In April I called on behalf of DH to inquire at another company in town to see what they would pay DH and if they were looking to hire, they paid more and would hire him. He mentioned to some of the guys at work that this other company was paying a little more, most of them said not to switch b/c they had worked for that company in the past it is was awful. So he didn't make the switch. However weeks later the boss heard that he called the other company and called him one morning before work and told him he had no work for DH, that he wasn't going to go find him any work. DH asked if he was being fired and boss said no I just don't have work for YOU right now but boss said he would call DH when he needed to "use" him and that there were some jobs coming up. Boss said he heard that DH found a better offer and to go take it. Wouldn't even let DH talk or explain what really happened. Boss called him a cancer, a disease, said he had no loyalty to the company, he was really upset and is a total hot head. So DH filed for UI and we got one check after the waiting week. Then called yesterday b/c they said the case was under review and found out his boss told UI that DH quit! It will take up, to 6 weeks for them to make a decision during which time we won't get any money. His boss even hired a new guy, never called DH back to work or anything.
Looked into getting food stamps and did this online test to see if you qualify, it said that because we have a total of $5,000 in a CD, savings accountant, and most of it in an IRA we would not qualify. I thought the point was to help people from losing everything, not to make them spend every last penny then come and get assistance. We do get WIC and medicaid for the kids already. I guess I will go to the office on Monday morning to apply in person and see what help we can get.
The UI/former boss, seem to forcing DH to take any job he can get right now so we can pay bills/live. All the money we have will last us about 6 weeks, maybe 8 if we are really careful. I know that is our bad for not having money saved up but we have been working on that. Part of the reason he was looking into another company was to make more money to be able to actually save more. At the company he was with he realized there was no room for advancement, some guys that had been there longer then him were making less and the guys who were his "equals" in terms of work performance/quality were making the same and had been there longer. He felt he wouldn't get a raise until they all did and they were going to see one for awhile.
We are contacting a lawyer for wrongful termination and discrimination in the workplace, DH was the only non white person on his crew and his forman was a huge racist/bigiot and didn't try and hide it. Made for a very difficult/uncomfortable 2 years. We actually moved from Cali, where DH made almost twice as much, to take this job. He had worked for this company years ago when he lived here and it wasn't the same, different people worked there then and the now forman had just started, DH actually taught/trained him and DH was one of the top guys.
So what to do, this is mostly just a rant.
Looked into getting food stamps and did this online test to see if you qualify, it said that because we have a total of $5,000 in a CD, savings accountant, and most of it in an IRA we would not qualify. I thought the point was to help people from losing everything, not to make them spend every last penny then come and get assistance. We do get WIC and medicaid for the kids already. I guess I will go to the office on Monday morning to apply in person and see what help we can get.
The UI/former boss, seem to forcing DH to take any job he can get right now so we can pay bills/live. All the money we have will last us about 6 weeks, maybe 8 if we are really careful. I know that is our bad for not having money saved up but we have been working on that. Part of the reason he was looking into another company was to make more money to be able to actually save more. At the company he was with he realized there was no room for advancement, some guys that had been there longer then him were making less and the guys who were his "equals" in terms of work performance/quality were making the same and had been there longer. He felt he wouldn't get a raise until they all did and they were going to see one for awhile.
We are contacting a lawyer for wrongful termination and discrimination in the workplace, DH was the only non white person on his crew and his forman was a huge racist/bigiot and didn't try and hide it. Made for a very difficult/uncomfortable 2 years. We actually moved from Cali, where DH made almost twice as much, to take this job. He had worked for this company years ago when he lived here and it wasn't the same, different people worked there then and the now forman had just started, DH actually taught/trained him and DH was one of the top guys.
So what to do, this is mostly just a rant.
