# Lay Offs - Here we go again, and Merry Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340 "2008-12-16T02:30:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/21 "2008-12-16T20:32:29Z")
A friend of mine took a job in Oct. 2007, and got laid off two months later in December. He finally found another job in the spring, and just got laid off again last week. Two shitty Christmases in a row for him and his family. Here’s to things getting better for all in '09. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/22 "2008-12-16T21:58:01Z")
Sorry to hear your news. Good luck with the job hunt! ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/23 "2008-12-16T22:22:15Z")
I’m really sorry to hear that. I can give you some hope, though. I got laid off at the end of September, and just today, I got a job offer. It’s a little bit less than I was making, but it’s in a smaller city, too. And I’m expecting another offer in another city by the end of the week. And I work in newspapers, possibly the most hopeless industry there is! So I’m sure you’ll do at least as well as I did. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/24 "2008-12-18T01:08:42Z")
I had a phone conversation with a VP today. He’s interested in meeting me next week for a lunch conversation: details to follow. (Fingers crossed.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/25 "2008-12-18T01:35:42Z")
That’s wonderful news! Sending lucky thoughts your way! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/26 "2008-12-18T10:17:11Z")
Best of luck! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/27 "2008-12-18T13:14:22Z")
Sorry about the layoff and best of luck with your conversation. My company is going to do layoffs in January - no idea how deep - so we get to go through Christmas with the knife over our heads. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/28 "2008-12-18T13:41:00Z")
I got laid off over a year ago and I have not yet found _steady_ employment. It’s scary and it sucks and if you have dependents it’s even worse. OK, you probably know what to do - cut back on what you don’t need, draw up and stick to a budget, and keep putting one foot in front of the other. Personally, my circumstances are much reduced, but we’re hanging in there. It’s not hopeless, it only seems that way sometimes. Good luck with the job search, I hope yours is more successful than mine has been. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/29 "2008-12-18T15:15:35Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I got laid off over a year ago and I have not yet found _steady_ employment. It’s scary and it sucks and if you have dependents it’s even worse. > > OK, you probably know what to do - cut back on what you don’t need, draw up and stick to a budget, and keep putting one foot in front of the other. > > Personally, my circumstances are much reduced, but we’re hanging in there. It’s not hopeless, it only seems that way sometimes. > > Good luck with the job search, I hope yours is more successful than mine has been. I think about you often…and I do hope yours is soon successful. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/30 "2009-01-07T03:31:10Z")
New Year update: I have a telephone interview tomorrow, and a lunch interview on Friday. “Always look on the bright side of life, whooo hooo, whooo hooo!” ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/31 "2009-01-07T03:33:44Z")
Good for you! _crosses fingers_ Let us know how it goes! We could all use some good news I think. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/32 "2009-01-07T06:11:13Z")
Great news! Good luck! I hope things work out well for you. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/33 "2009-01-07T07:10:11Z")
If this is taken as a hijack, I apologize in advance; however it seems related. A friend of mine just got laid off the Friday AFTER Christmas. He worked the entire day, then they called 20% of the staff in and said goodbye. No severence, no nothing. He’d been there 12 years! So I ask this: IYO which is worse to be laid off BEFORE Christmas making it a sad event? OR being laid off AFTER Christmas after you may have spent money that you ordinarily wouldn’t have had you know there was a layoff pending? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/34 "2009-02-18T05:50:36Z")
I don’t like to resurrect zombies, but I’m still looking for work and it sucks. The problem now is that I’m competing with about 6,000 other people laid off in this (Ottawa) area. This is starting to really suck. I need gainful employment really soon or … I don’t even want to go there… Fuck! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340/35 "2009-02-18T06:12:31Z")
Keep pushing, keep looking for new ways to look, and network. I’ve got a whole file box full of files, each about a job or a headhunter. There are lots of X-ed off ones (ultimately, the answer was “No”), but there are still more unresolved ones than X’s. And I think I have a couple of very strong possibilities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lay-offs-here-we-go-again-and-merry-christmas/477340.md?page=1)