off.

11/10/2008 5:37:18 PM

Today, we are all laid












































off.

11/10/2008 5:37:43 PM

how was the severence

11/10/2008 5:39:21 PM

sorry e-buddy

11/10/2008 5:39:27 PM

saw that one coming....

11/10/2008 5:40:01 PM

man i can't wait to enter the job market

11/10/2008 5:42:43 PM

sorry to hear that man

what career field were you in?




i have too many friends that are in the same boat as you....

11/10/2008 5:44:08 PM

sucks dood

thinking about making a career change myself

11/10/2008 5:44:48 PM

i've been 'self employed' since may

11/10/2008 5:45:46 PM

severance pay, what's that?! seriously though, i have none. i was working as a contract employee with a large company.

i'm a mechanical engineer and the market i was in (tied to housing) is taking a huge shit so i did see it coming. you're still never 100% prepared.

11/10/2008 5:48:13 PM

times like these makes me happy i got a state job and a boss that doesn't wanna fill out firing paperwork

11/10/2008 5:49:50 PM

sorry to hear that. At least you'll be on TWW more.

11/10/2008 5:50:41 PM

^^seriously.

i thought i was secure for the time being though. many people have taken other jobs recently and we were already short-staffed so i figured with tons of work and only a couple guys they wouldn't get rid of me.

guess the money just wasn't there.

^hahah.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 5:51 PM. Reason : ]

11/10/2008 5:51:20 PM

At least you can get genuinely laid tonight.

11/10/2008 5:52:32 PM

state jobs pay meh though

also, i bet the few guys remaining where you worked are fucking pissed that they have to do even more work

11/10/2008 5:52:38 PM

^ yep. i know i was pissed when our team went from 7 to 4 people. now it's down to 3 and only 2 of them are doing the design work (1 team leader)

11/10/2008 5:56:27 PM

if it makes you feel better i'm pretty bad off currently too

i have that bryan adams song from robin hood stuck in my head and it won't go away

11/10/2008 5:57:49 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBkrAESUbyI

11/10/2008 5:58:36 PM

^^^go back to skool.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 6:00 PM. Reason : s]

11/10/2008 6:00:10 PM

at this point that's not really an option. i don't want to take out more loans and i have a mortgage to pay.

but i did have an interview this afternoon.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 6:02 PM. Reason : ]

11/10/2008 6:02:18 PM

i got laid off on the 28th.

gotta find a job.

11/10/2008 6:02:31 PM

I WAS GONNA SAY "FUCK YOU," BUT I DECIDED TO SAY "FUCK YOU" INSTEAD SON.

11/10/2008 6:03:05 PM

Let Joie be your sugar momma for awhile.....

11/10/2008 6:03:31 PM

thanks saab. you make everything better. [no homo]

11/10/2008 6:03:57 PM

MAE is hiring a professor

if you have a doctorate and a hearty hatred of students you should go for it

11/10/2008 6:04:31 PM

unfortunately i don't have the doctorate.

11/10/2008 6:05:00 PM

Luckily I got work I can do for the city. But I'll probably go back to grad school while the economy sucks.

11/10/2008 6:05:28 PM

might be able to hook you up with something down here in Atlanta (but you would have to move obviously)

11/10/2008 6:05:50 PM

well, not to rub it in, but my boss has been trying hard to keep me around for another year (back in august i told him i would be leaving at the end of the year). he made me an offer i can't refuse, which is an assistantship at Savannah River Ecology Lab (what's left of it) and basically a foot in the door at UGA for graduate school. it has nothing to do with money, in all likelihood i'll probably be worse off financially seeing as im going to have to pay rent again, but any aspiring herpetologist will tell you SREL is a stepping stone to a career working with reptiles and amphibians.

not that anyone cares...

but i feel for ya, mang. it took me forever to find a worthwhile job after graduating. but at least you got a good degree. just stay out of the housing market. [/obvious]

11/10/2008 6:06:17 PM

Quote :

"just stay out of the housing market."

yeah. i was working with small construction equipment so we were directly tied to that.

^^ ATL eh? i had an interview this afternoon, so i might not have to relocate just yet.

11/10/2008 6:07:39 PM

This makes me feel happy that I even have a job and an ok paying one at that especially since I still havent technically gotten my degree yet lol

11/10/2008 6:07:40 PM

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/series_search.asp has a many openings in that field.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 6:10 PM. Reason : correct link]

11/10/2008 6:08:22 PM

11/10/2008 6:09:06 PM

^ahahahahah. i will be adding that to my gallery!!

11/10/2008 6:10:10 PM

Haha, that dude what snogs Joie. Nice.

11/10/2008 6:11:52 PM

^^^ FAKE

11/10/2008 6:12:50 PM

hahaha awesome!

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 6:13 PM. Reason : i mean the certificate of awesomeness ]

11/10/2008 6:13:00 PM

I was laid off on June 13th.


I got a job on October 13th.


Four fuckin months of hell.

11/10/2008 6:13:51 PM

Don't go jobless for several months just because you can't find the one you want. I've never understood why people did that. Job hunting is not a full time job. At the minimum fucking work at McDonald's or something while you're job hunting. It'll keep you from sitting on your ass and feeling sorry for yourself, you won't burn through your savings as quickly, and having a shitty job is just more motivation to find a good one.

11/10/2008 6:16:33 PM

^^ jesus!

hopefully i won't be unemployed more than a week. my impromptu interview this afternoon went really well and i think i'll get an offer by wednesday.

^ i totally agree. with a mortgage and bills, i've got to have something NOW.

[Edited on November 10, 2008 at 6:17 PM. Reason : ]

11/10/2008 6:17:01 PM

^^ depends on where/how you are interviewing... a shit job could keep you from having time to meet people during normal business hours.

I would get a job at a bookstore or something

11/10/2008 6:18:56 PM

starbucks I hear thats where all the civilized people hang out

11/10/2008 6:21:54 PM

Well yeah, I mean I'm not encouraging him to begin a new career in food service or anything, I'm just saying that it makes no sense to do nothing when you can get a job doing weekends and evenings just to make ends meet. Most people who are unemployed are unemployed by choice. Unless you're a complete retard, a multiple felon, or physically handicapped you can find a job. Maybe not a career, but a job, and the vast majority of the time you can keep that job if you show up, work hard, and keep your mouth shut.

11/10/2008 6:22:15 PM

well i'm waiting until wednesday when i hear back from this other place.

if it's good news, i'll start monday and just take a week off.
if it's bad news, i plan to apply at home depot or something. that was the plan to begin with.

so i'm willing to work just to make ends meat, but i hope i can snag something quickly and have a mini-vacation instead

11/10/2008 6:25:38 PM

Although I feel pretty good in my current field...I'm glad I can always fall back on bartending as a good paying job should things ever get rough. Gets a little depressing listening to everyone's hard times right now.

Don't know you personally...but good luck man.

11/10/2008 6:26:06 PM

thanks, i appreciate it.

bartending is always a good skill to have... especially with people getting laid off. they're gonna need a beer!! haha.

11/10/2008 6:27:47 PM

hilarious grammatical constructions ftw

11/10/2008 6:42:30 PM

is this for srsly?

11/10/2008 6:43:26 PM

yessir

11/10/2008 6:44:21 PM

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

11/10/2008 6:45:22 PM