This morning I checked my real name gmail account from work to test a filter we have at our mail gateway to do with attachment blocking. In my email I found a message from PiC that said today is the day that my former employer was doing phase 1 of their layoffs.
I emailed to ask if he still had a job.
I emailed da Bomb to say I had my fingers crossed that she still had a job.
I heard back from both PiC and da Bomb that their jobs were secure for this round.
I scanned the local newspaper’s website and found that only 16 out of roughly 3750 positions were being cut, as well as the baseball and softball teams, but that someone had graffitied the Davis Center in response to some unfortunate words from the university’s president that he would leave UVM before taking a pay cut.
The graffiti: “If you would rather leave than take a pay cut, pack your bags you are not wanted”
Many staff members are opting for a 20% pay cut rather than being laid off. The entire plan of the phases of layoffs is outlined here which mentions that 34 vacant staff and faculty positions will be dissolved. My position was one dissolved. If I had still been there half of my position would have been dissolved no matter what because one half of my position was always poorer than the other half and would not have been able to continue to fund their half of my position. I know this because the woman who was my sisterly/motherly role model in that side of my job, the woman who gave me Georgie from her kitty’s surprise litter of kittens, told me so.
I was laid off from my old job today.
I am very happy I wasn’t in my old life anymore to experience it.
Wow. Hate to hear of all the layoffs all over, but it hits home like this, huh?
Good to know you’re in your new place, new life, with that awesome man.
Cuddle up tonight.
It’s not a good time to be without work. Glad your new life is working out so much better for you.
I am soooo glad you are in NY!!
Wow.. If that isn’t a sign of good timing, I don’t know what is.
Sad for those who still have their own old lifes, though.
Does it bother anyone else that graffiti at an institute of higher learning is missing punctuation?
To the point, though: I am SO HAPPY that you’re not still in France. Just another cosmic arrow pointing to how much you and Dawg were meant to be together.
We’re doing more and more filtering like that. Initial analysis for a few weeks shows wayyyyyy too much network traffic / virus / spyware for personal accounts. You’d think in this economy people would try to make sure they weren’t seen as employees who do too much personal stuff at work.
Glad to hear that your friends back in France are still working, too.
Wow. Everything happens for a reason, right? There’s just one more (of many) reasons to know you obviously made the right choice.
Glad your friends still have jobs too!