Another round of layoffs.
Sometimes being in IT sucks. I knew yesterday that two of my friends/co-workers were getting canned today and could not say anything to them.
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Another round of layoffs.
Sometimes being in IT sucks. I knew yesterday that two of my friends/co-workers were getting canned today and could not say anything to them.
The only thing worse than that is having to do the deed yourself. :punchout:
Hang in there!
Yeah, it sucks! Big time. I got let go on Monday. 10 plus years with the same company, promotions, top awards. Now back to interviewing!! I have not done that in over 10 years!!::BaHump::Quote:
Originally Posted by HudsonHawk
Thanks, I appreciate the support.
For those people who have never had to do this. Imagine having to spend a whole day with a good friend you know is about to die only you are forbidden from giving any indication its going to happen. And they have no idea. Then try to look them in the eye after they find out you knew all along it was going to happen.
Sorry to hear that, Alan. That's two people I know personally that were laid off this week. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by smartmx5
Sorry to hear that. It sucks being out of work in this economy. Good luck on the job hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by smartmx5
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Originally Posted by Rogue
Yep, I had to let go of a VERY GOOD employee yesterday. VERY hard to do when they are a good employee and also a friend with a family. ::Rant::
Man that sucks. I had to play dumb with a friend of mine a while back... lunch that day was very tense. We all tried to yuk it up, but we knew what was coming.
Having said that... getting let go sucks too - been there, done that. Good luck with your job hunt!
I heard it on NPR today that the unemployment rate may hit 20% if the Fed can not get the act together and fast enough!
I had to go through that a couple of weeks ago. A friend/co-worker got let go and I couldn't say anything to him. To make it even worse they new he didn't have a car, because he shared a car with his wife who decided to divorce him 2 days prior, and had to get a taxi to come in just to fire him and then make him pay for a taxi to go back home.
These are scary times we're living in. Hope everyone keeps their jobs. I've been layed off, worked for a company that filed bankruptcy (after 6 weeks without a paycheck) and another that relocated their offices. Never any fun.
I have been laid off also. The company I worked for was absorbed into another company and 2000 of 2200 of us lost our jobs.
I was part of the last round of cuts at Sabre after Thanksgiving last year after 20 years!
And, Yes, I am looking, too.
Sorry to hear that, Gabby. :(
This week sucked. Thank God it's over.
Monday I got an email that I had a 1:1 with the boss on Tuesday. My BDM (Business Development Manager) I'm teamed with got one as did another teammate. The rest of the team did not. While waiting a set of emails went out Tuesday morning for all hands meetings. FOUR sets of them covering different cities around the US and India. Not good.
I stayed. My BDM did not. My other team mate and I got new assignments and mine ended up being a plum one, but I'm still sad for my BDM and other friends that got hit. 1000 folks. 1000 more coming but it's through the other parts of the company now that our side is done.
This sucks. I'm handy with editing resumes if you guys (cone-cerned, smartmx5, & wrx74 ) need a hand.
RJ
Sorry to here of the bad luck going around. I guess I need to quit complaining about missing some car events..........I least I have a job.
I hear you guy and gals.
My dad, construction/contractor, has been pretty much out of a job for 4 months. He's had a couple small renovation/fix up projects here and there but nothing steady.
My stepmom has been out of a job for almost 8 months. She is a CPA that was working as the director of finance for a major hospital group in NJ. I remember I spoke to her on a Tuesday and she mentined how there is a lot of work and some new projects starting up. Then my dad called me on Friday to ask a computer question and after speaking with him, he put my stepmom on the phone. She told me they let her go during a friendly lunch meeting with her boss and his supervisor. Her boss got let go the following week.
More to my story, that lay off from the oil company was in 1986. I was vested in the retirement plan, that came in handy when I turned 60. Within two months, I got a job teaching math and science in a small school district in Texas. In 2006, I retired from teaching. Now, I do a little light housework, cook, keep grandkids and play with my cars. Not a bad life. Well, so long a the wife keeps working. :-)
I haven't been laid off but I deliver pizza...so it's a bit different.
I interviewed where Mr. Jan works (was contractor there before) but who knows what will come of that.
When I was in IT doing contract work, I seemed to be looking for a new job every 6 months. It's part of the reason I got out of IT and went back to school.
I have a job at FedEx as long as I don't do anything stupid. FedEx Express operations have never had a layoff in their history. Let's hope the trend continues.
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Originally Posted by altiain
I appreciate the well wishes. I am in a great place. I have a wife that works, fully suppports me, kidless, very low debt and I am not scared to work at anything to bring in a paycheck. There are jobs out there. I have several leads and I know that in a small amount of time, I will be gainfully employed. To that end, I will be at the TDE/Apex event in May instructing. Life is still good!!!! Our industry was not necessarily hit by the economy. It was an over indulgence of representatives vs. billion dollar products. No more billion dollar products due to lack of products in pipeline means they do not need sales force. Hey it happens. I will come out of this better than I left!! I will just keep my head up high and I will look to start my own business. We will see. On the other hand, I have a 'honey do' list the length of my miata. That will definitely keep me busy.:D
Alan
I ran systems support for an office of 200 for a few years. I would usually get in to the office before 7 each morning to make sure everything was running smoothly before most of the cubicals started filling up. There was nothing I hated more than when I got in to find a voice mail from the big boss man asking me to disable network IDs for users A, B, and C by 7am. I knew what was coming, and had to play dumb when they came to me telling me that there was something wrong with their ID. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by HudsonHawk
We've been affected, my wife got laid off 3 weeks ago. Hopefully my Government job will make it through the trough times.
I worked for a company that did that. One day I could not logon::Censor:: so I just went to the "big" boss. I told him that I enjoyed working for them and would be willing to come back after thinks picked up. He looked at me with a puzzled, WFT look, then he relized what I was talking about. I had not been fired, I was moving offices.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Titus
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Originally Posted by smartmx5
That's a great attitude, I wish I had an outlook on life like that some days!
Thanks!! I can not say that I am one of those people that can simply say "It is going to be a great day", but I do know that I can control most of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower