This is the week that I'm chained to my desk for 40 hours of training via the internet. By the time I'm finished at 6 or so each evening, I can't bear to look at a computer screen any longer, not even for fun.
Also... my company is one of the corporations that announced doomsday layoffs this week. 8000 jobs gone. I'm pretty sure my luck has run out. I can see my position being considered a luxury and not a necessity. My team of 100 people is projected to be cut by 35.
The severance package is good, and I'm sure I'll be all right if I don't make the cut. I have strong family ties, the Captain, and a support system, so I won't be on the street. There are so many people that will be worse off. I can't help but think of several of my co-workers and friends that have children and aren't as fortunate to have close-knit families like mine. I am scared for them. I am scared for their children.
But still, I do need my job, and there aren't jobs like mine to be found in Mississippi very often. Hello, Miss Laid Off and Over Qualified.
And hearing about this worthless, so-called stimulus package on the news makes me want to kick the TV in. It's not going to do a thing but spend an unbelievable amount of taxpayer dollars, fund birth control for deadbeats, give Acorn more money to stuff ballot boxes with, help Obama pay back his campaign favors from crooked politicians, and put the United States even further in debt and trouble.
On the bright side of my world, the church is now reserved and the date is official. October 17th I'll be a bride. I might be a worthless and jobless bride, but I'll be a bride. And that sends me off to sleep with a smile. I'm a very lucky girl :-)
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Date Duly Noted.
I did put a very good post up this morning that more than adequately explains the superiority of red wine over white.
Thankee.
Sorry about all the crap going on and I do hope you make the cut, LC.
Oh, damn. I hate layoffs. They're happening in my industry, too.
I'll be praying, chica.
Also... my company is one of the corporations that announced doomsday layoffs this week. 8000 jobs gone
How come we never hear about government employees being layed off? Why aren't they ever forced to take a pay and benefits cut during tough times? Ever wonder about that?
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How come we never hear about government employees being layed off? Why aren't they ever forced to take a pay and benefits cut during tough times? Ever wonder about that?
John & Ken, junkyard dogs of LA talk radio, were screaming about that yesterday (I only listen to them if I'm in the car). Did my heart good to hear them beat the shit out of Arnold, the teacher unions, the prison guard unions, and all the other corruption in Californicate.
In my comment last night I actually listed off all the bad news I've heard this week. Then I deleted it all thinking that it wasn't a great idea to get everyone depressed, espc LC.
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