Losing a job-how to deal with it

[Kan2boy]

Have u ever lost a job that u really liked? and how did u dealt with it?

Kan2boy- recently lost job (feeling the blues, but not out!)

:p

[WickedWitch]

i haven't lost my job yet. i'll know for sure next week.

but anyway, in my mind, i have already lost it.

so, how do i feel?

i'm feeling quite okay because the only thing that i liked in my job was the salary. after two years, the money isn't enough to make me happy. everyday, i drag myself from bed, willing my mind to go to the office which is 15 minutes away.

for the past months, i have been thinking of a good alternative career. i never really pursued my interests and just took this job because as they say, my profession is where the money is. so anyway, i was beginning to warm up to the idea of having a less-paying career when life happened.

just this morning, my friends and i found out that most of the employees will be "let go" as early as next friday. i'm not even hoping that i'll be asked to stay.

but still, the thought of being "let go", of not having a choice on the way i'm going to exit, makes me sad, angry, afraid, whatever.

instead of leaving when I am ready, i'm being pushed away. instead of saying to my job that i really don't like you so goodbye, my job is telling me that i don't like YOU.

maybe this is for the best. maybe life is telling me to make something of myself, something more than money.

but i really want to cry.

[Kan2boy]

Hey Wickedwitch,

I feel your pain, but like u said you have a week to find out if you will be let go or not ( Im hoping not).
At the very least you werent caught surprised, like what may have happened to others who got layed off. At least you got some time to prepare yourself mentally and emotionally. 'Coz other companys , they 'ambush' you, for the lack of a better word so that before you can really react, or go ballistic (on the guy telling u the bad news) , well you will be out of the door, and only then when it sinks in , that u realize , u just lost ur job and your outside.

Deppressing no? But dont let this letter gives u the blues.
Theres always opportunities, its up to us go after it.

Goodluck, and hey, let me know what happens to u


Later,
Jay

[i_am_the_walrus]

im in a same situation with you WickedWitch, i'm also a programmer and there is a rumor (confirmed by my boss and a lot of people) that there will be a layoff at the end of the month, im also a programmer like you, im working here in manhattan.

like you im also thinking of shifting to another career or just have an alternative source of income, even that my work is highly compensated, this job uncertainty together with the bad job market and with all the expenses that i need to pay monthly like the mortgage makes me worry a lot, i already accepted the fact that i may be one of those who will be layedoff this time

anytime now, my phone may ring, telling me to proceed to the human resources, just to be told that i have a few minutes to pack up my stuff and im no longer with the company

im getting paranoid, just like everyone else here

[WickedWitch]

hi Kan2boy and i_am_the_walrus! thanks for your encouraging messages. i'm quite okay now. i guess it's just really time for me to move on. i'm actually secretly hoping to be one of the unlucky people so i can immediately start my new life, whatever that may be :)

what's really making me sad though is the thought that my friends and i will have to part. we've been together for 2 1/2 years, and if i think about it, being with them is one of the reasons why i haven't had the guts to leave in the past.

anyway i'll tell you what will happen on me on friday. kayo din, news ha! :)

[SeminaristaKuno]

Si WickedWitch officemate ko yata. Hanapin ko muna sya dito :D

Saya ng morning ko! Monday pa! Perfect sana dahil di mainit ang araw. Ganda pa ng "Good Morning" ko sa team ko! Naka-leave kasi ako last friday kaya clueless talaga ako. Then reality happened. Sayang. After 2 years na walang increase s**t happens.

Balik na lang ako later....

[WickedWitch]

hi SeminaristaKuno! yup officemates tayo. sinabi sa akin ni paulie na nag post ka nga daw. hehe.

BAD TRIP no??????????
you should have been here last friday...

[SeminaristaKuno]

Ok lang kahit absent ako last Friday. At least nag-enjoy ako sa weekend ko :D Kung pumasok ako di ko sana nalasap ang galing ni Yoda hehe.

I hate this feeling. Yun bang parang nasa limbo ka. Parang nasa death row, o kaya parang isda sa aquarium ng ihaw-ihaw restaurant. The wait is agonizing. Just want to get it over with. Nakakawalang gana. Sarap magwala. Ayan nakatunganga lang ako dito.

grumble grumble grumble....

Expect the worst, hope for the best and all that c**p....

[indarkpurity]

naranasan nyo na ba ma-retrench sa trabaho nyo? bilang na araw namin dito sa pesteng opisina na to.

[thehitman]

Hindi pa naman, at huwag naman sana. Di pa ako bubuhayin ng naipon ko eh.

:cool:

[season]

yes. it was really ****** because i liked my officemates. but it was a blessing since i was pregnant and had high blood pressure. :)

[Jonga]

ok lang sa kin yan....marami naman dyan e!

[bong2]

way back in 1998 ako na retrench--at hanggang ngayon nagre-retrench pa rin sila. the business slows down so it's time to terminate employees. 1 1/2 years pa lang ako sa company na yon, and then the business suffers major setbacks--and the employees also suffer. this is still happening in the working-wounded world.

[KuyaDanny]

retrenched

hasbeen merged with this thread.

[jtan]

though i've never been retrenched...

i think it feels better na yun company nag close down kaysa sa ma retrench ka... just in the point of view of the employe...