I have been treated unfairly by employers before, but this one certainly takes the cake.
I faithfully worked for Humana in Cincinnati for almost five years. After the economy went bad, I noticed a significant slowdown in the workload. I also noticed that people seemed to be dropping like flies and the company was not replacing them with new workers. By about July, I would say, the large six-floor building I worked in was about 65% empty. Then came talk of layoffs and/or possibly consolidating all the workers down to Louisville, KY. I did not particularly want to move out of state or run the risk of being unemployed, so I got a job at another company. I gave Humana the proper two weeks notice, and everything seemed to be going okay for a while.
Long story short, the new job did not work out, and I was unemployed as of 12/02. I contacted Humana again to see if they would give me my old job back. I did not hear anything from them for weeks, until one day I got a rude email saying that they were going with other applicants because I did not meet their qualifications. What? I worked for them for almost five years! How could I not meet their qualifications?
On top of that, when I applied for unemployment, I stated on the form that the main reason I left Humana was the lack of work. After I was approved for unemployment, they went back and told the unemployment office that there was no lack of work, which makes me look like I lied on the form. Now I cannot get unemployment because of this. Unless I get hired by another company soon, I may lose everything because of them.
Today's lesson: you cannot trust employers anymore, no matter how long you work for them.
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