Death to Cupid

Stabbedintheback submitted 165 days ago

I have been with the same company for 16 years of my life, an extreme rarity these days, but i worked hard, did not gossip, etc and worked my way up to the IT dept at the help desk. I am very good at what I do, and solved people's problems quickly. I am also highly motivated due to the fact I am a single father with 2 kids, and have been for years now. There was a meeting where people above me were yelled at because things weren't working as they should. I thought to myself, oh no, this is going to roll downhill to me, even though I am just the guy who fixes things when they are not working. I was treated as an inferior to the others in my department, who felt they were far and away smarter than myself. Typical in the IT world I think. We all have areas we are good at. Social skills appear to be limited for most in this category, but not all. I did not really care though, as I was there to bring a paycheck home and take care of my children.

The supervisor would complain to me about how his wife wrecked his car 3 times, and how he worked at walmart as a stocker at nights. He would also complain about his supervisor who he was deathly afraid of because he was an 'outsider'. It made me feel he was more of a friend than supervisor. I felt this was unprofessional, but just went along with it.

This guy talked about his personal life so much, I didn't give it a second thought when I shared with him a new found passion - www.virtualcupid.net - I had built in hopes of earning a small residual income for the kids and I. (We did work in IT and of course were geeks) It was a huge mistake on my part, I admit.

He became immediately jealous of it, and ultimately canned me due to it. He also said my performance was not good even though tickets are typically 5 days average for being addressed, ours was under 1 day, in direct result of my work there. I am under severe stress now, I wish it had never happened. I wish I could take it back and just keep working for my kids, and keep the security it gave them.

I am trying hard to move on, but it is difficult. The economy and tech job market is not good right now. $4 gas is killing people like me. I pray I can find new work that isn't going to start at some ridiculously low wage.