BAM! in la vie de TKP

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Wow, that was really surreal.

I just got fired from my job. Like, two minutes ago, I was told, starting tomorrow, no more job. It was a PRN job which I guess means they used me on an "as needed" basis, which I guess means they can fire me with no warning? Or can you always fire someone without warning? A bunch of other people are getting shafted with Whatever Is Happening too; a bunch of the OR techs were just told they would only need to be there during actual surgery, which means they only need to be there for several hours a week, and some basically don't need to be there any more at all. But it's weird; it's confusing, and everybody except me is really sad but they're not acting that way.

I am not actually sad because this was a very temporary job that I was afraid I was going to get myself stuck in because I was too lazy to do anything about it. But now I'm going to be back in the flaily I-don't-know-what-to-do mode, the one where I know an English major can get jobs that pay, but I don't want to do anything except write, get published, be a big movie director, tango in Argentina with seraphcelene, open a bakery with my friend, be a big time editor, be a professor, study in India, start a cultural renaissance with my brother and s-i-l, live with nuns in the Alps, ride elephants in Malaysia, get a cabin in a woods somewhere and be creepy, be in a poet/author circle like the Beats or the Romantics or something, make a POTO movie with my_daroga, establish my Universal Theory Of Fiction, touch people's lives, and eat ice cream.

Comments

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sorry! I guess. I'm catching up on my flist after being gone for several days on a trip to see family. So, I'm sorry about the job, if you are... kind of hard to tell, since it sounds as if you'd rather be doing a lot of other things.

I lived in Malaysia for awhile and I don't recall seeing any elephants. Thailand, now, they've got elephants. Also Nepal. But, dunno about Malaysia. Water buffalo, they've got. If you don't mind the mud, you can ride those.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

To answer your question, it depends on the state. In both Oregon and Washington states (where I've lived and worked), you're an "at will" employee which means that you can leave whenever you want and your boss can fire you whenever s/he wants.

Since you were fired, be sure to check into unemployment benefits even if you are only planning on being unemployed for a short while. Money is good, yes. Also, if you have medical benefits, check just when they'll run out.

*hugs*

[zibbycomix.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, I completely know what it feels like to be lost and confused, because I am all the time (especially as it relates to "what am I going to do with my life?").
I looked at your bio thing, and we are the same age. I feel like I'm not an adult, but obviously I'm not a child either. So what AM I? Gah, who knows. Right now I'm going with the flow and trying to figure everything out. So maybe we can figure out things together?