Good times, bad times....

[Spaniard]

I was made redundant last week and given the current economic climate I was extremely worried - no job = no mortgage payment = no house! I was extremely lucky to bag a job this week and I thank the God that smiled kindly upon me . I hope the rest of you are 'doing ok' in difficult times. I have taken this opportunity to have 'a beer or two' and apologise in advance if I post nonsense in other threads...:friday:friday Stay lucky people!

 

[tecdave]

Nice one!! it is a Friday night after all!!
Congrats on the new job, none of us really know where we stand in the current climate but one thing is certain the sea will still be there for us!!
Dave

 

[Erik]

Whew! Good to hear the stress was short-lived. Sometimes it takes a negative to make a positive; hopefully the new job is an improvement.

 

[spaghetti]

This is excellent news, Juan, I'm happy for you!
These days aren't easy for family daddies like us. I have one single income, a wife at university, a baby and the mortgage. I'm pulling the kart with my teeth.
Two months ago the company I'm working for announced they were going to cut jobs. Scary. Whose job? Scary. Then, after a few weeks of pure terror, they luckily changed their mind and announced they were NOT going to cut any jobs.
I'm ideally, yet happily, sharing those two beers with you :friday

 

[azapa]

congrats Juan. So glad that you landed on your feet!

 

[hudasmt]

Here's a toast for all who survive the crisis:friday:friday:friday I hope no one gets laid off anymore.

Cheers:friday:friday:friday

Elvis

 

[jay cluskey]

same situation here bud been a hard 12 months but i feel change for the better is coming along .
glad you are ok hope the wife and little lola are doing well too
good luck in new job juan

 

[mishu1984]

great news mate! im worried as hell, given no one wants to hire a fresh finance graduate. oh well, more time to kill fish i reckon

 

[podge]

Nice one Juan, you should of given me a bell and I would of shared the beer of good fortune with you mate.

 

[foxfish]

I have one income, a wife at university, a baby and the mortgage. yet happily, sharing those two beers with you :friday

& a nasty two hundred speargun collecting habit!

 

[agbiv]

Bueno por el trabajo nueve! :fridayAnd stay that way.

 

[spaghetti]

& a nasty two hundred speargun collecting habit!

Who, me?

 

[BatRay]

Congrats on the job Here's hoping your luck rubs off on me.

 

[Mr. X]

Wow, scary Spaniard glad you got sorted quickly. They say the difference between a mild recession and a bad recession is when it affects you. We had some layoffs more than a year ago, mainly in Germany but a few in the UK - didn't see it coming either. Fortunately it seemed to focus our customers' minds & they started ordering and closing deals. We laid off 3 in the UK but have since hired 3 - bit silly really.

 

[Spaniard]

Thanks for all the good wishes! I realise that there are people out there a lot worse off than me - it was just a relief to land on my feet again so quickly; there was no way that I was going to Guernsey without enough money to buy all the Motley crew at least a couple of rounds and Mrs Spaniard likes her seafood too........................roflrofl

 

[dallasdiver]

I'm in the same boat as well, I got word last week that they are going to lay off my entire department in the next 30days. 16 employees including myself. It seems they found someone else that can do it cheaper in India. They said they won't have any positions for any of my employee's, but said they will try to find something for me. They have been laying off folks in a steady stream for the last year nationwide to cut costs and get the stock back up and have already laid off 40 people locally. They let go a few 30 year employees last month which was a shocker. I have been at my same job for a little over 20 years myself. If I get the ax now, it's really gonna suck! I'm trying not to stress, but if it happens at least my wife has a secure job with the goverment at Homeland security. Maybe I will become a Mr. Mom and stay home with my two kids!

 

[jay cluskey]

I'm in the same boat as well, I got word last week that they are going to lay off my entire department in the next 30days. 16 employees including myself. It seems they found someone else that can do it cheaper in India. They said they won't have any positions for any of my employee's, but said they will try to find something for me. They have been laying off folks in a steady stream for the last year nationwide to cut costs and get the stock back up and have already laid off 40 people locally. They let go a few 30 year employees last month which was a shocker. I have been at my same job for a little over 20 years myself. If I get the ax now, it's really gonna suck! I'm trying not to stress, but if it happens at least my wife has a secure job with the goverment at Homeland security. Maybe I will become a Mr. Mom and stay home with my two kids!

name and shame these companies which are re-inventing the slave trade and boycot their products
:vangry

 

[spaghetti]

I'm in the same boat...

For the little I know about you, my thought is that a man with your heart, with your emotional intelligence, will see the end of this crisis standing tall and straight on his feet (your feet). Simply put: I think you will make it with style through this big global mess.
The fact that "they" are taking care of your case means that "they" have a high opinion of Dallasdiver, means that you're special. And being a special guy is a good starting point if you'll ever have to start it over. Be lucky, this is all you need: your talent will provide the rest. Otherwise, Mr. Mom sounds good.
If I had to loose my current job, then oh yes, it'd suck stinky (my wife is a student, I'm the only breadwinner in the family). But I know I'd never surrender and I tell you why.
I was lucky enough to see my dad give me the good example many years ago: he showed me to never give up, cause it is never too late to start again.
All at sudden at one point in his life, my dad lost all: lost his business, squandered all the savings, lost the house where we were living and even the car. And he lost the respect of the closest persons, in the community and in the family, because his disgrace was all his own fault, the consequence of too many wrong moves he had made.
I was 16 at that time. It was a bad blow to see this man, my father, falling down with his ass on the ground, literally: he had nothing of nothing left any more, all at sudden homeless, jobless, hopeless. Nobody would give him a second chance, nobody would help him. Nobody could but himself. But it took the strength to believe and try hard, that wasn't easy.
And so then I saw him get up on his own feet. He started a new occupation from nothing, just from his own skills and will, and he made it run with his hard work and faith, regaining respect from everyone who could see the strength, the honesty, the courage of this man to start a new life from nothing and make it work. When nobody believed in him anymore, he believed in himself.
And he showed me (a boy at that time) that as they say it ain't over till it's over.
Dad won't leave me a fortune at last, but who cares? I was blessed to receive this greatest gift from him, that is worth more than the biggest fortune: the courage to start again from zero if necessary, an example of strength, will, faith and courage. I don't think I'll ever despair whatever may happen.
Time for another beer now. :friday

 

[dallasdiver]

I appreciate the words of encouragement Spaghetti, that is a touching story. My father also had a very rought patch when he was a child during the great depression. His mother died when he was five and they were so poor and starving at the time, his father had to give up their sister for adoption to a weathy family back in late 1930's when she was three because he just couldn't feed all three of his children. It really affected him the rest of his life and has made him a driven workaholic person. He is acutally a millionaire, but you would never know it by how he acts and lives. He always buy used small cars and his small house is falling into disrepair. I try to encourage him to travel and enjoy himself, because you can't take it with you, but he will only travel if he can get a free airline pass from a relative and get a cheap deal on a rental car from me. He is 75 years old and still works all the time. I repect his work ethic and his drive, but I would never want to live like that. I completely enjoy my life with my family and love to experience new places and people.

I actually work for Avis/Budget rent a car. The travel industry has been hit really hard the last few years and even more so in this bad economy. Most companies have cut out corporate travel and are doing conference calls instead now. The weekend and leisure travelers are staying home as well. Everyone is tightening the purse strings. I understand that the company is in survival mode, but to send the jobs overseas makes me sick. They did the same thing at the Avis headquarters last year and laid 200 + people off. The entire accounts payable for both companies was then out sourced to India as well. Now they receive bills to pay vendors here in the U.S. and then someone scans them into a computer and someone in India cuts the checks and pays the vendors. They did the same thing to another department two years ago with the computer tech support team, now it is impossible to get someone who knows WTF you are trying to get fixed on your computer. They are totally worthless. I guess the labor is really dirt cheap there.

 

[agbiv]

Start typing up the resume. There are many companys actually looking for new blood but they also want experience. If you start looking now YOU may decide to move. I'll keep you in my prayers.