvo to ask questions particular to your situation. Attorneys will respond free of charge. Many cases like yours attorneys will take on a contingency basis. FIGHT BACK!
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Zoo... sending the same wonderful wishes back your way. It will look up positive energy in means positive energy back to you... that's what I'm relying on.
Merry Christmas or happy holidays or what ever your heart finds true to all... and Captain... You're hilarious!
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ypiffani, OMG I'm so sorry how horrible, the turn of events in your life. Thank you for sharing, I hope things will turn around for you too! There are so many going through so much out in the world today, glad you could vent here too! I was told company wide they are cleaning house. I'd been with the company long enough to have good pay and benefits, many of my friends have been fired all long term employees. Ypiffani take care of yourself, so sorry will pray for guidance, strength and courage in your direction!
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ill pray for you but my god is pretty much a torch and an oxygen and acetelyne tank. he'll free your rusted bolts and nuts but probably not much else.
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Thank you BoniChak, God Bless you as well!
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I was given 5 days off unpaid because they said I was being "deceptive"!!! I had called in emergency vacation to take care of my dad. he had fallen in the house at 3 am and I'd gone over to his house... at 6 he said "ok go to work" I got dressed and left to get to work ontime. he called me and said "no wait I want to go to the hospital... it hurts" OK I stop call my supervisor and wait for him to get back with me if I could have it. They said yes... I go back to Dad's and he has in that small amount of time taken 2 Vicodin. he is incontinent (BAD) so I needed to get him cleaned up and to the dr/hospital. I couldn't even get him out of the chair he was floppy and drugged. so I said we'll give it 2 hours and go. I went in to the other room and was playing solitaire, I fell asleep. I woke up to my daughter who had stopped by on her way to work, she usually stopped in to fix him food and for a well check. 3 hours had passed. We said we'd get some lunch so I had her get my phone I had accidently left in the car. There were 10 messages from my co-workers who had called me and left messages saying " You were caught!" "Your dad called looking for you" etc. I called my boss IMMEDIATELY he was out I left a message saying I've no idea what they were talking about dad and I are home together... It seems my father had called my work looking for me, he said he hadn't seen me all day and had no idea what Ron (my boss) was talking about. Sooooo there was a big meeting at work and I was told I was being deceptive and had lied about my father falling and wanting to go to the hospital/dr. even though we did go and he was injured... that was the beginning of my being let go from govt job. The next straw was me getting liver disease from chemo I'd had in 98. and cervical cancer. I tried to fight it only to be told by my UNION STEWARD that she had no intention of trying to get my job back I deserved what I got. soooo honey, I bet you can do a lot better than I did at your work. I wish you luck
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zoolife, the employer should have given you family leave, not fire you. Did they fire you because you need back surgery? So unfair! You should be getting unemployment, at least. It sounds like your boss's name is Ebenezer. Well, us Tiny Tims will stick with you in spirit.
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What a huge mess ((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))) Keep coming back and venting and let us know what is working out.
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I hear you and I understand. You will be in my prayers.
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sharymarie,ypiffani,gladimhere,bermuda, and ms. blannie, God love you all thank you for commenting, getting back with me it means so much! I try to comment when people post questions or discussions because it means so much to the person that posted the question that we are hearing each other, support each other, care because we share a common ground trying to cope with death. I think it was Nancy Regan called it " The Long Goodbye" she left out Painful! Thanks again for begin there!
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As a former human resources professional, my heart breaks when I read about how companies today fire people so quickly - usually because they either don't want to pay benefits (or retirement) or they're having their own financial issues.

And I'm so sorry Zoolife about all you've gone through. I've followed your story from the beginning. The one very small good thing in all of the crap you've endured is now you have reached a point where if you can get conservatorship of your folks, you can take actions that (hopefully) can't be undone. And get them settled in a place. I know there's a LOT of work between here and there, but each step you take, each thing you accomplish means there's one less thing to do towards the point in time where you can get your own life back, because you're not living in that horrible place of having your dad fight you at every step. Please check back in often as you work through this process. If I lived in TX, I'd offer to help (I live in IL). Good luck...and please keep us posted.
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Hugs to you Zoolife, I hope that the revocation of your POA is undone soon.
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With 13 years at that employer couldn't you file on them for non-compliance of the Family Medical Leave Act? They may reinstate your position. I would certainly fight it if you enjoyed your job!
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I was let go from my previous well paying job because I found a glaring error in a drainage report. What is that you ask? Did you know that water runs up hill for nearly a half of a mile before it comes to the nearest drainage channel? Yup, prepared by an engineer, caught by lowly planner me and I'm the one let go, wouldn't want to raise any red flags you know. And this was a hundreds of thousands of dollar public project! Our government at work!
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oh honey... I am so sorry you are in such pain (physical and emotional) I was fired for BS reasons too...from the govt no less... haha. 17 years there and now nothing burned through my retirement and now full time with my dad. I feel your pain. Blessings to you and sending strength.
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I am so sorry for all you are going through. Having to file for guardianship is enough stress. In April of this year, we placed our mother in a memory care unit...part of an assisted living community. It tore me up having to go through my mother's house, throwing out unusable items. Thank God mom was a very tidy person who kept a vigilance on not accumulating junk. The last two years she lived at home, she had stopped weeding things out. Every time I would go in her house by myself, I would just bawl my heart out at the loss of my family of origin. I could hear my siblings and my parents during Thanksgiving or Christmas...all the happy times (which were few). I prefer to think about the good times we had together.Yes I grieved and still am...just like you. We have not sold her house yet or the contents. It is going to be hard to do it...I walk around the back yard where my father laid cement...mine and my siblings names are written in the cement. I hope whoever buys the house, takes as good care as my parents did. Allow yourself to grieve, remember to good memories, and focus on making more good memories with the time you have left with your parents. Blessings to you.
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Thank you jeannegibbs
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I am so sorry for your pain. Please accept some cyber hugs.
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