# In which scott evil thanks his lucky stars: he escaped the axe today

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**Created:** [October 4, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-scott-evil-thanks-his-lucky-stars-he-escaped-the-axe-today/130889 "2002-10-04T20:49:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-scott-evil-thanks-his-lucky-stars-he-escaped-the-axe-today/130889/1 "2002-10-04T20:49:36Z")

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Some of you may recall one or two threads in which I bitched about the office layoff rumor telephone game (probably posted early this summer).

Well, it finally happened. I had a strange feeling about it last night, and this morning when I left the house, I realized I’d forgotten to shave. I thought, “Shit, now I’m going to look all scruffy when they can me.”

First sign of trouble: around 9:45 this morning, I went out for a smoke and saw a guy I often see on the bus waiting at the bus shelter to go home. Then I pass someone high-up (but very friendly) from Marketing in the parking lot. “Is is safe to go in yet?” she asked me. I was like, “Huh? Why wouldn’t it be?” Her reply: “There’s going to be layoffs today.”

Then, a long managers’ meeting, in which we were all kept in suspense. Upon emerging from the meeting, _every single one_ of the managers explained what was going on to their respective groups - **EXCEPT _MY_ GROUP’S MANAGER**. :mad: This really pissed all of us off. We had to get our info by eavesdropping over cubes and finally a memo on the company intranet.

In any case, my division lost a few people, my department one, and my group (six people plus chickenshit manager) no one.

I am SO relieved it’s over.

I’m also weirded out by the fact that I just _knew_ inside as early as yesterday afternoon that something was going to go down today. :eek:

Then again, I also _knew_ my former, fat lazy boss was going to get the boot a week before it (mercifully) happened last year.

_phew_