Recruitment Classified

my job...

[Webber]

Today I found an ad in an online newspaper under recruitment. Similar to what I do, payed about the same. I have to admit that I was a little interested.
So I checked it out.

When I saw the company name, I knew it..... It's my job! They are advertising my job!
I started this a few months ago and got many sites from position 100 and up into the top 20. I can't get #1 in a month, you know. And now they are looking for someone else.

By the time all the links I recruited are indexed, someone else is running away with the jackpot!

So, I responded to the ad.... applied for that job, my own job.

[killroy]

It will be interesting how that pans out.

Make sure you keep it paper only and try to get as close as possible. Perhaps when they relise you're the most qualified applicant they will they their error.

Good Louck, it's a nasty situation no doubt.

SN

[Webber]

It's alright [webmasterworld.com]

To be continued...

[dragonlady7]

Let us know how it works out, with them replacing you before you're gone!

I'm just starting a business too. :D Good luck! I'm starting really slowly and cautiously... here's hoping you don't have to fling yourself abruptly into it!

And remember-- if they fire you, you can get unemployment. So don't quit! ;)

[Webber]

They found out it was me. Came running to my desk to assure me that they didn't need any new staff.

"Just wanted to find out who would react on such a job offer"

Sure...

In the mean time, I'm working harder than ever on my own sites. It's about time for me to move on.

[dragonlady7]

Suuuuure....

You're right, man. Get your safety net ready.

[Webber]

Update:

Just found out that someone is taking over my job as per thursday, when I am going for a holiday. A colleague let the news accidently slip....

What would ya do?

[gibbon]

feel for you, really do

move on, they are obv not the company for you

"dont let the bu**ers grind you down!"

dont let it get to you, put your energies elsewhere

[Shane]

What would I do:

Nothing bad to the company or it's site, leave on as good terms as you can.

Ask for a letter of reference, they can always say no or they can give you a good one.

Get my resume together. (Not on their computer, and by the way, take examples of your work but only as "examples of your work").

Stop spending except for necessary items.

Network. Go to business meetings where you can make contacts.

If you have free time, learn. Spend time here or working on a charity site. Build your knowledge.

Okay, toughest point, ask them why and just listen. They may not be able to be honest. In the States and Canada they won't answer as they can then be sued. Don't respond to their points. They have already made their decision. Just listen and then review the points in a couple of days when you have cooled off. See if you can learn from it. Tough to do though.

Tough situation to be in. I hope you come out of it with your dream job.

Best of luck,
Shane

[dragonlady7]

Hey, good luck, man. It's not so much that it sucks to lose a job, because obviously it wasn't worth keeping, but it sucks that they straight-out lied to you about it.
So, they treated you bad, and you were right to work harder than ever on your own sites. Best of luck with that. You eligible for unemployment? That should help. I almost wish my job would fire me so that I could collect unemployment-- that would ease the transtition to full-timing freelance work, because I'm going to have to put in full-time effort for much less than full-time compensation before I can get the biz to take off.
So, view it as an opportunity, go get some buddies and drink with them and curse out your previous employers to get it out of your system, and then try to leave on as good terms as possible. B*****ds.
I think my company might do that to me but not until after the busy season. Which suits me fine, but don't you let them know that...

[rogerd]

Great advice from Shane... I'd also suggest asking for more severance. If they are going to pay you for time worked, ask for two weeks pay (as you would have provided them with two weeks notice had you decided to leave). Whatever they do, it's always worth asking for a bit more. If they feel guilty about treating you shabbily, they might agree. If you have been there only a few months, though, don't expect much guilt on their part.

Whatever the outcome, be professional and resist the impulse to tell them everything that's wrong with the company or, worse, with particular individuals. If you show class when you depart, you are far more likely to get a good reference from them should another employer call them. Good luck, Webber!

[ogletree]

Do they really think that it can be done in a month. They are going to go through a lot of people. I wuold imagine it is real hard to find anybody that knows much about this much like is good at it.

[Webber]

Ok, it went like this:
They called during my holidays that I didn't need to return on the next day. Not even a personal talk. Just through the phone! They wanted to give me a half months wages.

However, I went to ask the labour office if this is all legal and if I have a right for a whole month salaries. They searched for me and found that I actually have a right for 4 months wages.

Now my ex-employer is pissed off, because that is about a whole year salary for the guy that is replacing me.. ;) He promised to send a lawyer to me to fight it the hard way!

?!? Well, I didn't start it, right? They mess behind my back and I'm just asking what I have a right for... Now they use words as " we do not want to play games" and " I'll contact my lawyer"..
Up to them. I'm going my own way now and the labour office promised to call em when everything is sorted out and I could pick up my money. They are confident that the laws are on my side.

Thank you all for your support.

[Marketing Guy]

That sucks Webber - I had a temp agency I worked through years ago sack a tonne of us on Friday night after work by phone *while in the pub on a staff night out".

I take it you're US based?

Im pretty sure (in the UK and US at least) that employment laws greatly favour employees over employers.

If you're in UK or US and want some 3rd party advice, I know a few people that may be able to help (recruitment consultants, recruiting managers, etc) - send me a sticky.

I see from the other thread you are looking to go it on your own - hows that going?

Best of luck!

Scott

[Sinner_G]

msg #1:

Similar to what I do, payed about the same.

msg #13:

...4 months wages...about a whole year salary for the guy that is replacing me

Was never good at maths, but still...

Anyways, fight for what they owe you. 4 months pay + then unemployment, makes for a good head start into freelance. :)

[gopi]

Webber , I guess you know how to take that sites from position 20 back to 100 , dont you :)