I'm being laid off
Fuck. I never seem to post in this thing when I've got good news, do I?
But, yeah, I'm losing my job by June, probably. It was really sudden. At around 1:30 the leads all got notice and started herding us towards the Online Theatre up past Human Resources. They didn't even have chairs or anything set up, just left a couple hundred of us stand around and wait for someone to come and tell us what the hell was up. Then a suit from the Montreal office came in and let us know that all of our jobs are being outsourced and we're being let go, but they'd like our help through the transition period and blah blah blah. There was no real warning, just BAM!
I really don't know how I'm feeling right now. Still kind of numb. Angry and a more than a little upset, but unsure how I should react. This has been eight years of my life and it's just being taken away with a ten minute meeting and two pieces of paper. I've worked for this company since I was just out of high school, I don't know anything else. I'm scared.
And I kept it cool pretty much all day, 'cause who wants to freak out in front of all those people? Not me. But I got home and got onto Facebook to tell my roommates and that's when I kind of broke down. They've both gone back up north, so I'm alone in the house right now, and I was worried what happens after I don't have an income. It was when Mike and Jen said it wouldn't matter, that I could stay even if I couldn't pay rent that I got kind of emotional. Because I didn't know how worried about that I was til after it was addressed. Just, fuck. I don't want to have to move back in with my parents. I'm so, so, so grateful to them. Seriously, they're some of the very best people and I'm blessed to have them as friends.
So I've had a bit of time to think, 'cause I'd picked up overtime before the announcement and had to sit through the whole of a ten hour shift. I've decided I'm gonna stick it out til the end and take my severance package and go on unemployment. After that I might look for a job or go to college. I never meant working there to be a permanent, I always meant to go to school, but never quite managed to move on. I'll try and treat this as a good thing. I'm still young yet, my situation isn't quite so dire as some of my co-worker's who're closer to retirement. Maybe if I think positive thoughts as hard as I can I'll start to feel it.
But, yeah, I'm losing my job by June, probably. It was really sudden. At around 1:30 the leads all got notice and started herding us towards the Online Theatre up past Human Resources. They didn't even have chairs or anything set up, just left a couple hundred of us stand around and wait for someone to come and tell us what the hell was up. Then a suit from the Montreal office came in and let us know that all of our jobs are being outsourced and we're being let go, but they'd like our help through the transition period and blah blah blah. There was no real warning, just BAM!
I really don't know how I'm feeling right now. Still kind of numb. Angry and a more than a little upset, but unsure how I should react. This has been eight years of my life and it's just being taken away with a ten minute meeting and two pieces of paper. I've worked for this company since I was just out of high school, I don't know anything else. I'm scared.
And I kept it cool pretty much all day, 'cause who wants to freak out in front of all those people? Not me. But I got home and got onto Facebook to tell my roommates and that's when I kind of broke down. They've both gone back up north, so I'm alone in the house right now, and I was worried what happens after I don't have an income. It was when Mike and Jen said it wouldn't matter, that I could stay even if I couldn't pay rent that I got kind of emotional. Because I didn't know how worried about that I was til after it was addressed. Just, fuck. I don't want to have to move back in with my parents. I'm so, so, so grateful to them. Seriously, they're some of the very best people and I'm blessed to have them as friends.
So I've had a bit of time to think, 'cause I'd picked up overtime before the announcement and had to sit through the whole of a ten hour shift. I've decided I'm gonna stick it out til the end and take my severance package and go on unemployment. After that I might look for a job or go to college. I never meant working there to be a permanent, I always meant to go to school, but never quite managed to move on. I'll try and treat this as a good thing. I'm still young yet, my situation isn't quite so dire as some of my co-worker's who're closer to retirement. Maybe if I think positive thoughts as hard as I can I'll start to feel it.