Tag Archives: Job loss

SUDDENLY, LAST YEAR

Posted on December 31, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Yesterday I went out to the Rockaways for the first time since we put my dad’s ashes in the Atlantic. I went out there to do a couple of repairs in a friend’s bathroom. The trip took almost an hour … Continue reading →

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ENOUGH OF THAT

Posted on May 24, 2014 by xaviertrevino

  I finally got my severance check last week, on the 16th. I got the call from my union rep, Donavan, that he’d received the check and to come to the union offices to pick it up. I picked it … Continue reading →

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WHAT TO WEAR TO YOUR OWN EXECUTION

Posted on March 15, 2014 by xaviertrevino

Well, ok, it wasn’t an execution, just getting fired, but it sort of felt like that. I was summoned; I got a call Wednesday morning from some functionary at the union telling me to be at the management company’s headquarters … Continue reading →

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LIGHTNING DOES STRIKE TWICE

Posted on February 22, 2014 by xaviertrevino

                I lost my job, again, and maybe permanently this time. The only positive thought that this evokes is that I lasted 17 years at this job, an improvement on the 13 years I lasted in my previous … Continue reading →

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