Quick Vent: So the company I work for asks me for people who can work, my boyfriend goes to help and has an accident under their direction at a job site and now has a broken ankle and sprained wrist and what does this company do??
They let me go. Oh Gee thanks, you just broke my boyfriend and then let me go and say it has nothing to do with my performance. FML its not like we have kids or rent to pay(we do). Job search starts now I guess.
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