I'm being transferred SUDDENLY

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Omg. I don't know what to do. I'm in the middle of a financial situation that is becoming resolved and the people at my job TRANSFER me next week!! I've worked in this other restaurant once before and it's a chaotic, ill-managed NIGHTMARE. I've worked at my current restaurant for 18 months!! I know people, have sort of friends....


AGH, but at the same time I want to be done at my current place because it's slow and boring and people don't care very much and socialize way too much. The restaurant I'm transferring to is BUSY, too busy to slack off mostly.

Only highlight is the GM of the place I'm transferring to knows me. I'm so scared this change will undo me, I've been in survival mode so long, that's the only mode I knew and now I have the promise of more hours but will they give me more!? Will I still get the same $ I'm used to now!? I'm absolute s**t at planning my finances and my parents can't help because they'd just completely take them over and give me an allowance.


How does one prepare for a sudden job transfer? I want to ask for a raise, am I helping them out or are they "solving a problem" with me!? How do I ask this without being obnoxious!?

Should this be in WOrk and finding a job? lol I'm bitching so much I put it in the Haven.

help with sudden changes?? I have Monday and Tuesday off completely from all job/work obligations, what should I do those two days to prepare for this change? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!!

Yikes, I hate when that happens! I sincerely sympathize with your plight, the last time that happened to me a boss called me at home on a Saturday night and told me I had to be in a new city Monday morning. "Oh, just leave all your stuff and somebody can send it to you later," she says.

That did not happen.

I'd tell you just to try not to obsess over it, take a few deep breaths, assume your best zen calm, let the chaos wash over you and just walk through it until you come out the other side. Which is to say, just go through the motions for the time being and in a month or so, the new situation will have established itself as a routine and you won't feel so panicky about it. You at least have the advantage of knowing the person you'll be working for, for whatever that's worth, and you're not walking into a completely unfamiliar environment.

It certainly would have been better if you'd had more notice - like six months' worth - to get used to the idea (or look for another job), or better yet, an actual choice. You'll survive this, even if you have to come home and scream into a pillow for the first few weeks. Good luck!

So not really doing very well with this sudden change. Thought I was alright but today I went in to work and the GM wasn't there to open so it was just 6-7 people standing in the parking lot waiting to get into the restaurant. I told them I lived 10 mins away and call me if they still needed me. They called, I haven't called back and I'm stuck.

I desperately need the money but my stress level has reached a point where I'm shutting down. I just laid on my couch for 2 hours not sleeping not really doing anything... so tired from this whole thing. I don't know how an NT person would react to being transferred with less than a week's notice. Maybe I'm doing okay by autistic standards. Either way, I've got to find a new job really soon before my good references at my old store fade away...