Title: Hi,<p>I&#x27;ve been unemployed for a while and recently got an $8 an hour job through Kelly services. The name of the company is called Juno Pacific in Santa Cruz. I did excellent work, got along with everyone and had nothing but praise from my immediate supervisor. She jokingly said &#x27;good job ,you deserve a raise&#x27; and other such comments regularly.
When I was quizzed at the little testing stations I worked at I did fine. It was easy rote work.<p>We had a meeting yesterday where the upper management ( who I had never met ) called in all the workers in my shift and told us about the productivity incentive program.<p>The productivity incentive program is this:
If you give the company any ideas that make them more money you are rewarded with a pizza party and you get to spin a cardboard cut out wheel that has &#x27;big prizes&#x27; like a $25 amazon gift certificate. The grand prize of the cardboard cut out wheel is an ipad.<p>The manager mentioned one example of a single employee that thought up an idea that saved them $5000 a month. Presumably this person was rewarded with a pizza party and got to spin the cardboard cut out wheel and claim their prize.<p>The manager said that he would like to see each employee come up with at least 3 ideas.<p>I raised my hand and said that &quot;if anyone here can make the company an additional $5000 a month you should treat them as a consultant and simply write them a check for $1000&quot;. I also said that the incentive program as is is a bit &quot;maddening&quot; and silly. I also mentioned that I&#x27;ve seen this kind of thing before at companies while implying that its simply not fair. After the meeting was over a few other employees expressed gratitude because its what they were thinking as well.<p>Today I was fired without notice. The person that was given the responsibility to notify me didn&#x27;t give any reason except that my &#x27;outburst was inexcusable&#x27; and that the decision came from upper management.
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