Application rejected by Prime

I was really looking forward to working for Prime in the upcoming weeks, but it seem's like I'll have to look elsewhere for work. They have a problem with my lack of employment during 2011, and they haven't even half-assed bothered to inquire or attempt to understand the situation. My father died in early 2011, and I had to quit my job in Hawaii and move back to Alabama to take care of my fathers legal estate, inheritance, debts, etc. It was a lengthy process that took about 9 months to complete. On top of this, I had to manage a 100acre pasture of 50 cows that my father had owned, and also take care of my mother for 3 months after having knee and hip replacement surgery. It was perhaps one of the busiest times of my life, and certainly the most dramatic and frustrating. It was worse than any full-time job I've ever had on paper, but it something that had to be done, and I was the only one in the family willing to sacrifice his career for several months to do the job. During the time-period, I ran a under-the-table computer repair shop just so i could afford cigarettes and socks, but the repair business was never "licensed".

I dare any recruiter at Prime to take care of their crippled mother full-time, while also handling the death and legal affairs of their father. If thats not enough, add 50 cows to manage, and 100 acres to maintain (baling hay, fixing fence lines, cutting intrusive brush, castrating calves, and that's not ecen HALF the work).

I really expected the recruiter that emailed me to be a bit understanding, but I guess not. I consider it a slap in the face after all the crap I went through during that time-period of tragedy and struggle.

 

I'm not sure how I could do that. After my father died, the ranch went into her name, not mine. And when I round up a cow to sell to the stockyard, the check is issued to her and then she gives me my percentage. Aside from that, it's a small family operation that doesn't involve alot of paperwork unfortunately. Tragic thing is that I looked at the lack of paperwork as a bonus, and now it's going to become a deathnail to getting a job. Jesus, when did this country get so #### stupid that companies automatically assume youre lazy or unstable when in fact I was working my ### off trying to bury my fathers, pay his debts, and barely able to take care of my crippled mother or myself. No one gives two craps about the realities of life anymore, they just wanna see a pretty statistic on a paper and pretend that number means everything about a person.

 

I had no idea they would be so quick to judge me as opposed to asking me about the time period and trying to inquire about the situation. If I was an employer, that's what I'd do...I wouldn't just automatically show them the door. Here's the funny thing..they told me I was pre-hired in an earlier email, and then they asked about the lapse in official employment, and suddenly I was given a quick email telling me good luck in my future job-hunting. I could understand if I had spent those months being lazy and playing video games, but for gods sake I was handling a herd of cows and carrying my mother to the bathroom, 7 days a week. It feels like a real slap in the face considering all the crap I went through and how hard I had to struggle. It was hell of a lot harder than driving a truck or working in factory, I'll tell you that.

 

Thanks Pete, I'll see what I can do towards that