Fired From Job on December 13, 2023. Past Thanks! (Sarcastic), some other ruminations

I may as well be up front as to why I am making this blog post...

I was fired from my Production Line job at the end of my shift. They said they received 22 rejected parts I produced from the vendor needing the parts. The part they showed me was the same part I was shown in October of 2023 but i had no way of refuting their statement. I had no idea this was going to happen but at a loss as to how I should feel.

Should I be depressed and/or angry or involve myself in massive hindsight? Perhaps I could let this setback drag me down but that would serve no purpose. Angry is for those who can't deal with their anger and I have fallen short many times. (I grew up with real consequences when I was a kid). What would any sort of hindsight do? I do have a Bachelor's of Science degree (Information Technology), but the tech scene has passed me by.

I was doing factory work for the last nine and one half years and I am pretty good at it... but now I get to once more look for another job. I know many look upon such a thing as a challenge to seek something better, but I still look upon this task as a chore.

I have done white collar work, but you can get even better money working at a factory. As long as you realize that you will not have much in common with many of the workers in such a place, you will (usually) be okay. Like most any mix of people, you will get the decent ones and the not so decent ones. You can get along with most, but some either have too much authority or abuse what authority they are given.

All I really want to do is show up and work in peace, but it seems you can't even do that anymore. Why should I have to play foolish human games for such a simple goal?

I will reveal some of what I am feeling now. Mostly it is a feeling of betrayal; I showed up for work when scheduled and I worked overtime if asked. I put up with people on the floor spying on me and then reporting back to a supervisor (Who was also spying on me at times). The HR where I worked had way too much power. (They gave someone a point for their shirt being dirty) and it didn't matter if you didn't miss work. I also feel not a small amount of disappointment. I didn't make waves, I did my job... and this is how I was rewarded.

There are a lot of people from Mexico and Venezuela there. Most of them didn't know English... but I know for a fact they got lower wages than some of the people there whose first language was English. I don't know if that was a factor in my being fired but lower wages equal a better bottom line.

A President of the United States election is in 2024. I wonder if all the aforementioned people are because of the current administration. What would happen at my former place of employment if they lost all of those people at once?

I have decided that is no longer my concern. I would have like to continue working there (because I don't like looking for work), but I suppose that wasn't in the cards. It is time to start filling out applications as fast as I can click on links. (There is that as an upside; I don't have to physically be at work locations to apply for work.) Online work/employment hubs are your friend.

That is all I have for the moment; maybe I will post again once I have another Job.

A Jaded Bard