Today I had the distinct pleasure of telling my RepubliCON employer

[man4allcats]

to kiss my fucking ass. They wanted to cut my part-time hours by more than 38% (I had been with them since 8/31/2011 and was awarded Employee Of The Month twice during that time). I told them to shove it. I am now unemployed and flat broke, but it was worth it. "When unfairness becomes the rule, resistance becomes a duty." - My Contribution to the Occupy Movement

[PDJane]

1. I'm sorry you're unemployed, but I would have done the same.

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If that's the way they reward a good employee, they deserve to be left in the lurch.

[roguevalley]

31. Bless your little heart, honey. I try to

live by emeliano zappata's philosophy of life:

I would rather die on my feet a free man than live on my knees as a slave.

HUGS!

[southernyankeebelle]

2. Have you thought that maybe that is what they wanted you to do in the first place? Can you collect

unemployment now that you quit? They are a...holes for sure.

[man4allcats]

3. Yes, I'm quite sure that is what they wanted.

That occurred to me early on. So be it. I was happy to oblige. I knew full well were they up to. As for unemployment, it may be an option since I had an outstanding and on-hold claim from a previous and rather less obnoxious employer. I may soon be able to continue collecting on that claim. There was a problem (that's why it was on-hold), but that should be fixed soon if it has not already been taken care of. I only took this current (now former) job because I wanted to at least be making an effort to work while I worked on my primary job search. So much for doing the right thing. In any case, as you allude, these people are assholes.

[southernyankeebelle]

7. Good for you. Your right they are a..holes for sure. My last job I was at for 9 yrs and had a real

witch for a boss. No one liked her. I was one of the older employees. We had an older woman than I that was a snitcher. We had learned a new procedure. She only worked 1 or 2 days a week. So she rang something up on the register on the wrong key. I wanted to tell her but she get mad so when she had her back to me I made the correction and she turned around and asked what I was doing. So I told her the truth and we had a kid at the register that way around 19 yrs old and here she was getting upset at me in front of this kid and all I said to her was "hell" I was trying to help. Don't you know she went and opened her mouth to the assistant manager. About 1 hour later he called me in to the office and asked me about it. He asked me did I cuss at her. I said yes. Don't you know here I was a 50 yr old woman sent me home because I said "hell". Well I went out and got my purse at the desk. She was upset because I was sent home. She was something. I thought the issue was settled. Two weeks later the boss calls me in and braggs about what a good worker I was and she didn't know what she would do without me. But they need to move me to the Forrestry Services office. I looked at her and said to her you don't need to worry about me. I told her she was showing her favoritism and I was tired of it. I told her I quite and walked out never to look back. It was the best thing I ever did. Every so often I would see her and thank her for it.

[joeglow3]

14. So, just quit going to work.

We had a lady do that when I worked for the state. They sent her resignation letters multiple times and she never signed them. After a few months, they had to "officially" fire her. Shortly thereafter, she started collecting unemployment.

[southernyankeebelle]

27. Oh I never went for unemployment. I was so happy to be away from that woman. I was going to quit a

a little later than I did. Our building gets closed down for a week for general cleaning of the building. That was when I was going to quit. I just did it about 3 weeks earlier. I was soooooooo happy to screw her over that way. Besides myself another 2 other young girls quit also. She didn't like that to much. We still go out once in a while and have lunch. One is a nurse now and the other is a school teacher. I am retired. We all made out just fine. Sometimes things work out for the best.

[MattBaggins]

15. Depends on your state but a 38% cut should count as just cause.

Make sure you fight for it so they can't get away with crap like that.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

25. I've been with more than one employer who used that trick to get people to quit

Usually works and saves them having to do a bunch of paperwork.

[nykym]

9. Generally No

In order to receive unemployment you have to be unemployed through no fault of your own. If you quit your job you are voluntarily unemployed, and thus it is your own fault that you are unemployed, and therefore you are ineligible to receive unemployment benefits.

There are, however, situations in which you may be found eligible for unemployment even when you quit your job. These situations are rare, and the decision whether you can collect unemployment may be somewhat arbitrary - and often only decided by making an appeal, and having a a special appeal hearing.

Link: http://unemploymenthandbook.com/unemployment-articles/all-about-unemployment/180-can-you-get-unemployment-if-you-quit

Each state is different so you have to check into your states requirements.

[closeupready]

12. If the employer unilaterally makes the conditions worse, though,

I think there are some states where that constitutes 'constructive discharge'.

(I'm not a lawyer.)

[MattBaggins]

16. From your own link

You might still be able to get unemployment if you quit your job because your job reduces your hours and/or your pay significantly.

38% is "significant"

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

22. Yes. Even inTennessee

I quit b/c of cut hours and I won my case with the hearing officer.

[southernyankeebelle]

28. Yes I live in Tn and it is a right to work state. It is terrible for employees at times.

[sybylla]

18. In my state, if you went from nearly full time to part-time, you could get unemployment

to cover the difference.

I did it with an employer back in 1982. I was working over 32 hours per week and they cut me to 4 hours one week and 11 hours the next. I couldn't afford the cut so I applied for unemployment. Fucking boss chewed me out in front of customers and fellow employees for doing it. I didn't give a rat's ass. After that, they jacked up my hours to something like 20 or 24 - just enough so that I couldn't get unemployment - but not to where it was before.

I'm afraid, though, if you quit, it doesn't apply to you.

[southernyankeebelle]

19. I was wondering. You know when you work in one of those right to work states you can get screwed

pretty easily. I only walked the job at one place and I never regretted it. I ended up retiring early. I had been there long enough 9 years with one crazy woman. She was the kind that would stand around a corner to hear what you were saying. She also had a way were she could listen in on your phone calls. Everyone hated her. But every time I saw her I tell her how very happy I am. Quitting the job was the best thing for me. I never let her know different. She was a mean, nasty person and she was the type that picked on people she felt that were not worthy of her. She alway hired the cheerleaders who usually came from the more wealthier families for our snack bars. While the miniority kid or a poor kid didn't have a chance in hell of getting the job. She was just a mad hatefull woman who had been married to a wealthy man and he had some type of STD and gave it to her. So she was mad at the world.

[TahitiNut]

20. It's called a "constructive discharge" when they try to keep cutting.

Find a clueful person at the unemployment office and you'll find agreement. I (PERSONALLY) would have not problem listing the termination as INVOLUNTARY and then hash it out when the former employer tried to call it otherwise.

[southernyankeebelle]

26. Thanks. We sure learn alot on DU. My boss as much as I couldn't stand her did me a favor. In the

end every time I see her I think I piss her off because I'm happy and leaving was the best thing for me. She sucked enough blood out of me for 9 yrs. I never met a person like her in all my travels. Believe me I worked for many different places here in the states and overseas. This is the first state I worked in that was a right to work state. I tell everyone who doesn't have that make sure you fight it hard. Those bastards can fire you for looking at them the wrong way and for no reason.

[CatWoman]

4. your username says it all, o wise one

[Journeyman]

5. I would have hung around, used the pittance they paid for gas money to find another job. . .

and when I told them adios it would have been with no warning, as I went to my new job. If anything, I'd have forced them to fire me in hopes I could collect on their unemployment account.

But that's just me.

I have a cookie fortune that stood me in good stead when faced with similar circumstance:

"Put up with small inconveniences to gain great results."

I put up with a full ration of crap for almost two years, all while I built the clientele for my own business. And when I left, it was on my terms, and on the same morning two other "favored" employees walked out, so the satisfaction was infinitely greater. My business is still going strong, too, fourteen years and a day since I "stuck it to 'em" without getting stuck myself.

[man4allcats]

8. You did well,

and I applaud you. Personally though, I had reached the point where I was not backing up anymore. I have had enough, no matter what it costs. Check out my sig from the great Paul Newman movie "Hombre" which quotes John "Paul Newman" Russell. That's where I'm at. I just don't care anymore.

[Journeyman]

13. I had two little girls . . .

it makes a difference at times in what a person will put up with. Not always, but in my case it kept me focused on what I truly wanted to do.

[HiPointDem]

11. that's the smart way, and possibly the best way. but "there comes a time when the operation

of the machine becomes so odious..."

if everyone picks the smart way, things just get worse.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

24. I quit as head chef of a good sized catering company…..

after a shitty move by the owner, but not immediately. I waited until a period of heavy bookings and walked along with the sous chef who had been there 5 years prior to my hiring.

[ileus]

6. as I always say...."I was looking for a job when I found this one..."

[ejpoeta]

10. better to find a new job before you do that.

[flamin lib]

17. If you can prove they were trying to make you quit to avoid a layoff

you can collect unemployment. Many employers offer a "quit or we'll fire you" hoping the employee will quit and not be eligible for unemployment. If this was a forced layoff and they were only trying to avoid a claim you can collect.

[TahitiNut]

21. Bingo. (See above) It's called a "constructive discharge."

I have little doubt they've done this before and (possibly) may have a record with the unemployment office.

[BlueToTheBone]

23. still check on unemployment insurance.

I think that hour cuts qualify.

[nobodyspecial]

30. Not after he voluntarily quits

[Great Caesars Ghost]

29. When looking for another job

do some research and apply for true blue companies that are unionized without any problems with it. I worked at Costco for 15 years before I started my own business.