This is when it sucks to be right.

[constance]

I got laid off today.

The management called eight of us into the boardroom this morning, and laid us off en masse, and then each of us was assigned a manager to escort us to our desks (to pack our things) and then to our cars. We saw no one, spoke to no one apart from our assigned managers. It was altogether the most degrading, humiliating experience I've undergone, and I was so furious I actually said something to that effect to the entire management crew--though to tell you the truth, I don't remember quite what that something was, and of course I doubt the words had much effect.

I am less furious and more just generally upset, now.

And so now I have to start buckling down to the job hunt in earnest. Wish me luck, and let me know if you hear about anything, okay?

Comments

[venivincere]

Fucking assholes! This exact thing happened to me on Friday, March 28, 2003.

What do you do? We're looking for data managers in our clinical trials office, if you want to do cancer research. If you're looking for something more local, give me your resume and I'll help you brainstorm. Toward the end of my year being laid off, I got really creative thinking about the kind of jobs I had a chance at if I applied for them. *hugs you*

*hugs you again*

[tofty.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing, the appalling behavior people get away with in the name of corporate "health?" I don't know how some people can sleep at night, even if Reengineering the Corporation tells them that it's okay to behave like utter creeps.

I spent the past year and a half as a software tester, but before that I was a network and database administrator for six years. I really do want to try and stay in Georgia, if I can, but I recognize that might not be a possibility--so I'll keep your offer in mind, and if nothing here pans out, I might get in touch with you, if that's okay?

Mmmm, hugs. *leans in for more*

[venivincere]

I'm at your service, if you need me. And if you do end up coming up here, you've got my living-room fold-out bed for as long as you need till you find a place. :-)