# Time for another "I just got laid off" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264 "2009-11-12T02:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/21 "2009-11-15T16:09:02Z")
That’s horrible news in any economy, but moreso in this one. Good luck on your future hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/22 "2009-11-15T19:20:37Z")
> [@Obsidian](#): > > I was you six months ago. The company ended up loosing 1/2 million dollars in business as a result of laying me off. That felt pretty damn good, actually, no matter how morose I felt about being unemployed. I too had been a very hard worker who burned out. The company attitude was, we want everyone here filled with and motivated by fear. If you don’t appear completely desperate to keep your job, out you go. > I had four months of nothing, a slew of interviews in September and two job offers within days of each other in October. I started my new job Nov. 2 with a significant pay increase. It is getting better out there. Slowly, but it’s happening. Good luck! And file for unemployment right away, get those checks coming. We did layoffs twice last year for similar reasons, I managed to make it through, but one of my friends was let go in the first round. He said he packed up his stuff…got in his car…got halfway home…stopped the car and stood outside looking at the world with the biggest grin on his face. He thinks the company did him a favor. One of my other friends was let go later in a different round. For a few weeks she was really upset and shell shocked. But she’s also come around to believing it was time…just needed a push out the door to do something different. However, in both these cases there was severance and some resources to fall back on…I think that can make the landing a little softer. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/23 "2009-11-15T19:36:23Z")
I got laid off two years ago. Yes, I had severance and some savings… but my current poverty sucks and I have not yet found steady full time work. On the other hand, now that I’m away from my prior employment, where people were getting VERY stressed out over laid offs, restructurings, office politics, etc. I’m a lot healthier both physically and mentally. So in that respect, despite some hardship, I’m much better off than I was in some ways. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/24 "2009-11-15T22:41:14Z")
Good luck! And I have an interview on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/25 "2009-11-17T06:47:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Good luck! And I have an interview on Tuesday. _muses_ It’s not too late to kidnap you and take your place, is it? ---
**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:** [November 17, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/26 "2009-11-17T14:58:13Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > _muses_ > > It’s not too late to kidnap you and take your place, is it? No need. I muffed it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/27 "2009-11-17T23:41:30Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > No need. I muffed it. Sorry to hear it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/28 "2009-11-30T00:14:40Z")
Well, uh, damn. I just got offered my old job back. Turns out the boss underestimated the new workflow and they laid off one too many employees. I suspected as much, but I also figured the boss for one to not admit error and go back on his decisions. Go figure. It’s just as well. DES was being a right jerk about paying me unemployment. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/29 "2009-11-30T00:25:50Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Well, uh, damn. > > I just got offered my old job back. > > Turns out the boss underestimated the new workflow and they laid off one too many employees. I suspected as much, but I also figured the boss for one to not admit error and go back on his decisions. Go figure. > > It’s just as well. DES was being a right jerk about paying me unemployment. :smack: Congrats? Now save some of your income so that next time you won’t have a reason to call yourself foolish. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264/30 "2009-11-30T00:36:47Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Congrats? That…pretty much sums up how I feel about it, actually. I accepted, of course, but it’s a strange situation. > [@](#): > > Now save some of your income so that next time you won’t have a reason to call yourself foolish. Too right. This was one giant ball of wake-up call stress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-i-just-got-laid-off-thread/517264.md?page=1)