My job has really cruddy scheduling. A lot of time it is last minute. Boy do I mean last minute. My last day on the schedule is this coming Tuesday (08/29). I know I’m scheduled to work in Santa Theresa/San Jose until September 14th because I received this e-mail 08/17 (last names have been removed):

You gentlemen have been extended in STR until 9/14. Lynne is coordinating with the STR management as to where you will be stationed and the times etc. I have updated your master schedules to reflect this extension and any housing needs need to be directed to Camille ASAP. Thanks.

Ryan

There was never a Master Schedule released after this e-mail. My last day on the schedule, as I stated is 08/29. So where am I going? I’m “supposed” to be on extended support, but no schedule sent out. This isn’t necessarily out of the normal. It happens somewhat frequently. I’m just concerned because I want to know whats going on. I want to know where I will be. So, I e-mail Adam. He is currently my roommate for corporate housing (which ends on 09/06) and he is also staying behind for corporate housing.

Do you even know where you are going to be after this Tuesday? I’m not even scheduled anywhere.

His reply:

We are on for extended support which means we are probably both getting fired. At least that is the rumor going around. Did you get a hotel confirmation email from Camille for Sept 6th thru Sept 14th?

My response to that:

yeah, I did. wait. you think we’re getting fired?

His response:

we are so totally fired. word is spreading like wild fire. ask Justin, he always knows everything and Mike also kind of gave me the heads up

sorry man, start looking
adam

I don’t see why I would be fired. Something happend awhile back, but it wasn’t a big deal. Nothing to be fired over, or so I think. I’m obviously a little nervous by this. Adam has done a ton of stuff that would lead him and myself to believe they would let him go. He doesn’t have the best track record. I, however, have not had problems. No receptionist has complained about me and many have actually said great and amazing things about me. I know my performance is nothing shy of phenominal. That is how I work. Adam not always so. In any case I am a little fearful because although I haven’t done anything to be fired over, the points laid out kind of do line up and I can see that. So I start asking around with people that might know. Gianna says I’m being ridiculous and I’m not being fired. She told me this before the final e-mail from Adam though. So I was fine until I got taht e-mail. So I call Mike and ask him whats up and he laughs.

Mike said, “Haha, I told those bastards to leave me out of it! Ok, Tim, this is whats going. There was a rumor going around that Adam was going to be fired so he was freaking out. He talked to me and I told him no. That isn’t true and set his mind at ease. Everything is fine. So he started talking about pranking you and saying that you two were being fired and thats why you’re on extended support. It isn’t true, but I told them to leave me out of it!”

That was not verbatim, but close enough. I hate practical jokes! :(