We've known it was going to happen, we were warned about six months ago. Julio wasn't permanent at his current job. They hired him last August and then quickly realized they didn't have enough work to keep him busy. His boss had a managing partner of the firm breathing down his neck to get Julio to fulfill his 180 hours billing per month. He didn't ever get it-not his fault. The boss wouldn't give him the work, too busy doing his own thing to bother with giving Julio stuff to do. Then they sent him to San Francisco, saying they had plenty of work there to keep him busy. But, it was the same situation-the boss was too busy to bother finding stuff for Julio or there wasn't enough work. They've been stringing him along, not allowing him to have his own files since he wasn't permanent in SF, and not giving him enough to fulfill his hours. Again, Julio was more than willing to take on whatever they gave him, but they weren't giving him the opportunity. They told him the beginning of this month that if he didn't do 150 billable hours, he would be laid off at the end of the month. Wednesday, they told him he would be let go in two weeks. That sent us spinning-what are we going to do? Julio has been applying for jobs for the past six months and nothing has come of any of it. The only logical solution is to start his own business. It makes sense, why work for someone else slaving away and not growing professionally or making good money? Why pay $500 a month to commute to a dead end job? So, we are setting the wheels in motion. They did tell us today that they will let him stay one more month, so that will give us more time to get things figured out. We've got a few options and we'll keep everyone posted. In the meantime, please pray that everything works out for us. I am hopeful, but Julio says, "I'm assured."
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Good Luck!
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