Well, It happened. Economic hardship has forced my company to lay off more people, myself included. Layoffs started in June of last year, happened again in February and once again yesterday. Judging by the way things are run over there, I suspect that there will be more in the near future. Each time there has been layoffs our small department seems to have taken the brunt. What was once a department of 16 has been whittled down to 6.
So now I’m unemployed. I admit I’m glad to be rid of that place for good — Lord knows I’ve been bitching about it for far too long. The work was unchallenging, dull, and things took forever to get approved/accomplished due to corporate politics and BS! But there’s the other side of me that is really going to miss the people I’ve come to know over the last four years. If it hadn’t been for my coworkers, I would have quit a long time ago. I’m blessed to have had such great friends at work. They’ve seen me grow from a fresh-out-of school student to a full-time professional. I’m really going to miss everyone so very much! I love you guys!
I really need to find new work quickly, and with the Rochester economy being so crappy, I think I’ll be looking all over New York state. This layoff is a huge blow to our finances and the piddly severance isn’t even going to cover me till the end of the month. Unemployment will help, but it looks like I won’t be able to save for our honeymoon anymore. I just hope Mike will be able to tack me on to his insurance or we may be going to the justice of the peace.
OK, enough of my pity party. Things are all going to work out for the better and maybe I’ll find a job that I actually like. So as Odd Todd would say, “Have faith, be positive, and send any lucrative business deals here!!”
