Just Got the Boot From a 7 Year Job

[willpower]

Company merged with a bigger company and the new owners want to outsource their IT Dept. Oh well, I was bored to tears. Besides, it should be a cinch getting a new gig in this economy.

 

[JustinW]

Originally Posted by willpower

Company merged with a bigger company and the new owners want to outsource their IT Dept. Oh well, I was bored to tears. Besides, it should be a cinch getting a new gig in this economy.

Sorry to hear this.

It happens (incl. to me a coupla months ago), I hope it turns out to be a blessing in disguise for you.

 

[willpower]

Originally Posted by JustinW

Sorry to hear this. It happens (incl. to me a coupla months ago), I hope it turns out to be a blessing in disguise for you.
Thank you for your kind words

Good luck to you as well.

 

[IUtoSLU]

Good luck! I hope you get to do things that you've always wanted to do.

 

[edmorel]

There are tons of part time 60K jobs available.

 

[imageWIS]

Feel free to post your info in:

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=148624

Maybe someone can assist you in finding a new job.

 

[BP348]

Originally Posted by edmorel

There are tons of part time 60K jobs available.

Could you post some links? 60K for part time? I'm all for that

 

[cchen]

Originally Posted by BP348

Could you post some links? 60K for part time? I'm all for that

 

[JayJay]

All the best...

 

[willpower]

Thanks, man. I've saved up enough dough to float for a year, although I don't want that much time off.

 

[indesertum]

Go travel some

 

[philosophe]

Sorry to hear the bad news.

 

[oscarthewild]

Much more common than you think. In our cul - de- sac, like 10 layoffs in the last 18 months. One guy was layed off twice, first company died, then second company died!

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[corporate111]

I am 14, and the closest I can get to a job is a paper round. D;

You cant be hired in a job under 16, because 16 is the 'legal' age to work longer hours, plus at 16 you can leave school, and work permanently, or you get time off from college or 6th form, but in school you dont, so they are more likely to employ someone like

 

[Pennglock]

The feds are extending unemployment benefits by something outrageous like 36 weeks. If I were you I'd suckle off the government teat for a year, catching up on the stuff you never made time for during the last 7 years.