The BetterMost Can Club

[Front-Ranger]

Step right up all ye Brokies who have recently or not so recently joined the swelling ranks of the canned, and let's form the BetterMost Can Club! Of all the canned people of the world, we are the BetterMost, and if we stick together, we'll have some high time entertainment!!

And, yup, I'm a card carrying member. I was canned at 9 a.m. on 2-09-09, so now I'm leery of nines!!

[Front-Ranger]

<Lee beats back the crowd>

One at a time, don't worry, there's room enuff for all of us!!

[Penthesilea]

And, yup, I'm a card carrying member. I was canned at 9 a.m. on 2-09-09, so now I'm leery of nines!!

You lost your job?
Oh sh*t, I'm really sorry to hear, FRiend!
{{{Lee}}}

I remember you telling about a collegue of yours getting fired recently and that you went to lunch(?) with her to offer some comfort. Hope you had at least someone doing something nice for you on this day (even if it's only a small comfort).
I only have to offer some virtual flowers . And since it's Valentine's Day, I chose red and pink:

For you!




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I was canned

Man, how often have I read this during the last months on BM? Much too often .

[Monika]

Very sorry to hear that, Lee.

[David In Indy]

I'll be a card carrying member too Lee. I got my pink slip yesterday and my last day will be on February 27. Needless to say I've been in a very bad mood for the past two days.

The job I was working last year got outsourced overseas. The upside is I really didn't have enough time to get attached to my current job. I haven't even been there a year. Oh well.

{{{{{LEE}}}}}   

[LauraGigs]

LauraGigs, checking in. 

In my case a long-term contract ended/ran its course, and now I'm looking for work again.  (I wasn't "canned" per se, but I have been in the past + know how devastating that can be.)

Anyway, job-hunting is a total pain in the ass!  So we can commiserate on that too.

[Front-Ranger]

I remember you telling about a collegue of yours getting fired recently and that you went to lunch(?) with her to offer some comfort. Hope you had at least someone doing something nice for you on this day (even if it's only a small comfort).

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!

I only have to offer some virtual flowers . And since it's Valentine's Day, I chose red and pink:

For you!

Thank you very much, friend!! 

[louisev]

wow, sorry to hear all of his, Lee, David, Laura!

I am a contractor, and usually, depending upon how short my contracts are, I end up looking for a job at least twice a year.  And man does it get tiring!!!  I just went through a job search and was offered a contract, at Microsoft, which sounded pretty exciting except for all of the "high stress environment" and the fact that they treat contractors like a necessary evil, like a mercenary assassin coming in to shoot the bad guy.  At the 11th hour my current customer found some money in the budget to extend me at least, a couple, or three, or four, or five months, so I'll be looking again before you know it!

And I hate those "police-action" type layoffs where they treat you like a convicted felon and escort you off the property.  That's happened to me twice in my life!

[southendmd]

Damn!  Condolences, guys.  I know at least a few other members who've been canned; not sure if they want to broadcast it, though. 

Hugs, and good luck getting through the lean times.

[serious crayons]

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?