Is there anything i can do?

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Okay so I got a seasonal job and its working Amazon so extremely high standards. I made it to the last crop of 50 but was still let go(They hired over 30000 people in the start. I know that I was not fired due to rate, or misbehavior but none the less I was still let go before Conversions.

Most of my other friends were let go or fired as well. Anyways I can not really afford rent on this income but qualify for low income housing, but I currently lost my job. So is there anything I can do about this or will I have to rough it on the street for a few months? I currently living with my room mate but due to a dispute they want me out. Its technically there property but I pay half my pay check to stay here.

Either way I have like a week get my stuff packed and head out the door. According to what I read, the Governor in my state made it where seasonal workers cant get unemployment either.

Yes, I will tell you 4
No, you are screwed 3
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  • Anewbis
    8 years ago

    Been there. As long as you don't care what job you get you can land a job in a day.

    -Pick up a yellow pages and start at A in the business section and circle anything that sounds interesting. I always called businesses I had absolutely no experience in, but that's up to you.

    -Say: "Hello my name is 'So'n'so' and I would like to speak to the person in charge of employment please."
    See, the person on the other end of the phone has no idea who you are and will usually be happy to put you through. (this cuts through all of the crap as you will either be having your actual initial interview with your new employer(and they just don't know it yet), or can call back later)

    -When you have this individual on the phone say, "Hello my name is 'So'n'so' I am new to the area and looking to find employment before the week is out, I would like to know if your company looking to be hiring in the near future so I am not wasting my time sending resumes into the void." (this let's them know that your time is valuable to you, and the fact that you just pulled and end run around both their secretary and their system goes a long way to jamming your foot in the door)

    Expect a long string of rejections, but I have never once made it past the G's in the phone book without someone saying, "How did you know that we
    fired 'What's'nuts'?", or "We haven't even run the ad yet.", and I've had some absolutely bizarre jobs as I bounced around Canada when I was younger.

    You don't even need to get out of your housecoat to find a job. If you toss out a big enough net you're gonna catch at least one fish.

    Best of luck to you eh.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Yeah, dont make assumptions. There are not a lot of jobs easy to get in my area and the one I had was in another city and I needed transportation to even keep it. Most jobs wont look at me since I dont have 2 years of experience in the field, and the fact this place hired me was astonishing. Its not that simple to just "pick up a job". I had that attitude when I was 18, but I far older and far wiser now. So I know not to expect it. You can apply all you want, it does not mean that they always hire you.

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      • Anewbis
        8 years ago

        That's not an assumption but a tried and true method I've used many times.
        I'm talking about finding employment before the day is out no matter what job that might happen to be.

        I'll be pushing fifty in not too many years and I didn't have any safety net once I was out on my own. The old man card doesn't cut it with me.

        You are wasting time applying to places which are not going to be hiring, period. If you can create a conversation with people who are or are not going to be hiring, then you have cut out a step in the process.

        I should mention that I've done some really shitty jobs that I'd never do again as well... but the experience has been invaluable.

        Cheers to you fellow citizen.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    If you are in the US you get unemployment after two years of seasonal employment if you work for a certain number of months over a certain number of quarters.
    As for leaving where you are staying, one of the hardest things to do in the US is evict someone, especially if they are current on their rent. I don't know that you'd want to live with folks who don't want you there, but you have a lot of legal rights here, and should check them out.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      I have 4 months, thats about it.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    I feel sorry for you. I worked at Amazon and hated it. I was a picker. Hands down the worst job I have ever had. You should be able to land a job pretty quickly even if it's something you don't necessarily like. Work that to keep the income coming and then all the while search for something better.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      I cant where I live. We dont have a lot of work out here and when you do apply they run you in circles and make you wait for weeks. I didn't hate working at amazon, I was a stower and my rate was over 100 everyday. They hired us all for peek though.

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