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Unexpected unemployment
23 Aug 2023 10:06 pmWhen I took this job last September, it was with the understanding that the charity receives government subsidies to hire someone for a maximum of three one-year contracts. So my predecessor worked there two and a half years or so, and that was what I could expect if both parties agreed.
When they asked me in the spring if I intended to continue I said yes, and I said it again at that meeting a couple weeks ago where I nearly had a meltdown. At that point my volunteer bosses asked the organization to apply for a new subsidy.
Aaaaaand then today at work the employment bureau called ME (not them, even though they were the ones who applied) to tell me it can't be renewed. Apparently the law changed and now they can't reapply two years in a row for the same employee anymore, but they didn't know that? So when my year is up, sixteen hours after the end of this month - so less than eight work days from now - my time there is over.
That's less time left than I had to train! They can't possibly find a replacement before I have to leave; and that's less than one month out from the charity's main fund drive and the busiest time of year. I'm not sorry to miss that, but they probably will be.
And it's obviously not enough time to find another job. I haven't even had time to think about what to attempt to do. Plus our fixed-term electricity contract ended, so this coming winter we have no idea what to expect from the power bills: not the ideal time to be unemployed. I probably will barely finish digesting the shock by the time I'm done there.
Oh, and I obviously don't want to be responsible for breaking the news to my volunteer bosses. I left it to my boss on paper, the professional from the district office. But now I've gotta wait for them to find out and... react to it. Noooo, not reactions! Ugh.
When they asked me in the spring if I intended to continue I said yes, and I said it again at that meeting a couple weeks ago where I nearly had a meltdown. At that point my volunteer bosses asked the organization to apply for a new subsidy.
Aaaaaand then today at work the employment bureau called ME (not them, even though they were the ones who applied) to tell me it can't be renewed. Apparently the law changed and now they can't reapply two years in a row for the same employee anymore, but they didn't know that? So when my year is up, sixteen hours after the end of this month - so less than eight work days from now - my time there is over.
That's less time left than I had to train! They can't possibly find a replacement before I have to leave; and that's less than one month out from the charity's main fund drive and the busiest time of year. I'm not sorry to miss that, but they probably will be.
And it's obviously not enough time to find another job. I haven't even had time to think about what to attempt to do. Plus our fixed-term electricity contract ended, so this coming winter we have no idea what to expect from the power bills: not the ideal time to be unemployed. I probably will barely finish digesting the shock by the time I'm done there.
Oh, and I obviously don't want to be responsible for breaking the news to my volunteer bosses. I left it to my boss on paper, the professional from the district office. But now I've gotta wait for them to find out and... react to it. Noooo, not reactions! Ugh.
