Darklight Adept

So I just got fired from the IT Helpdesk at Texas Tech. this is my story:


I've heard rumors for the past few months that My boss was scouting the other supervisors to see who would take my Shitty shifts if "something happened to me." This is the 9 hour friday, 8 hour saturday and 12 hour sunday shifts as a supervisory manager.

Now, just to let you know, this job paid dick. The Studen't analysts (Read: Slaves) get paid 5.15 for doing a job that equivalent universities pay 7-10 an hour for. I fought my ass off and took the worst possible shifts so I could have a $7 an hour job. I did the same job as my immediate supervisors, but did not get paid 30K yearly, nor did I recieve benefits.

Last Saturday, I get pulled over on my way to work. Shit. Show up late, My Boss's Boss is in the building. She lets the SA's in. Our new ticket system is behaving oddly. Nothing too bad tho. Next day I arrive nice and early. Hum, that odd, our ticket system is down. check the old one, still works. Cool. SO I follow the emergency procedures, and call the person who (I did not know this at the time) no longer handles the system.

Turns out an oracle cluster crashed and burned. The person I contacted said thay'd find out what was going on. She didn't tell anyone. So when the staff arrived back to work on tuesday, The orcale cluster was fucked. They blame me for not doing what the emergency procedures say, and contact my boss.

what indication did I have that it was the oracle cluster? None. System just wouldn't let us log in. So on tuesday I get bitched for not reporting it (Nevermind the Monday staff who didn't say shit either) Well, noone else says anything after that.

Fast forward to friday. Find out I might have carpal tunnel. Nice pain in the wrist. Take some pain pills, pass out. Wake up at 10 on saturday,oh shit, I'm supposed to be at work. Haul ass up there, but again, the boss's boss had let everyone in. Guess when our first call was that saturday? 12:30pm. Wow, good thing we were there to open the place up at 10 am!

Well, yesterday they didn't bitch at me, but I worked my ass off anyhow, like I have every shift for the past few weeks. I get called up to the boss's office. He lets me know that since I've been late twice in the past 2 weeks, and showing a growing disrespect for my job (Apparently, someone's been telling him I'm bad at my job) that I'm effectively removed from my weekend supervisor duties. Since I no longer have supervisor duties, he'll have to cut my pay, and hours. Also, since I'm no longer a supervisor, I'd have to adhere to the lesser job's attendance requirements, which means I'm off the schedule for two weeks, effective immediately. I'm leaving for two weeks on friday to go get married.

So he says, well, you're two weeks off the schedule would start on the 22nd, and with my lowered wage and hours, I'd probably be better off "Finding a new job."

What a wonderful way to cap off this week.

So now, I have to find out how I'm going to stretch my 2700 savings across Her wedding band, The remainder of the wedding (Cancel now and I'll lose 5 Grand I've allready put into it) and Rent/Bills until I get a new job. Oh well.

Anyone in charege of hiring for a job in Lubbock texas and wants to give me a good job?

-James