# Woo Hoo I just got laid off **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016 "2012-09-27T13:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/1 "2012-09-27T13:50:25Z")
About an hour ago. I am bouncing around happy. Those people suck and I am so happy to be out of there and moving on to the next part of my life. Somebody may want to bookmark this thread when two months from now I post another one bitching about no jobs, but for right now, I’m happy. And I’m never happy. I just want to get a temp job and start working somewhere. I’ve been looking for direct hire jobs for a good year and there aren’t any so I’m not going to just sit around waiting. Being the Xmas season, I might just pick up a retail job and work my nuts off for a couple months. I’m excited about the possibilities in the world. I was sooo sick of that job, hated the people, hated the culture. I’m printing out some resumes and I’m starting to pound the pavement right now. Hell, I didn’t wake up and shower and shave for nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/2 "2012-09-27T14:17:20Z")
Congratulation! I wish you well in this new and exciting time in your life. The world is now your oyster. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/3 "2012-09-27T14:19:06Z")
Congrats! Hope a better door opens for you next time! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/4 "2012-09-27T14:45:14Z")
Good luck - here’s hoping the next job is better. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/5 "2012-09-27T14:46:55Z")
Congratulations on being rid of that place and those people! Good for you! Nothing but sincere best wishes as you move forward to the next great adventure of your life. I’m certain your positive attitude is going to prove a great asset in the days ahead, keep up the good work! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/6 "2012-09-27T15:05:52Z")
Gratz…! (obligatory link to “Better Things” by The Kinks) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec4yHxmlARU) (warning! It has sound! Honest! 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/7 "2012-09-27T15:41:26Z")
Whooo, congrats! You can sing this song with me!! [Gary U.S. Bonds - Out Of Work - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKxfxixwdXE) Gary U.S. Bonds, of course. 🙂 When I got laid off, I was glad to go. I’m not in a super-tough spot, MrTao is covering things, so it still sucks but the time off was good for many things, including training the new puppy, so it wasn’t all bad. 6 months later I’m itching to get back in, and this whole time I’ve been trying to g+et back to the same job area. But I recently realized that my blood pressure going up during my work there was NOT just ‘you’re getting old’, as it’s back down to super-low levels now. And every time I talk to someone there, they talk about how much WORSE and stressful it is there now, which amazes me, 'cause it was pretty bad morale-wise anyway. So I’m looking elsewhere, and yep it’s freeing! Good luck, and congratulations 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/8 "2012-09-27T16:31:35Z")
The good thing about temping, if you decide you are not a good fit for the job, you just call your office and tell them, and they try to find you a different placement. Sometimes they like to know if the job people are assholes about something, or request impossibilities. Back when I was temping in the late 90s, I always managed to get to do envelope stuffing for the advertising office of one of the local humane societies. Nobody else liked it, it was too boring and repetitive, but the people there were sweethearts and it was always a quiet peaceful boring 8 hours of pay for typically a week at a time =) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/9 "2012-09-27T17:43:22Z")
Congratulations, **diggerwam!** I do temp work too (I have an assignment starting up next Monday again), and there is something very freeing about knowing that your job has an end date - that you’re not stuck there for the rest of your life (or maybe that’s just me). If you are looking for a permanent job, temping is the way to go, too - people get to know you and your work and you get to know them, and you can make a better judgement on if it’s a good fit. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/10 "2012-09-27T21:45:24Z")
I understand your joy, but am unsure why you added the word “off” at the end of your thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/11 "2012-09-27T21:48:42Z")
I’m just glad that he added the words “Who Hoo”. It _makes_ the thread title! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/12 "2012-09-27T21:50:20Z")
Yeah, the thread title was great. Good luck and congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-just-got-laid-off/636016/13 "2012-09-28T01:49:01Z")
Congrats! I’ve been laid off twice. The first time was a fantastic opportunity. It took me about three years at the new company to work my way into the right position, and the next 7 were amazing. Then they downsized. New company took me about two years to get into the right role. It’s starting to look really promising again…if we don’t go out of business next year. Good luck with the next step! -D/a