I just got an email from my main source of income, informing me that as of today, they are ceasing their operations and that my final paycheck will be mailed within seven days. What the f*** am I going to do? I do work for a couple of other places but that's nothing compared to what I usually earn from Cypher.

The thing that pisses me off the most is that they could have at least informed the people who code for them that this was going to happen. There's no way they couldn't have known for some time.

Oh well, I suppose. Maybe this will lead to something bigger and better for my life, although it's damn hard to think positively at this point in time. But everything happens for a reason, they say. I'm just worried about my car getting repossessed until I find more work, plus Christmas is right around the corner.

I'm just in shock. The email seemed so 'cold', too. Blahhhh.

Thanks for reading. I don't expect anyone to respond or anything. I mean, what could possibly be said, right? Just had to get it off my chest.

~Spreck

That does blow, but I guess that's one of the risks that comes with hired-out work.

I wish you luck if finding a new source of cash.

Quite unfortunate. Good luck finding something else, though. I'm sure you will.

Fastest typist ever.

Yeppers, that is the downfall of it all. I knew it could happen at any time, but I've been doing work for them for five years. Even though they go through downtimes once in awhile, it always stayed somewhat consistent.

My daughter, haha, I love her. Told her about it and showed her the email. Her response:

"Wellll.... I have advice. For people who haven't had a 'real' job (since I've been working at home all these years) in a long, long time, the perfect job for you is... and I'm sorry, mommy... but, the perfect job is McDonald's"...hahaha. Man.

This was the email. No real explanation or anything:

As of today, Tuesday October 30, 2007 Cypher Services, Inc. is ceasing operations. This will lead to the elimination of all existing and pending employment and contract opportunities.

Final compensation checks will be mailed within the next 7 days to the address we have on file for you.

1099-Misc forms will be mailed at the end of the year to the address we have on file for you.

If you have any changes to your contact information, please email accounting@cyphercoding.com with your specific changes.


We appreciate all of your help, effort and dedication over the years, and we wish you continued success in the future.

Thank you,

Cypher Services, Inc. Management Team

lmao.

"Thanks for all of your years of dedication.

You have 0 days to find new work.

Bye."

Yep, unofficials and temps always get shafted like this.

They do it at Chase all the time. Any temp that gets a manager call at around 4PM on a Friday might as well start packing before they even walk into that office.

Get a real job?

I've had real jobs before. In total, I've already worked 12 years of real full-time jobs, and a couple part-time jobs when I was a teenager. Then I had a daughter who turned out to be deaf, soon after moved out on my own with her, and there were zero day care facilities who had anyone qualified in sign language, so I did the next best thing I could, which was find work-at-home stuff... and yes, it is at home, but I still consider it real work. It probably takes more discipline to do work at home because of the ability to use that time on other things, i.e. watch a movie, listen to music, household chores/errands, take a bubble bath, sleeping in, etc.

If I can find additional work-at-home positions, I'd still GLADLY take that, anyday, over going out and having to deal with the drama of the 'real' workplace and all of that crap. I don't miss it one bit and that's the one thing that I'm not looking forward to about whatever the immediate future holds for me. But, I'll do what I must to provide for my daughter, naturally.

that sucks, hopefully you'll find something else

I'd love to work from home but I'd never get out if I didn't have a job to go to

Did you atleast get some kind of payout?

I got laid off on Monday too.. But I've already got 3 interviews lined up for better jobs.. One of those I had applied for before I even got fired. :P.. Haha, work is gay.

No payout or anything. I'm just wondering if they're even going to send the money I'm entitled to for my last paycheck because I can totally see them not giving what I've earned over the past month, which I'm counting on for rent.

Good luck with your interviews! I just applied to 30-40 transcription and coding companies, online. I hope just one turns out to be promising. I'll continue searching for online work for the rest of the week. After that, though, it's time to go out into the world of people that I so love to not be around and try to work, side by side, with em.

Another suck point is that I can't even collect unemployment or anything since I'm considered self-employed. So blah.

Wow that's really sh**ty, hope you find something that you like and pays well.

How reliable.

It's been reliable for over five years, actually. But yeah, I know. Out of nowhere. I feel like I'm in a bad dream or something.

I envision two things I can do with this situation:

1) I can continue to wait for another online opportunity to come my way, telling myself that it's much more worth it to wait it out other than going out there into the world of firsthand people evilness at the workplace, go on welfare for a bit, use welfare's free health insurance to get the things I need to get taken care of that I haven't been able to afford, having no health insurance over the last five years, get free food money, take advantage of my rent being reduced to practically $100/month since I live in subsidized housing, feel worthless, like a piece of sh**, mooching off the govt. and taking advantage.

OR

2) Just going and working any job, be it temp or permanent, that I can find, busting my ass, folding cardboard boxes if that's what I must do for 8-12 hours, putting up with bosses and co-workers, actually earn health insurance and other benefits which I haven't had in years, feel worthless, like a piece of sh**, working jobs that are completely below my skill level just to get by when I could easily just use the govt. for awhile.

It's quite puzzling which I should choose, really. I do have options but the options aren't great, unless I land some dream job right from the start which is totally not going to happen. What would you do? I just need money, as much as I hate money. It's not like anyone is going to hire me to be a Secretary or some sh**, like my little brother suggested earlier. "They need a secretary at blah blah blah. Starts at $12 an hour." Oh yeah, haha, right on. Me, they're not going to hire me as a f***ing secretary, bro, even though I'm sure I could be one with my eyes closed.

It's just interesting, right now. Options, choices, decisions, and mistakes are to be had by me. We'll see! =D

tl;dr

dc;fy

or f***ing maybe I can just pretend that I have a social phobia which prohibits me from working, yet i have no trouble attending maxed out shows with socialness all around, then collect money from the govt. maybe that's the ticket, eh, Jeff?

I would literally punch you in the face if you said that to me.

I don't care. If you had a serious phobia and disorder that you cannot be around people, there's no way you can be going to shows with TONS of people or even to the store for that matter. Bullsh**. It pisses me off. You're 18, right? This is the rest of your life, to be a social misfit, but you're not. Eff you, dude.

Why are you talking about me? This is about you and your pathetic life. Keep talking about it.

You go to parties and stuff too. It's an excuse. I don't buy it, no matter what your pschotherapist says. I'm socially inept, also. For real. I'm not kidding you, probably way more than you are, actually. But, come on already.

nice

Two hits, you and the floor.

Seriously, I don't know how many people put up with your back talk. I know MourningEchoes has.

It pisses me off, because I'm going to be struggling my ass off now to make ends meet while people, not mentioning any names, can get disability money because they say they can't handle being around people. And voila, money to you.

wow, is the honeymoon over in pharm and spreck's love paradise?

Back talk? I just say what I feel. Two hits lol? Me and the floor. You're very tough. I'd beat your ass, silly.

I hope everything works out for you Spreck. Stay positive.

spreck if only you could get paid for calling people out and pwning them you'd be set for a while, just from this thread

I am, thank you. =) I guess it's time for a change anyhow!

by the way, this gave me douche chills


weak, man.

Hardly.

Jeff... you know how I feel about your 'sickness'. It's not hard to figure out.

Do you attend shows?
Yes

Do you frequent stores and other mass-populated places?
Yes

Do you have troubles with those?
No

It's time to work... do you have trouble being around others?
Yes

Can you not work, at age f***ing 18, for the rest of your life?
Yes

Are you simply lazy?
Yes


The end.

Kim, you don't have the slightest clue about anything. So don't even bother trying to get a grasp of it.

haha dude, she called you out, and all you said was that you'd punch her in the face. while that's a great attitude, that's also a pretty cheap cop-out.

Just wait until dyess sees this thread, he's going to be all over it like semen on jake gyllenhall's face

What do you want me to say? To prove to everyone that she's wrong. I don't need to prove it to you guys.

I have a total grasp of it. Everything you've ever told me regarding how you feel about work and people, I've been there. You get over it. It's called growing up.

You want to live your entire life, from age 18 onward, never working, never having a place of your own, never doing anything? That's insane. And I would be compassionate if I knew you truly suffered from this disorder, but you don't. Otherwise, like I mentioned, you would not be attending shows, parties, get togethers, etc.