richardhutnik said:
I had a sub-contractor/contractor position doing level 1 helpdesk for Apple. The metrics changed for approval, and got reduce entirely to customer surveys customers had to decide to fill out. Neutral surveys were treated badly. So, I got one neutral survey by someone who said their daughter would call in later, and then one where the person was ticked off at AT&T charging restock fees, and they were over 200 miles from an Apple Store. So, while I fixed their problem and actually did decent customer service, I got a bad survey because the person was ticked off. The job paid less than $10 an hour and I had to provide the bandwidth and phone line to. It had no medical benefits, and if anything happened technically, I did not get paid. And if it was the cable company that messed up the bandwidth, I got written warning for attendance, because it wasn't the company. A promotion to senior level support ended up being $1 more an hour. And I will say this. If you EVER get a survey by a company you need to fill out, end up saying the person did a great job. You do a bad survey, you could cost someone their job. If you have a general feedback box to the company, you can complain there. Anyhow, I press on without money coming in. LEAST on my mind is getting new videogames or a new system. Heck, I also need to get a new computer as I am using one the family has here. |
Damn, well I remember your thread that had an article which you were in talking about how you finally got a job after being unemployed for a very long time. I feel for you cause I've been laid off twice in the past year or so. I work as for a contract company that hires for contract manufacturing (Flextronics). So I am a contract worker (Aerotek) for a contract manufacturing company (Flextronics). I work in Texas which is a "right to work state" which basically means right to not form unions or fire anyone that is trying to. While there are many bad things associated to unions there are also many good things. Anyways, being a contract employee they can basically get rid of me at will. Supposedly this new area I am working in while eventually hire everyone on to full time employees of Flextronics (only because the customer demands full time employees working in the area not because Flextronics is so "generous").
Were you working for a contract company for Apple? You weren't hired directly by Apple but through a contract company? Sounds like it with such low pay (under $10). Your work situation sounded pretty bad due to multiple factors. If I had an extra computer that was actually worth a damn I would donate it to you. Do you have stores like Discount Electronics that sell cheap refurbished PCs for $100-150? While they aren't meant for gaming they could be at least used for web and word document.
