DregAddict
Well-Known Member
Just got the news today that I've got 90 days left at my job and then that's it. And it's not a cost cutting thing, or eliminating positions thing either. The entire company is going out of business and about 100 people will be losing their jobs.
I'm lucky enough to have saved a decent amount, so I've got a pretty decent cushion built up for this exact reason. Also, I've already lined up one interview with a new company and definitely will be pulling out all my networking skills to get more interviews scheduled. On top of that I've got a SWMBO that is really supportive and has a great job of her own.
What really sucks is that I am the manager of my department and I have about 20 people working under me. It fell on me to inform them all of the news. A lot of these people are working multiple jobs to support their families, so they won't qualify for any unemployment when we close. Others are just college kids trying to work their way through school. They'll have a hell of a time finding new jobs that will work with their class schedules since the semester has already started. I have a 53 year old guy that works for me that had two jobs as of two weeks ago because he needed the extra income. He has been admitted to the hospital twice in the last year from being overstressed and exhausted, so his doctor told him to cut out one job and just live off less money(I guess it's better than working yourself to death). So he quit his other job and stayed on with us. Now I have to lay him off.
****ty, ****ty situation.
I'm lucky enough to have saved a decent amount, so I've got a pretty decent cushion built up for this exact reason. Also, I've already lined up one interview with a new company and definitely will be pulling out all my networking skills to get more interviews scheduled. On top of that I've got a SWMBO that is really supportive and has a great job of her own.
What really sucks is that I am the manager of my department and I have about 20 people working under me. It fell on me to inform them all of the news. A lot of these people are working multiple jobs to support their families, so they won't qualify for any unemployment when we close. Others are just college kids trying to work their way through school. They'll have a hell of a time finding new jobs that will work with their class schedules since the semester has already started. I have a 53 year old guy that works for me that had two jobs as of two weeks ago because he needed the extra income. He has been admitted to the hospital twice in the last year from being overstressed and exhausted, so his doctor told him to cut out one job and just live off less money(I guess it's better than working yourself to death). So he quit his other job and stayed on with us. Now I have to lay him off.
****ty, ****ty situation.