Do you like your job?

You're fired.

Have you ever been fired?

Was it a Job you liked?

It's okay if you have.

I have been fired, which was not much fun.

They got the jump on me. I had come in to work, and my manager was in, and I thought it was strange that he was in. It was really early in the morning for him. I got there at 7 am, and he usually shows up at 9 am.

The person whom I had spent two weeks training was there as well. So, as a normal person would assume, they were going to demote me to an assistant and him to a manager. Because that was the agreement we had previously. I was wrong. I got sat down and was told, "Today is your last day here with us. In this envelope is your last check. If you want to reapply, you will need to wait six months because I was fired." I asked them if I had to stay for the rest of the day, and they told me no, so I left for my parents' house. I was upset, happy, all sorts of feeligs where going on at once.

When I had arrived at my parents' house, I went on a rant about how it was all bull shit and that I deserved better. All they told me was it was going to be alright, and to start looking for a job. In truth, I did not like my job. I was put there because the manager before me quit abruptly, and I was his assistant.

I always wanted to be a manager. I thought it would be a lot of fun. The most fun was when they held a party for my promotion. That was the best time I spent in the position. I had to balance a team of 14, all of whom wanted to take each other's hours. They all worked at different rates, so when I would get on one person's back, they thought I was favoring others. I had a budget that would not allow me to work much overtime or use supplies in a way that would make them last, because I would not get any more money for that period.

I would give people 20 assignments in a single day, even though the maximum was 15 per person, because it would become a problem for them. Long hours, and everyone was overworked. I would have expected from the year prior, on revenue goals we all had to reach as a team. Numbers that no longer made sense, most of the customer base had gone elsewhere.

I hated this job, and I was 20 when I realized that if I was going to stress myself out for anyone like that again, it better be because it's our business.