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Yesterday during a group phone call I found out that the people that now handle most things to do with the building requirements for the client company I've been situated at (including the security contracts) decided to sever the contract with my employer effective July 1. We knew there were going to be changes coming up, but nothing like this. We had all been under the assumption that my employer would be given the opportunity to submit a contract proposal and go from there.
Well, the CEO received a letter this past Monday from the company handling the building stuff stating that our contract was ending. No explanation as to why there had been no contact from them about submitting a proposal, nothing. So during yesterday's phone call the CEO advised us site coordinators that he would be looking into this to see if we could salvage the contract and then get back to us today.
The news was not good. He let us know that the client themselves did not have any issues with us at all, that if they had their way they'd be keeping us, but with this other group making all decisions for the running of building requirements there was nothing the client could do. Frankly, I'd say get ride of the group that did this to us and acted so unprofessionally...although this is not the first time this group has done this with various building-related contracts so I shouldn't be entirely surprised.
So, as of July 1 there will be a new security company taking over. We have absolutely no information about how this change-over is going to occur or if they are even going to be hiring us guards. Absolutely nothing has been communicated to us about this - I even asked the building manager if he knew anything and apparently I know more about this than he does! He is just as pissed off as I am because he does not want to have to deal with an entire team of new people getting settled in, and he has no idea what the plan is with us at this time.
I suppose I should be happy that this month is a three paycheque month for me as I will be able to pay my share of July's rent and not have to panic too much yet. But still, I am feeling rather like a mushroom at the moment and I hate it. I hate that I cannot tell my team what is going on because I have no fucking clue. I know that it isn't my fault that we've been lead around and lied to, but still.
If the new security company opts not to employ any of us I know that I will not be lifting a single finger to train any incoming guard. Yes, it's petty, but I'm pretty pissed off. Since I took over the coordinator position last October things have only gotten better on my two sites and I resent being left in the dark like this.
At this point I can only hope that the new company will pick us up and not make any roster changes, or that I find a new job that doesn't see me working in another call center. Yay -_-
Well, the CEO received a letter this past Monday from the company handling the building stuff stating that our contract was ending. No explanation as to why there had been no contact from them about submitting a proposal, nothing. So during yesterday's phone call the CEO advised us site coordinators that he would be looking into this to see if we could salvage the contract and then get back to us today.
The news was not good. He let us know that the client themselves did not have any issues with us at all, that if they had their way they'd be keeping us, but with this other group making all decisions for the running of building requirements there was nothing the client could do. Frankly, I'd say get ride of the group that did this to us and acted so unprofessionally...although this is not the first time this group has done this with various building-related contracts so I shouldn't be entirely surprised.
So, as of July 1 there will be a new security company taking over. We have absolutely no information about how this change-over is going to occur or if they are even going to be hiring us guards. Absolutely nothing has been communicated to us about this - I even asked the building manager if he knew anything and apparently I know more about this than he does! He is just as pissed off as I am because he does not want to have to deal with an entire team of new people getting settled in, and he has no idea what the plan is with us at this time.
I suppose I should be happy that this month is a three paycheque month for me as I will be able to pay my share of July's rent and not have to panic too much yet. But still, I am feeling rather like a mushroom at the moment and I hate it. I hate that I cannot tell my team what is going on because I have no fucking clue. I know that it isn't my fault that we've been lead around and lied to, but still.
If the new security company opts not to employ any of us I know that I will not be lifting a single finger to train any incoming guard. Yes, it's petty, but I'm pretty pissed off. Since I took over the coordinator position last October things have only gotten better on my two sites and I resent being left in the dark like this.
At this point I can only hope that the new company will pick us up and not make any roster changes, or that I find a new job that doesn't see me working in another call center. Yay -_-
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