My second job, when I was 21 was in an insurance company that was opening a branch in my town. They had advertised for mature women but since I had almost 3 years in a similar position, I applied. I was interviewed and I was offered a job in their large office in the City with a transfer to the satellite office when it opened in 3 months. I was trained for all positions in auto/truck/fleet/assigned risk and even got a little raise when we moved. I was asked to sit in on other interviews for the dept.
When we moved I was so happy to go from a 45 minute commute to 5 min. There were 4 depts and strangely there was 1 experienced 21–23 yo in each dept and 4 late 30/early 40 yos w/o experience. There also was a male branch manager. Well the younger women were basically trainers for the older ones as well as carrying our own workload. After about 3 mos things were settling down and everyone was pretty well trained.
On a Wednesday the branch manager called all the younger women into the hall and informed us that now that everyone was able to do their work, they were going to cut staff and we were laid off eff Monday. I couldn’t believe how they used us. The others went back to their desks but I picked up my purse and walked out the door without a word. I filed for UI within the hour, discovering another bit of corp nastiness. In California at that time they closed out weekly claims on Thurs. If you filed for UI on Friday there was a delay of an extra week to collect the benefit.
Travelers Insurance should sit on their big red umbrella then open it up.