Made it to Rochester: Experiences of a new immigrant
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Re: Made it to Rochester: Experiences of a new immigrant
But Hoffage appears to be working in the film industry and that might be problematic.
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Darn but sorry to read of your job situation. Could have told you about filing grievances. They go no where. Been there, done that, and lived to see the results ... Zilch.
Difficult finding a new position when you have been "terminated". Was it an out and out firing or a nicely worded, sorry but we are letting you.
Congratulations on the impending 'hood status.
Difficult finding a new position when you have been "terminated". Was it an out and out firing or a nicely worded, sorry but we are letting you.
Congratulations on the impending 'hood status.
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For media type work, I have been steadily building my networks here in Rochester, and even published a few pieces of work, but it is tough and very cliquey. I am hoping the documentary experience will allow me to springboard into a related position, either here in Rochester, or elsewhere. I had a phone interview with Al-Jazeera in Washington D.C. the other day for a Producer position, and I am willing to relocate.
Hoffage.
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Sounds about right for an at will state. I've seen the same happen over the course of my career. I've a hearing loss and once asked my attorney boss to please forward me the contact list of people for a particular case so that I would have their correct name spelling and their phones numbers. This list would help me when I had to answer the phones. I could hear on the phone, as I had special apparatus which I provided myself, but liked to double check the numbers before passing on the messages.
He went to HR, complained that I was incapable of doing my job because of my problem, and wanted me terminated. HR then contacted the other attorneys I worked for to ask about my performance with them. I got glowing reports and nothing was said to me.
I found out because one of the attorneys passed on the HR initial emails from the complaining attorney and from HR sent to her. I then made an appointment with HR and brought the offending attorney's email with me and demanded that it be taken out of my file and that he be reprimanded for his action and that I be assigned to someone else. If they did not comply, I would gladly go to the NYS Labor Board as his action was against the law. Not a very good attorney but he was eventually made partner and I was quite happy for the next 15 years working with someone else.
Guess that is why I don't hold with the going to HR and voicing complaints and expecting results. One should document all actions take by a higher up and if terminated bring it to the labor board.
He went to HR, complained that I was incapable of doing my job because of my problem, and wanted me terminated. HR then contacted the other attorneys I worked for to ask about my performance with them. I got glowing reports and nothing was said to me.
I found out because one of the attorneys passed on the HR initial emails from the complaining attorney and from HR sent to her. I then made an appointment with HR and brought the offending attorney's email with me and demanded that it be taken out of my file and that he be reprimanded for his action and that I be assigned to someone else. If they did not comply, I would gladly go to the NYS Labor Board as his action was against the law. Not a very good attorney but he was eventually made partner and I was quite happy for the next 15 years working with someone else.
Guess that is why I don't hold with the going to HR and voicing complaints and expecting results. One should document all actions take by a higher up and if terminated bring it to the labor board.
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Sorry to hear about your latest issues, Hoff.
Under your circumstances the Al-Jazeera gig might look tempting, but the last I heard was that the budgets had been cut to a shoestring after some monumentally bad strategic management decisions, which had caused the audience numbers to collapse. If you get offered anything I would recommend weekly commuting until you can determine if it is worth permanently relocating for.
Under your circumstances the Al-Jazeera gig might look tempting, but the last I heard was that the budgets had been cut to a shoestring after some monumentally bad strategic management decisions, which had caused the audience numbers to collapse. If you get offered anything I would recommend weekly commuting until you can determine if it is worth permanently relocating for.
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Hey guys!
I wanted to wait until I had been working for a while - so I have a job in my field now (Journalism). Specifically, I am working as a TV News Producer for a local CBS affiliate for the past 2 months since being laid off/unfairly fired in April. Yay - the hours are crazy (3.45am - 1pm Monday to Friday), but it is a very good in to the world of TV News, and great timing what with the state of the news field atm (Trump etc.)
The wage is low ($33K) but not as low as it could be, so I am supplementing with an extra job - no stranger to paying my dues as you know
I wanted to wait until I had been working for a while - so I have a job in my field now (Journalism). Specifically, I am working as a TV News Producer for a local CBS affiliate for the past 2 months since being laid off/unfairly fired in April. Yay - the hours are crazy (3.45am - 1pm Monday to Friday), but it is a very good in to the world of TV News, and great timing what with the state of the news field atm (Trump etc.)
The wage is low ($33K) but not as low as it could be, so I am supplementing with an extra job - no stranger to paying my dues as you know
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Glad you found something in your field. Hope now you have a foot in the door it leads to a more secure future.
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Congratulations Hoff. I hope it all works out and that you can build on this position.
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Hey guys!
I wanted to wait until I had been working for a while - so I have a job in my field now (Journalism). Specifically, I am working as a TV News Producer for a local CBS affiliate for the past 2 months since being laid off/unfairly fired in April. Yay - the hours are crazy (3.45am - 1pm Monday to Friday), but it is a very good in to the world of TV News, and great timing what with the state of the news field atm (Trump etc.)
The wage is low ($33K) but not as low as it could be, so I am supplementing with an extra job - no stranger to paying my dues as you know
I wanted to wait until I had been working for a while - so I have a job in my field now (Journalism). Specifically, I am working as a TV News Producer for a local CBS affiliate for the past 2 months since being laid off/unfairly fired in April. Yay - the hours are crazy (3.45am - 1pm Monday to Friday), but it is a very good in to the world of TV News, and great timing what with the state of the news field atm (Trump etc.)
The wage is low ($33K) but not as low as it could be, so I am supplementing with an extra job - no stranger to paying my dues as you know
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Well done Hoff!
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Hey guys!
I wanted to wait until I had been working for a while - so I have a job in my field now (Journalism). Specifically, I am working as a TV News Producer for a local CBS affiliate for the past 2 months since being laid off/unfairly fired in April. Yay - the hours are crazy (3.45am - 1pm Monday to Friday), but it is a very good in to the world of TV News, and great timing what with the state of the news field atm (Trump etc.)
The wage is low ($33K) but not as low as it could be, so I am supplementing with an extra job - no stranger to paying my dues as you know
I wanted to wait until I had been working for a while - so I have a job in my field now (Journalism). Specifically, I am working as a TV News Producer for a local CBS affiliate for the past 2 months since being laid off/unfairly fired in April. Yay - the hours are crazy (3.45am - 1pm Monday to Friday), but it is a very good in to the world of TV News, and great timing what with the state of the news field atm (Trump etc.)
The wage is low ($33K) but not as low as it could be, so I am supplementing with an extra job - no stranger to paying my dues as you know