Is anyone else paranoid of getting fired?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

I swear I'm automatically intimidated by my boss, even though she's not really intimidating at all. And I feel like I'm a 15 year old kid pretending to be an adult and I'm about to get found out. Am I the only one that gets that feeling? I know that I am scared to get fired because I have been out of work for so long that I don't want to go back there. Anyone else?
Duckie

[Parche]

1. fired

I used to be at my other form of employment, they were A$$ holes
but now I am free and at a fantastic place!!!

[Shoeempress]

2. Nope, my boss is a wonderful, sweet, well dressed reasonable woman

with whom I agree 100%. OK, I'm self employed.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

9. LOL

That's the way to be!
Duckie

[JVS]

3. I'm between jobs right now, but I understand

I have an interview with the temp agency one Tuesday!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. I'm with a temp agency...

I'll be with them for 90 days and then I'll be an employee of the place I work...It's not a bad gig. It's just scary because it's so not permanent.
Duckie

[solinvictus]

8. Let me let you in on a corporate secret...

we're ALL temporary now.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. I really think this company is different.

They are really great to their employees!
Duckie

[datasuspect]

13. 10-4 on that one

work is a disease.

and a fucking game. i ain't playing it no more.

[JVS]

11. In 90 days I'll be in the soft financial bosom of mama university

from whom I shall never stray

[Nikia]

16. We are awful to our temps

Well, I'm not. The company is though. If you are a temp, you may not be asked back the next day at any time for any reason. Some of the reasons include not getting along with any other employee, missing work for any reason (including your mother's funeral as was told to one temp, making any mistake even if it was because you were not trained properly, getting injured even if it was someone else's fault, complaining at all, refusing to do any task assigned to you even if it might cause you to get injured or make a mistake, goofing off at all even if permanent employees are, and not working being above average at your job even if it is your first day. If there are any other temps there during your time as a temp, you are competing against them. If you have been there for a couple months and they call in a temp because someone missed and that temp is better than you, that temp will get the more permanent position and you will be the temp on call. You will not automatically get hired after 90 days, only if there is a permanent opening (even if there seems to be one because you've been there everyday). This opening may not be in the area that you have worked in, but these postings are your only chance. If a permanent employee wants that position, you won't get it. Of course in the shuffling, there usually will be an open position, the one that no one wants. You will be extensively reviewed before you are hired. We have had a few temps fired after this process. Temps are a dime a dozen. Permanent employees are an investment.
The reward for all of this is a living wage first job with somewhat regular hours. During an employee meeting in which employees asked for added perks, we were reminded that the company put out a job service ad which received over 300 responsees. They could replace us all within days. We don't work for the best company in the world either.
I'm not worried about getting fired though for a couple reasons. Despite what they'd have me believe, I am very good at my job. No one else does my job. Those who have been trained to do some of my work are not good at the job. No one in the company who doesn't have a better job is qualified to do the job (if they stick to the official job description). My manager is already too busy and wouldn't want to deal with trying to train someone else. I would also see getting fired as an oppurtunity. Right now I feel trapped there with benefits and lack of better paying oppurtunities for which I am qualified and the burden of having to give 2 weeks notice (some positions for which I have applied really want someone to start right away and will hire those candidates instead).

[YellowRubberDuckie]

19. This isn't that kind of a temp job.

It's Temp to hire. It's a difficult job, so I think they want to make sure they aren't making a mistake. Not only that, but we're about to get an acquision and there's going to be a ton of more work. And yes, the position I'm in is an opening that needs to be filled. There's also a six month learning curve with this job, so I think everything is going to be ok, but I'm still paranoid and feel like a little kid pretending to be an adult.
Duckie

[Nikia]

21. Unless there really is a good reason

Or unless they really are secretly into firing temps right before they are to be hired, I think you are fine then.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

22. Everything I've heard about this place is great...

EVERYONE who works there loves it. And no, they aren't a cult. lol
Duckie

[HeeBGBz]

4. I beg for it. Daily.

But I am leaving in a month, so it's no big deal.

[rocktivity]

5. Show me someone who ISN'T paranoid about getting fired in this day and age

and I'll show you a Hooters waitress.

:headbang:
rocknation

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. Great analogy!!

[nuxvomica]

12. Yup. Me.

I've been with the company 27 years and last year we had our first layoffs ever. This economy totally blows.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

14. My boss is a tyrant!

Fortunately I am married to him so I just blow him off. Oops, unfortunate choice of words...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. LOL

:rofl:

[n2mark]

17. This is why I retired last year

wanted to get out of the mess before my job made a mess out of my life.

[n2mark]

18. This is why I retired last year

wanted to get out of the mess before my job made a mess out of my life.

[tigereye]

20. I think everyone feels that way at one time or another

I've been doing the same type of work for 20 years and every now and then I have an odd feeling that I'm really still 20 (not that that is a reason to not know what you're doing, per se) and don't know what I'm doing, despite having a graduate degree. ;)

I think competence is a difficult to completely master. Give yourself time, it will feel more right to you, Duckie.