I've been screwed over 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 in the toilet, I noticed a significant slowdown in the workload. I also noticed that people seemed to be dropping like flies and the company wasn't replacing them with new workers.By about July of I'd say that the large six-floor building I worked in was about 65% empty. Well, then came talk of layoffs and/or possibly consolidating all the workers down to Louisville, KY. I didn't 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 ok for awhile.
Well, long story short, the new job didn't work out and I was unemployed as of 12/02. I contacted Humana again to see if they'd give me my old job back. Well, I didn't hear anything from them for weeks until one day I got a rude email from them saying that they were going with other applicants because I didn't 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 because of the lack of work. After I was actually approved for unemployment, they went back and told the unemployment office that there wasn't any lack of work, thus making me look like I lied on form. Now I can't get unemployment because of this. Unless I get hired by another company soon, I may lose everything because of them!
Today's lesson: you can't trust employers anymore, no matter how long you work for them.
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