My job is stressing the hell outta me!

[orange-sox]

I don't even know where to begin to be honest, it's a complete shambles!

I work for an independant car dealership, quite a big place, and up until the recession hit hard we were doing well... from there things started to go really downhill, and all staff were put on 3 days, at this point alarm bells began to ring, especially as I was in the first month of pregnancy at the time... the stress definatly didn't do me any good... well of course I decided to hang on in there for the sake of my maternity pay or at least maternity allowance if the company went under and I'd completed my qualifying weeks...

Well needless to say they were utter wankers about my pregnancy, threatening to sack me, upsetting me, ringing me up every hour on the hour when I needed time off for my hyperemesis and generally being awful. The week I lost Seb was hell on earth for me, and I went back to work just 4 days after I gave birth for fear of losing my job (I'm under a lot of financial pressure right now, and refuse to declare bankrupt at only 20)

This is where it gets worse, we are now over 6 months down the line, still on 3 days, and getting no info whatsoever.

Doing the job I do, I find out a lot of things I shouldn't... like how the board are partitioning the company off into small chunks, and removing directors from the official Companies House register to minimise damage so-as to speak... it looks like they are preparing to set one director up as a scape-goat, let the company go under, take all the employees with it, and all the years of loyal service down the toilet... it's really making me ill just thinking about it tbh.

Then today I find out they are starting a new business venture, with one of the managers (but not a director) posing as a sole trader, and taking all the technical staff, valeters and salesmen off site...

So what the fuck is going on, and why insult my intelligence by pretending that I don't know what's going on??

I know noone can give me any answers, I just needed to get this all out.

I just don't know what to do anymore... everyone says to me I should be greatful for any job, and just enjoy the money while I can... but I can't... they're not the sort of people you would ever whistle blow on unless you had an express wish to reside at the bottom of a canal... but they are ruining so many lives in the process that I feel like I'm a party to it by not speaking up.

 

[Seraphim]

Oh I know I shouldn't be pleased that someone else is in the same boat but a little bit of me is!



The firm I work for is actually surviving well... but there are a lot of these politics, sneaky redudancy one side, butt kissing promotion the other.

I pride myself on closing my eyes to things which aren't my business - but ARGH!

The worst thing is it makes you(me) so cagey about whether they're trying to stiff you or not

 

[abigail_71]

Its hard in these times to get alternative work. Even so we all have our limits and being able to live with yourself is more important in my book. They sound like vile people. Can't you leave?

 

[orange-sox]

Its hard in these times to get alternative work. Even so we all have our limits and being able to live with yourself is more important in my book. They sound like vile people. Can't you leave?

Not without another job I can't.

I've been actively seeking work for the last 10 months and got zilch

 

[jillypoop]

Are you just looking for where you live at jobs? Maybe look a bit further afield, you will get a good chance at council housing if you find a job in a different city and explain your situation with your mum etc. You really need to get out of there, the second me and OH move out, you two are living with us and I don't care what you say, you need to get away from your mum's house and her problems that are NOT yours!! Even if you just come up for a few days, you need to get away from her!

Hope things get better for you soon hun, I know it feels like everything is going wrong at the moment and you have been through so much, you don't deserve this, but things WILL get better!

The past year has been the worst of my life and although I haven't been through anything as bad as you have, I honestly thought that life would never get any better, but slowly it is. You just need a new start and re-charge if that makes sense.



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xxx