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Ah well, I guess I can open up those protected entries from the last week now.

I've just been laid off.

Now to decide what to do next.

Mood::

sad

Music:: none

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Sympathies, man.

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Good luck. My immediate suggestion would be, depending on your tastes, to go to either your favorite pub or a nice restaurant and indulge yourself a little bit.

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Nope - we need to deliver three chapters of the book by tomorrow. I shall go home and write.

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Write, deliver - and *then* go to the pub.

Sorry to hear this, Simon. I can't remember a time in my life when I've known more bright, talented, experienced people who've lost their jobs. Knowing it's happening on both sides of the Atlantic is no comfort at all.

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I have to echo Jez here. The layoffs in high tech have been frighteningly stunning. There's a reason I'm happy to be in sales right now.

What bugs me more about all of this is that the current political climate is going to make things far worse before they get better. I do wonder how many geeks need to get fired before they'll stop voting for the GOP here in the States.

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Condolences, mate.

As we talked about over the weekend, this is likely to be a blessing in heavily-veiled disguise, though. Punch it on!

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Bummer, sorry to hear that Simon.

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Bummer... Well such is life at the moment... Well hope you find something soon...

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Oh crap :( Hope something works out soon.

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Oh dear, sorry to hear that.

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Cheers - keep doing the good work...

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Shit, sweetie, I'm sorry...

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If it's any consolation, the survivors won't be feeling much better right now than you are. (I've been through downsizings on both sides of the outcome and either way, it sucks.)

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As others have said - good luck.

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Really sorry to hear that :( Best of luck for the future. I hope something comes along soon.

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Massive condolences and sympathy. Fingers firmly crossed for the future.

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...and while it may be as irritating as hell to you in your current state ... my first feeling was "well, at least

sbisson has so many irons in the fire and so much technical knowledge (and contacts) that he'll fall on his feet, while if it were me I'd probably be out of work for ages and ages (and have nothing to fall back on to carry me through).

Did they at least have the decency to load you up with cash and technical junk?

Coming to the Eastercon?

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Eastercon ho! I even am on two Buffy panels.

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We've cornered the market in Buffy I think - did Mgt tell you Roz Kaveney is now coming too? Eek.
I am sorry. But it does sound like you have an incredible lot of contacts and expertise so must be pretty well placed to resurge soon. (Is there not maybe money in writing LJ software for example? i would certainly pay twenty quid or so for the thing you're coding..)

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...while if it were me...

Speaking of which ::knock wood:: how's your CV looking?
(Updating one's CV is like carrying an umbrella - a charm against the ill event that would require its use.)

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What they all said, really.

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I hope whatever you find yourself doing next is something you enjoy - and I hope it comes along as soon as you want it to.
Good luck.

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$mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)$

Been there, done that, got the T-shirts. As some others have remarked, a layoff sometimes a blessing in disguise. It's still a major pain in the arse.

The only advice I can give is to hit the ground running and treat the job hunt as a full-time job.

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Having gone through this twice in 2000 (and just missed a third time in early 2001), I can sympathise. In the long run, though, it's generally better to be laid off early than to be one of the last ones left behind. Not only is it depressing to work in a company that's slowly going under, but there may not be enough money left to pay redundancy for the last ones out the door.

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Sorry to hear it.

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What they said. There really is far too much of this sort of thing going on at the moment. :<

Don't let them grind you down, it might be just the thing to get you thinking about what you really want, etc. etc. For all you know you'll have another job next week and a big sack of redundancy cash to spend on toys - hey, it happened to me last year and you seem a lot more employable...

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sympathy and hugs. I hope you'll look on the bright side (you know, the one everyone will tell you about!) and take some time to relax, reconsider and rejuvenate. Then re-employment.

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Erp, that sucks.

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Shit.

Sorry.

*hugs*

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Bugger. Sympathies on that....

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Ummm... what they all said.

:-(

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Oh ick. I'm tired of this happening to everyone I know. Good luck and hugs.

MKK

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Dude, that sucks. *heh* Not bad for a poet.

I second (fifteenth?) the recommendation for good food and good drinks and wish you the best of luck...

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Sorry to hear that. Good luck, and I'll watch out for anything that sounds appropriate for you.

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Sympathies dear heart. But let's face it, even if they had decided to keep you, after all those layoffs the stress would have been hideous.

And a man of your calibre won't be left for long...

Moz
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.303 (Good and old-fashioned!)

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What they all said.

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Sorry to hear this Steve.

Best of luck, ...

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Sorry to hear this. I hope something good comes along, and soon.

MC

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%&*#@% !
Sorry to hear that.
Next? Good food, good beer/chocolate. Have fun at Eastercon.

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Sorry to hear that. It's really shitty in IT at the mo but the jobs are there if you're prepared to aim low. Also, it's probably the best time of year to be job hunting - there's usually a peak of interest around Easter.

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*sigh*

Happy hunting. Hope you got some lovely parting gifts.

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