June 30th rolls around and due to the economy and other factors, my workplace decides to lay off some of our staff. I am sure things like the Writer's Strike earlier this year and the fear of a potential Actor's Strike, added to my companies fear that money will continue to be tight, going into the new fiscal year. I can't say I blame them, I am worried about how to make ends meet with the increasing cost of gas and other products.
It's always a shame when people you have worked with for sometimes close to a quarter century, are let go and so today was a very bittersweet day.
At a point in time, I was one of them, let go, before I had hardly begun my career journey. Thankfully for me, I was brought back 3 weeks later, but you never forget the feeling.
I wish my colleagues well, wherever life takes them and maybe we will work with each other again someday.
Having worked as a DoD contractor for many, many years, I understand the feeling of seeing work friends disappear. I still get edgy come September, wondering who will get picked up for another year's work, even though I'm out of that business for good!
ReplyDeleteI had gotten so used to the instability, that I had a real hard time mustering up some sympathy for folks getting laid off from the Nevada Test Site after 20 or 30 years employment when they changed contractors. I remember something like 30 folks had heart attacks in one year (in a workforce of approximately 2500). I hardly ever put down roots in a workplace anymore. I've got my Chicago Cubs coffee cup and my grandson's photo. Two seconds notice and I'm gone like the wind.
Yep, after getting laid off the first time, I acted like that for decades. A couple of personal possessions and I was gone. Well, then I got the credenza and all that flew out the window... lol
ReplyDeleteChicago Cubs...you were too young for those 69 Cubs...right?