Week 10 BOC: Getting Fired

As a freelancer in the cosmetic industry, you bounce around a lot from job to job, company to company. When I began my venture as a freelancer I started out working as a perfume girl at the age of sixteen. This was the first legal job that I had done considering the fact that I had previously worked any job that I could since I was 13 years old. The pay was amazing to me at the time as I was earning fifteen dollars per hour standing in the middle of a store, handing out pieces of paper that smelled good. I felt like a flower girl handing out flowers to random people, it was a nice change of pace for me as I had always worked harder for my pay. At any rate, this led me to other opportunities later in life as I had already had the experience in my background which led me to the position that I currently hold today. The only bad experience that I had ever had with the many companies that I had worked with was with a smaller company that took me out of my normal element and took me to work at different types of locations than what I was been accustomed. I really felt more like a sales person in that position than any other that I had previously held. Never the less, I accepted the opportunity and did the best job that I know how, working hours that constantly changed while being expected to push products to people. I new something was strange because usually during a few months out of the year, most cosmetic companies seize freelancing because of the season. This one didn’t but still expected me to keep the same numbers. I obviously wasn’t able to do that because the season was slow and the expectations were high. After handing in my sales invoice, I was terminated via email. At first I felt bad, then realized that I was probably better off because the management should have known better than to set me up to fail. My reputation was untarnished as I have established my working ethics in this community being offered much bigger and better thing since this occurrence.

Week 10 EOC: Up in the Air

In viewing this movie I was shocked to see this in action. I have always felt that this should be done by the people the person works directly under. When it is done in a style of a chain of command, it only seems natural that this should happen because the person is next in line on the chopping block should anything go wrong. It isn’t always a good way to handle this issue, but it is more understandable should it be deemed necessary. In the movie I was surprised that they appointed a single person to do this. Seeing all those firing experiences being put together in one person’s day showed how someone can have a skewed view of the good and bad points of a termination. It also showed how desensitized a person can become to the effects on the lives of the individuals. In the movie they brought up the points of the fired employee being able to seek new opportunities in their fields or in other fields. They also brought up the fact they the people being fires could use the time in a way that is more beneficial, or more to their liking. Even though someone may feel as though they are happy or doing well in the field that they currently hold, it might not be the best situation for the employer or the best fit for the organization. He also recommended making use of this time to reflect and retrain themselves with new and other skills. I have been let go before and I new that there were other employees that would keep going back to them to be rehired, but I felt that I was not worth my time to be bothered with an organization that did not value my work ethic and integrity. It worked out for the best.

Week 9 EOC: Personal Freedom vs. Union Membership

Being a prior service member of the Unites States military I have had the experience of being required to be a part of their union in order to be a part of the organization. At the time that I was being enlisted I didn’t mind doing so because it gave me many opportunities that I would not have previously been exposed to and experienced by any other means. I felt that any way that I could get on board with this organization was the best thing for me to do so that I could take my life in a better direction than I would have had I staying in my situation from that moment. It was an experience none the less. The good, the bad, and the ugly. In some ways I enjoyed the privileges of being a part of this organization. Visiting new places, learning new skills, and the feeling of being a real part of a bigger entity than yourself having its perks and down falls. On the other hand I had slowly come to realize a lot of the personal freedoms that I let go of when I signed on the dotted line. Sometimes I miss the camaraderie that I felt at the time. Going through the same issues successes with those around you. The ups and downs that we experienced often pushed us closer together as a team as well as friends and individuals. Even if you didn’t care for certain people, you still had a better idea of where how they felt and where they were coming from in their views on the world. Some things that took place benefited us, while there were other things that took place in which I did not agree, but had to go along with them anyway. I’m glad I had the experience, but some of the things that I didn’t agree with resulted in me finishing my term looking for other opportunities.