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I know how that feels, I was laid off on the 14th of November, got an email that said IMPORTANT MEETING at 10:00 in the conference room. I was pretty sure what it was about, as soon as I walked in he said today if officially your last day. I was the last American in our department, the rest are all from India. They had HR on the conference call to tell me what happening, I also got the week a year severance (only 10 years) 240hours of PTO and my 10% for employee stock purchase returned. I found another job on the 4th of December. But yeah it is a kick in the nads, no insurance for 90 days, have to change over the 401k and all the other great things associated with it. Shows just how valuable I was to them, oh well it's over with and done. Good luck and remember it's not too bad and at least the first of the year is good time to find a new position. Archerman | |||
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That really sucks to lose a job this time of the year. The economy is good and you should find an even better one soon! | |||
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Yeah I feel ya. I learned about 11 years with the same company and then hearing the phrase "your position has been eliminated" that you can't count on anything. — Pissed off beats scared every time… - Frank Castle | |||
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I was in the private sector for 30 years, most of the time wondering if I was going to be laid off, and was a few times. It sucks. I think most layoffs are caused by incompetence or poor planning and execution at executive levels. Thinking is what executives are paid to do, and some of them simply let their shit explode and then bail with a parachute before they go to the next company to destroy it too. All the times I've been laid off all my performance reviews were somewhere between excellent and exemplary, but in the end, performance doesn't matter in poorly run companies. On the more uplifting side, I agree with what everyone else is saying, you should land nicely with your resume and time off. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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Definitely sucks, but in the big scheme of things, I think they did you a favor. Best of luck, you should be able to find something decent. | |||
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20 years and they end the relationship via telephone? Sounds very cowardly to me. They did you a favor. 2018 will bring new opportunities and prosperity for you. | |||
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Go to work for their biggest competitor. ______________________________ Men who carry guns for a living do not seek reward outside of the guild. The most cherished gift is a nod from his peers. | |||
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| Don't burn the day away |
two top reps have resigned and there more to follow. | |||
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UPDATE My last day was 1-1-18, I signed my severance package which pays me 20 weeks, received my PTO of 192 hours and started a job search. I just got home from Dallas and believe I have found the company I want to work for, I had six interviews yesterday including four with VP`S and really liked them, the company and culture. They all told me multiple people from the largest account I handled in my old job called them, texted them and emailed them. I`m getting chills typing this knowing these people cared about me enough to provide with personal and professional references. I know realize how broken the culture was at my old company, two of my former coworkers resigned and misery reigns and honestly i`m glad i am gone. The guy that that ended with up much of my responsibility is struggling and has called me no less than 20 times. I`ll help him until I get my check and once that is in the bank I`m done- no contact period. Thanks Sig forum members for the comments and advice and I will update keep you updated. I have a meeting this week with a local guy from the potential new company as a formality and I hope to have an offer next week. I do have a friend at this new company and she told me I crushed the interviews and I`m the number 1 candidate. So god willing I get this job, bank the bonus/severance and do a job for people I respect. | |||
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| Man Once Child Twice |
Good for you man!! | |||
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Keeping fingers crossed for you.  Q | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I am so happy for you. That other people would call on your behalf speaks volumes. Some day, you're going to wish you were RIF'd much sooner. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Great news liner. I truly hope it works out. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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Outstanding! Hope this comes through. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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| Live long and prosper  |
Excellent! Keeping fingers crossed. 0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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NICE JOB !!!! My only advice at this point is - don't get sloppy at this point with the new company. When you do the local visit / work-ride - be just as polished as you were on Day One. In other words -- Stay Sharp!! Good luck! ----------------------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Good luck with this potential new job! ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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Excellent and good work. It's really nice your efforts were noticed by your previous customers. "They all told me multiple people from the largest account I handled in my old job called them, texted them and emailed them." Looking back- These were opportunities and I've done better after each. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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Excellent news! Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Fingers crossed that this new job will come through and you will end up MUCH better off than before your previous employer did you the favor of sending in search of a much better place to work. Take a moment to consider that if multiple people from one of your customers went out of their way to let a potential employer know that they should hire you, you must have done a damn fine job taking care of them. | |||
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