#114 Bragging About How They Got Let Go

Everybody loves a good story - even more so, everybody loves to tell a great story. “In this economy” most people have a story to tell, but most of them fall under the expected: the company wasn’t doing so good, cuts were made across the board, or entire industries were shut down. It’s not to say those stories aren’t interesting or worth someone’s time, but those were involuntary lay offs that were featured on Oprah, CNN, or any other expose news station trying to explore the hard times of this recession.

The people who pretty much orchestrated their terminations are the unheard voices of what’s going on right now. Out of all the people out there who have talked about their sob stories, it seems plenty are willing to share how they came to have a blast being unemployed while collecting unemployment checks - or funemployment, as the media is referring to this phenomenon lately.

Some currently unemployed folk boldly asked to be laid off, and when asked why, they did not say it was to spare the company, they readily admitted they just didn’t want to work anymore. Eventually, when lay offs came around, their requests were not forgotten, and they were given exactly what they wanted. Others who were not so vocal refused to scramble for their job by kissing up and going above and beyond in their menial jobs, but their actions spoke loud and clear. Given the option between choosing someone who actually appeared to care, the employers were quick to give the unemployed the boot. Then there are those who didn’t even wait to get laid off. They were so fed up with their jobs that they blatantly showed disregard for the work place just to be put out of their misery. When fired, they were not upset, they just got up and danced their way out.

While attempting to lose their job might have been seen as selfish or irresponsible, the unemployed would probably do it again. The thing about working for an imploding company is that the morale is often so low that anything would be better than being in pain for an entire work day. Plus, when paychecks are constantly late, and the company obviously has no regard for the well being of its employees, there’s often no point in hanging around. The funny part about it all is that most people volunteered their way to unemployment thinking things weren’t that bad and that they could probably find another job within a matter of a few weeks. All they wanted was just some paid time off. Months later, they still have exactly what they asked for. What are they going to do, sit around and cry about it? No, they’re going to go to happy hour early, stake out a good table, and eat the entire free buffet before the employed can even clock out for the day, drunkenly bragging about how their situation came to be.

Tags: bragging about getting laid off, funemployment, in this economy, job searching, recession