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The BetterMost Can Club
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 14, 2009, 07:38:43 pm ---Sorry to hear that, Lee, David and Laura.
I wasn't officially canned, since I've been freelancing for 12 years, but I've been looking for something more steady with no luck whatsoever, and am finding freelancing gigs harder to come by these days, too. Can I be a semi-official member?
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You bet, friend! We need all the friends we can get here!!
Brown Eyes:
{{Lee}} {{David}} {{Laura}} {{K}} {{Anonymous Can Club Members}}
I'm so sorry to hear all this difficult news on the employment front. Truly a GDBOAUS.
mariez:
Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that for all of you. I was wondering what "Can Club" meant. :(
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 14, 2009, 04:31:17 pm ---Actually, I was not alllowed to even speak to anyone. An HR person stood in the doorway of my office until I had all my belongings packed up (it took several hours, since I had been there six years) and then a security guard escorted me out of the building!Thank you very much, friend!! :-*
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This is not uncommon, but isn't it awful? As if you don't feel bad enough....
It's downright scary. I got together with some girlfriends the other night and the first question everyone asked each other was whether they still had a job. Two out of the eight had lost their jobs within the past month. And the husbands of two others had lost their jobs at Christmastime.
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 16, 2009, 02:47:08 pm ---You bet, friend! We need all the friends we can get here!!
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So true - everyone needs to pull together more than ever.
Marie
Front-Ranger:
I have never experienced that type of severance, mariez, so I was simply not ready for it. I had to hand over my badge, my credit card, my phone, and my computer and I didn't have any kind of back-up.
I tried to find out why I was selected out of everyone in my department. In talking to other colleagues who were canned, we discovered that we were the most experienced people with the highest salaries. So, let that be a word of warning to you if you have clawed your way to the top of your organization. You may be toppled!!!
serious crayons:
Yup, it's yet another strike against those of us job hunters who are more experienced.
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