Any other time posting this news would be dreadful for me to do, but since bad luck just seems to follow us…what the heck, right?
So in my last post I wrote about my husband getting a job and we were finally catching up again. Until he got that first check from this new job, we were literally screwed.
I had to ask for our first payment extension for our electric bill. We actually had the money to pay it from an item we sold on eBay, but a scam artist buyer put an illegitimate dispute in to Paypal resulting in a hold put on our account.
Our Paypal account was in the negative and it was a MESS. We had to close our bank account that was linked to the Paypal account…yuck. eBay and Paypal figured it all out after a few days and our money was returned, but the money came a little too late. I learned a lot from that experience and I will write about it in the next post.
It was our first really bad experience with eBay, but a bad enough experience to pull all of our ads until we decide if we want to sell there (or buy there) anymore.
Luckily, we had a stockpile of food I had from all our couponing trips. It wasn’t the greatest or healthiest week of eating, but we all ate.
Then my husband got his first two paychecks, combined with my check for working overtime and payment for some writing work, we were 100% caught up.
My husband, only a few days into the job, called to tell me a few observations he noticed. He went to pick up some supplies for the company and was told there is a note on their account that it was “COD” only.
A few stops later, another company told him that they could not do business with his company because they were over 90 days past due with them too.
Warning signs? You betcha!
How the hell does this happen to my husband? This is the SECOND company in what, less than 2 years? I want to point out that these two companies that have done this have both been in business for years in our area…at least 25.
So this past Friday, he reports to work anyway. Right away he sees employees chattering and feels an awkwardness in the building. Everyone just found out the company has been sold and changes will be happening.
There was very limited information given and everyone had all weekend to worry about this crap. Why do companies do this on a Friday? Worst of all, if this was happening, why did they just recently hire my husband?
Today he got answers from the guy who hired him, who swears this was a total shock to him. The company that bought the company my husband is working for is a well-known company in our area, but isn’t doing well themselves in this economy. So we all know what is going to happen.
They are making the transition and all employees from the company my husband works for need to apply to this new company and go through the whole application process. My husband and I both agreed he will not do this. So, he will work as long as he can to collect a paycheck, and then on to the next.
We all know what happens when companies buy others out. They use the existing employees to help with the transition and then “can” their asses. That’s corporate America for ya.
I tell ya, this economy is crazy. No job is secure anymore…no job. Even poor teachers here are getting pink slips this summer. Teachers! We need teachers!
I am not freaking out. Not at all. In fact, this is just another chapter in our lives, or another hurdle to jump through, as some might call it. As you see, we get through it and come out stronger in the end.
We are still waiting to hear back from the family friend about the other job my husband applied for. If he doesn’t get that one, we’ll keep on looking.
