If you read my other article, you know my husband is about to lose his job. I'm not really that upset about that, but I am upset at the way everything was handled. It was very underhanded in the whole thing. I'm upset because the people who did this won't stand up for their decisions. I'm upset because we're not supposed to tell anyone yet and when we can we're supposed to make it look like we decided to leave. I'm upset because they are holding severance over our heads to make sure that it looks like they want it to look. I'm upset because here we are supposed to continue doing what we're doing without anyone knowing anything. I'm just upset. I know that I'm falling into a slump over this, but maybe once things are all out in the open it'll be better. Unfortunately I really don't know how far down the road that is going to be. I'm just so tired of it all right now. I don't feel like publishing this to many groups so either you read it or you don't... I don't care about that either. Sorry to my connections if I'm not commenting as much as usual... I don't feel like that either.
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My prayers to you for inner peace and tranquility.
I was layed off in Nov 2007, this was after I was hired as a temp in Aug 2006, then hired full time as perm in Dec 2006 and then being layed off in Jan 2007, however I was rehired in March 2007 and then layedoff again in Nov 2007. During that whole time I worked with a layoff date being set and then changed from month to month. In Oct 2007, I scheduled a meeting with the management and proposed that in Nov I did not want to be extended again because my health and mental health was suffering. They did not like it, however they agreed.
Two months later, I am doing so much better without the stress of being layedoff hanging over my head. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
My suggestion is to start researching what you want to do next, and then do it
Chop wood, Carry water; can't do both at the same time!
This is what it means to live in a largely unregulated capitalist society. The big guys have the advantage. Elsewhere in the modern captialist world, there are more restraints, processes an employer must follow that just don't apply here. There are also benefits that just don't apply here--such as more leave time for holidays and family milestones (such as the birth of a child), national health care, and on and on and on. And all this happens for less money per capita than we pay in our various levels of taxation.
Our Corporate system likes to tell us how lucky we are. What this really means it that they appreciate very much how easy they have it. We are supposed to show loyalty to our corporations, but we should expect none in return.
The answer? Some serious changes in our political and corporate structures--certainly in the leadership of same.
OK. That's my vent.
It's problems like yours that make me glad I wrote my book which can eliminate such problems completely.
Most people here I faced with a dangerous situation of skilled labor being laid off and the only jobs available are burger king or walmart.
I speak from experience. In my husband's profession (Sports) it was not unusual to be fired but it still hurts and the upset hurts, the talk hurts, the move hurts, the tightness of money hurts but most of all it's the not knowing what is going to happen next.
Take care of you and your family. I used to call it circling the wagons and when you do that and let the job search begin, things will look better. It won't happen overnight (or maybe it will) but it will get better.
A blessing will come to you and your family
Good luck!