Hello All
I am needing some advice as right now i can't even see straight@!!!
Friday i was laid off from my sales position. The tacky thing is they did it over the phone. I am waiting for a call from the local labor on if it is legal or not.
I was told they would send my personal effects to me via fedex. So the doorbell rings today and it is the fedex person.. First think he says " is anything fragile and i said yes. " he shook the box and it rattled. I proceded to open the box and my picture frames were all broken.

I have no idea if this is malicious or not. but i am furious.

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I love the element of danger and the ecstasy of flight,
I love the night
I love to dance with a stranger and to feel his delight,
And when the dancing is through, I kick off my shoes,
And I listen to the beating of his heart

Rhiannon,

Get it documented - anything and everything. If this ends up being adjudicated in a formal setting, the more paper trails you have the better your position will be.

Seek out and secure legal cousel. The company will be represented by a pro - you should also be. There may be free (Pro Bono) cousel available. Call around.

Sue the bastards - or at least make them think you will. It will strengthen your position.

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Eudaimonia

I would think they have to officially notify you that you have either been terminated or laid off. You will need a pink slip.

You should also put in a claim with fedex for your personal effects. There's no way you can prove the items were not broken during shipping.

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We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.