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Jan. 30th, 2006 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafI got laid off today.
I should have seen it coming. I should have drawn some conclusions from the fact that things have been much too slow, for far too long. I should have realized that it was just too good to be true - getting paid for swinging around in my comfy office chair, checking private email, browsing flist and reading slash. It just couldn't last, could it, eh?
Well, it's over now. Time to get reacquainted with the harsh reality of an unstable job market.
And no, I am not telling my parents. Not yet, anyway. My mum is just going to freak out. Which actually stresses me more than the fact of being unemployed per se. Funny, isn't it? Well, thank you, mother, for being the main stress factor of my existence. Again.
In other news, I slept about 4 hours last night - and yet have been unable so far to actually relax enough to take a nap. So I guess I'll go to bed now. For whatever it's worth.
At least I don't have to get up early tomorrow. Woohoo. There are good sides to everything. *snort*
I should have seen it coming. I should have drawn some conclusions from the fact that things have been much too slow, for far too long. I should have realized that it was just too good to be true - getting paid for swinging around in my comfy office chair, checking private email, browsing flist and reading slash. It just couldn't last, could it, eh?
Well, it's over now. Time to get reacquainted with the harsh reality of an unstable job market.
And no, I am not telling my parents. Not yet, anyway. My mum is just going to freak out. Which actually stresses me more than the fact of being unemployed per se. Funny, isn't it? Well, thank you, mother, for being the main stress factor of my existence. Again.
In other news, I slept about 4 hours last night - and yet have been unable so far to actually relax enough to take a nap. So I guess I'll go to bed now. For whatever it's worth.
At least I don't have to get up early tomorrow. Woohoo. There are good sides to everything. *snort*
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Date: 2006-01-31 06:29 am (UTC)I'm terribly terribly sorry to hear that. How come it happened so fast? Meaning isn't there in your country a certain obligatory time of notice before the job really ends? I will keep my fingers crossed that you will find another job soon.
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Date: 2006-01-31 06:54 am (UTC)Well, the "official" date of lay-off is February 13th, but they told us this morning to pack up our stuff, turn in our security badges and leave the building within a half hour. Oh, and don't take this personally, by any means, thanks for all your hard work and have a great day. You know, the Cheerful American Way to deal with such a common occurence in today's world, after all. *pukes a little in her throat*
At least they're paying for the extra two weeks. *shrugs*
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Date: 2006-01-31 04:44 pm (UTC)At least you have a little time; take a deep breath, regroup and plunge in; I know you will find something, even if you need to do an interim thing until the right job crops up.
(((hugs)))
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Date: 2006-01-31 06:49 pm (UTC)I'm just still shell-shocked, and my mum's reaction is what worries me most... *sigh*
Plus, I know I suck at this whole "sell yourself well" thing. I always have. All I ever cared to learn about were most impractical things... *another sigh*