As seen in this thread, this was neither wholly unexpected or unwanted. It was a gruelling commute (4 hours, round trip) on a gruelling schedule (12 hour days, night shift).
Still, I am having conflicting feelings about it. On the one hand, it’s much better for me. I will get my vacation buyout, a severence package and I am eligible for unemployment assistance while looking for a new job.
On the other hand, this stings a bit. I feel worthless and unwanted and unneeded and uneasy about my prospects. And goddammit, how could they do this to me?? Don’t they know how irreplacable I am??? (I’m a recovering addict, which pretty much means I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. You’d have to be an addict to understand)
My recollection is that you hated the commute and pretty much asked them to fire you. And you were hoping you could find some way to get a severence out of the deal, which you did.
Sounds like everything you wanted came your way. Congrats!
I feel for ya, spooje. I was “downsized” about 3 years ago after 15 years with the same company. It wasn’t taotally unexpected - over a period of 2 years the company went from 220,000 employees to about 100,000. That’s a hella lotta bullets to dodge. It had nothing to do with my performance. They made sure I knew that. They eliminated my entire department. It was a business decision - one that I understand. It still stings, though. You don’t have to be a recovering addict to feel what you voiced in the OP. It’s normal. Give yourself a day or two to be mad, then get out and get on with the rest of your life.
Their loss is clearly Doper Gain.
w00t!
We expect to see you here more often posting about loads of useless frivolous subjects and killing threads. I cannot do it all myself.
I was laid off as of last Tuesday, too. It’s supposed to be a true lay-off; I expect to be called back once the tax season starts up again, and it wasn’t a surprise, but it still is a big change. If we were independently wealthy, I would just be enjoying a couple of months off. As it is, I’m gearing up my job search for something to make money at for the next two to three months. Pimp agencies, here I come.
