I'm out.

[errantember]

Our entire US team got axed today. After hearing about troyisburning's recent shaft, I'm grateful for the fairly dignified treatment and decent severance I got. Now that it's over, I'm significantly less stressed than I was before. I'm sure I'll be ok, but naturally it's shocking to be without a steady paycheck for the first time in nine years.

Comments

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Crap. At least they allowed you to keep your dignity, more or less.
Let me know if you need anything I can help with. *smooch*

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Hopefully this means I'll have more time for a visit.

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

Now there's a silver lining I hadn't thought of. :P I say you should come up for a visit, and I can console you, or at least distract the hell out of you! ;)

[troyisburning.livejournal.com]

Damn, that sucks! Sorry, Scott!

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My situation is way better than yours. I worry about you and the clan there in Knoxville.

[darthbecca.livejournal.com]

:) We're a clan. Sweet.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

If you hadn't moved to Knoxville, you might still be a Nuclear Family.

Once you got bees in the boonies, you became a clan.

[kiki39.livejournal.com]

Wow, sorry to hear it. At least the worst is over. :( *hugs*

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

:(
Glad the stress is over, but still. At least there was severance.
Fortunately, October and January are the big months for finding new work. Good luck to us both.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
Where did you get the info about job searching?

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

Not sure - it's an old piece of wisdom, probably from a job hunting book.

[dj-warhammer.livejournal.com]

That really does suck, but at least you were smart about it and are about as prepared as anyone can be. You'll be fine.

Go watch "Office Space" now!

[bramblekite.livejournal.com]

One door has closed....time to find the next open one.

*hugs*

Better than survivor guilt any day.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I've been the survivor in the last 8 or 9 layoffs, and considering how badly fucked the remaining people will be, I can honestly say I'm glad I'm not one of them.

Thanks for the hug. Sorry I missed on for you at dinner yesterday. I never fully migrated down to that end of the table.

[bramblekite.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I missed you, too...I got to chatting with folks on one end and you were on the other, also enjoying good conversations, I'm sure. Some nights are like that. Hopefully we'll end up at the same part of the table at one of these things soon. I always enjoy hearing about what you're up to.

[spottedvasa.livejournal.com]

Oh, man! Well, it was obviously nothing personal. I'll definitely be watching with interest whatever you decide to do next.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Cool graphic! It's very you.

The fact that the whole team got axed will definitely help in future interviews. It won't help the company, which, from my limited understanding of how badly their choices were in the layoff, will be royally fucked for some time to come.

[spottedvasa.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Picked up several cute icons today.

[agua-miel.livejournal.com]

Oh shit Scott. *hugs* I'm sorry :(

[errantember.livejournal.com]

Thank you sweetie!

I miss you. I often see people who look a little like you and think about you. I hope things are going well where you are.

[agua-miel.livejournal.com]

Things are well. I miss you too and hopefully we can see each other again. You would love Portland.

[virgogrrl77.livejournal.com]

Scott I'm so sorry to hear about this. :( Hugs to you.

[bouncyone.livejournal.com]

*hugs*