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Long time since my last journal... Wish the update could be about happier things, but I need to vent. So, after losing my job with Dollar General I went directly to file unemployment. It took about a month ]before I found out Dollar General was saying I quit, not that I was fired. This very well may be the case as how things happened are kind of confusing. After telling her again that I needed a job that offered better pay, and that I would have to be looking for one, I suggested she find a new ASM. I was not quitting. I said this only because I had run that store minus a member of management staff and I didn't want the new manager to have to deal with that. I was then asked for my keys. I suppose I can see how my statement could translate to 'I'm Quitting' but I didn't say it. I was so happy because yesterday I finally received my unemployment money. Today I get this call saying the company's appeal was actually entered in on time and I shouldn't have received anything. sighs, totally frustrated What the DM is saying happened is part truth. She did come in that day to discuss a customer complaint with me. She also brought in the new store manager. That part of her statement is true. After that is where it turns hazy. She says I told her the job wasn't worth it because I was working myself sick and stressing myself out. (I said it wasn't worth the pay shrug Not the first time I had said it, either) I had been sick that weekend, so I'm thinking this is where her idea of stating I said "I worked myself sick" came into play. She said in her statement she asked me to stay, saying the new manager would need my help. (BS! Her exact words were 'I'm not going to ask or beg anyone to stay, this job isn't for everyone') She states she asked me if I wanted to give my two weeks. (Nope. She asked me for my keys. What am I supposed to assume that doesn't mean I'm fired?) Overall this has me terrified. I hate the whole your word against theirs, especially when it comes to a big company. If it's found in their favor, I have to pay the money back the state has already given me for unemployment. That's already been used to pay bills. breaks down in frustrated emotion I don't know what to do. I just don't.

Posted by: Nemesis Valkyrie Wed Feb 24, 2010 @ 10:25pm

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Commented on: Fri Feb 26, 2010 @ 01:53am


	BY ALL THAT IS FAIR AND JUST WHAT THE HELL?! I've never seen so much chaos from a little miss communcation before! I hate hate hate hate oh did I mention I HATE big companies! Uggggg they always crush the little people! Not to mention a sick one at that! I'm so mad at this Nem I'm actually seeing red. God its a damn good thing no one is home cause I'm screaming bloody murder! Holy Hell! Their asking for their money back, money you need for basic needs, my god its not like they need it, less their big wigs weekend limo has broke down. Now I know their not the biggest company or the richest but still they should just let this slip by. After all you need it more. Now I go back to yelling worse then a drunken sailor who got his arm cut clean off. GOD!

Commented on: Sun Feb 28, 2010 @ 06:00pm


	I can't believe they'd do that to you. It's bullshit. Complete, unadulterated bullshit. I can't even imagine going through something like that. Here's my advice, or at least what I would do. I like to think people are inherently good, but I've never met these people or had to deal with the unemployment system. I know a little bit from having worked at a temp agency, but nothing like this. I'd go and see this manager woman. You know she lied, and she does too, but don't go in attacking or she'll go on the defense and it won't amount to anything. Just say that there must have been some crossed communication lines and you wanted to make sure everything got set straight. Outside of that, just be honest. This is what you did, and what you meant by it, and this is your situation. If she wants to escalate things by going on the attack, it'll be her decision, not yours. If you wanted to go one step further, I'd call the unemployment office as well. There's no reason you should have to distrust what they send you. What, are you supposed to wait to use your unemployment money on the off chance that they screwed up? If they messed up and sent you money they hadn't intended to, that's on them.

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