The Official Layoff Thread!!!

[day_for_night]

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i thank my lucky stars i got on with the company i did when i did (about a year ago). they're extremely financially stable (having billions in cash on hand). i've been putting in 12-14 hour days lately, so no shortage of work either. i havent complained about it once, and i dont get overtime. shitload better than the alternative...

[Dzone]

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Sorry to hear Chris, i know the UK is not a good place to be at the mom, hope things get better soon

[Dhar_2]

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i thank my lucky stars i got on with the company i did when i did (about a year ago). they're extremely financially stable (having billions in cash on hand). i've been putting in 12-14 hour days lately, so no shortage of work either. i havent complained about it once, and i dont get overtime. shitload better than the alternative...

nothing worse than being milked by the system!

[FM]

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yea I just went full-time...except that:

a) My pay probably won't go up (if it does, it'll be minuscule anyway..and it's @ 9.25/hour if you're wondering)

b) I can't be as flexible anymore in taking days off i.e. it's going to take 3-6 months minimum to now start accruing sick time, etc.

c) I don't need the health care benefits anymore...the one I'm on is far cheaper and the coverage is just as good

d) I was supposed to try and get off of weekends, now just on the night shift instead because we're about as minimally staffed as can be, short of getting near-constant OT (people left last month)

Yep. Great system we're in. Self business, here I come!

[day_for_night]

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nothing worse than being milked by the system!

its the norm in the corporate finance industry. you get bonuses that are performance based. right now my bonus is relatively small. once i've been on a couple more years, the bonuses start to more than make up for the OT. but in the meantime, i'm the bitch. gotta prove i wanna be there...

[superdave]

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I just got the news today that I'm being given a 30-day notice before I'm laid off. My last day is in February. Management wants me and others out of here, but want us to help them through a busy time.

I work in theI'm hoping I bounce back into something comparable or even better.

[hobbes2oo]

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I got the boot last Thursday, 60 days severance though. I got lucky, the state of Minnesota will pay for my school and I don't have to look for a job while collecting unemployment.

[Miroslav]

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sorry to hear that, guys. I'm still hanging in there for now...should be ok for the next few months, but with things going the way they are these days there is a lot of uncertainty in my industry... so I'm still saving up as fast as I can and looking around for other jobs (which is anything but easy...)

[DancingQueen]

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Wow, this is brutal....so many people losing their jobs

I hope those of you that have lost your jobs or will be losing them shortly find something quickly....I know times are getting rough, but hang in there!

[thezzapper]

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i did IT work for a company here in new york city for 17 1/2 years & got laid off in august. i got 26 weeks severance pay which is now gone. i recently had to cash in my retirement money way to early so that i have money to live on.

it is very hard to find work right now here in new york. i really don't know what will happen when my retirement money runs out.

waking up in the morning & having no job to go to after over 17 years really sucks. big time.

[DIDI]

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^^ Really feel for you

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

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i did IT work for a company here in new york city for 17 1/2 years & got laid off in august. i got 26 weeks severance pay which is now gone. i recently had to cash in my retirement money way to early so that i have money to live on.

it is very hard to find work right now here in new york. i really don't know what will happen when my retirement money runs out.

waking up in the morning & having no job to go to after over 17 years really sucks. big time.

yeah i am sorry to hear that m8.. stay positive and i am sure something will come up for you

[chunky]

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Nice to see Northern Rock employees get a £2000 bonus for hitting their targets. I hit my targets at work and will not receive a penny of my bonus or the pay rise I'm due for my performance. Seems Terms and Conditions Contracts aren't worth shit these days.

[nsite]

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damn so sorry guys. hadn't seen this thread in a minute...

my advice (ive been laid off twice in the last 6 years). its all about your attitude and motivation. keep at it. keep your head up. i know things seem bad now but its not forever. every job i got laid off from, the next was better. i had to go into retail (for the 1st time ever ironically) for 6 months to survive but i did.

yeah, best advice would be to start showing up early, working a bit late, and asking for more work simply to show that youare vital to your company. if you and another employee can do the same quality, you better do it in 4 days and let your boss know that you are ready for more. cuz if u dont, ur so worker will and if they earn more for the company per time period, they will be the one to keep.

this has been my strategy since I became a manager. i try to beat everyone in the my dept in EVERY morning. i keep score and i dont like losing. work through lunch everyday. schedule any appt. that can be outside of working hours. basically dont leave the office. so far its worked for me, survived 6 rounds of layoffs. who knows though...

good luck and karma to all right now!

[Cj Tari]

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Well, since me the wife and my dad own a couple of businesses i always thought that i would never have that problem with being laid off, well, i guess i was wrong, the business i run with my dad has to do with Import and Exports between the US and Mexico, mostly machinery and cars, well, its seems the Mexican government has given us the finger, since some years ago Mexico, Canada and the US worked on the Free Trade agreement, well, to make a long story short, Mexico just shut down the agreement manily on our branch of business, so since the last days of December all Auto and Machinery exports have been shut down, so practically were out of jobs until the Mexican government finds a solution to their stupid new laws.

So for now, me and my dad have been without a job since December and im practically living off of my wife's little beauty shop and of what i get on dj gigs, i really cant complaint since it hasnt been that bad lately, but still, if we go another month like this, then i think things are gonna start to get tight around here.

my neighborhood has been hit badly, a couple of years back, i really couldnt tell who my neighbors were, because most of them were working all day, but lately everytime im go pick up my son from school i get to see more and more neighbors outside of their house, doing yard work or stuff like that, it seems quite a few of them have been layed off.

sad sad times we are in.