I officially received word today from my department head that my position has been eliminated. As soon as I saw her name on the caller id I knew what she was going to say, because she never calls me. Out of the 14 people in the department they are keeping just 4. All I have to say is good luck to the 4 that remain because you are going to need it!!
In some respects, I am relieved to now know the truth of what is going to happen. There has been too many rumors and lingering thoughts for the past 3 months. I am just glad that I can put this issue to rest and focus even more on finding a new job. I wish I had something in the works, but unfortunately I don't. I will be sending out a lot of resumes blindly to companies in hopes of drawing some attention.
I don't officially have my severance package just yet. My dept head has to fly in to DC next week and receive her severance package and work on our severance package (sounds like fun huh). She is going to see if we can't just be paid out for the 60 days that we are required to be given notice before losing our jobs since we really don't have any work at this point. I am fine with that as long as we still have insurance for the 60 days. Severance would kick in after that and I believe that I will have 15-16 weeks coming.
That's the cheery news for this Monday!!
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Hey Jeff - so sorry to hear about the axe. The bastards. Gah.
Hey, send me your resume if you could and I'll circulate it around here in OKC. I've lived here for 18 years and know tons of people and business owners... even if one of them isn't hiring, maybe they'll know someone who is. My e-mail is tammy67ok@cox.net.
Good luck to you and love seeing the pics of lil' Madison!
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