Make me an offer

[jeriendhal]

I'm outta here, no earlier than Friday, probably sometime next week. I talked to my boss, and he told me after speaking with our VP that they were willing to give me a three month severance package, allowing me to hunt for a new job without worrying about my old one. If I manage to get a new job quickly, then that also means we'll have a month or two of extra income for the year, which is no small potatoes. If not, well, I wouldn't be any worse of than before. The boss made it fairly clear he wants me gone, but he was willing to be nice about it (hence the severance package, which as an hourly employee I'm technically not qualified for), and he's going to give me a positive letter of recommendation.

Buh-bye job. It's not how I really wanted to leave, but at least I'm getting the fragg out of here.

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[xinef.livejournal.com]

Having been through the "laid-off" wringer, and used the time to find a new job with a much nicer boss. And then a couple of contracts, ending up in a completely different career, working from home for a small company, been there, done that, got a few t-shirts along the way.

I really do sympathize. The thing is to be positive and use the opportunity to find a job that you like better.

You mention what you did, but what sort of skills did you use? Database programming? Lots of phone calls to update the info? I'm not sure where you fit into that process or what sort of work you actually did on a daily basis.