Journal bmabray's Journal: Work And Play 1
Just before 11, every department had their own meeting. We were told that the people who were not in the meeting (in our case, just 1 guy from our department) were in another meeting -- where they were being fired. The supervisors had only found out about it a couple of hours before the rest of us did. Our company is being sold by its parent company, and the "reorganization" requires "streamlining." This is the polite way of saying the company had to screw some people. Fortunately, Angela had called me just before the meeting started (asking if I knew what was going on), so I knew she wasn't in the group getting fired. Everybody was to leave at 11 and not come back til 2 (or not come back for the rest of the day, if they wanted), so that those fired could clean out their stuff and leave without embarrassment (and for security reasons, I'm sure).
No exact numbers on how many were layed off, but it was somewhere between 30 and 50. It seems our area faired pretty well -- my team lost 1, the other development team lost 1, Angela's department lost 1, and the business analysts lost 3. Our company recently signed a big contract for some major development work (the new project I wrote about before), so that's probably why we were spared.
It made for a horrible day -- and I still have my job. I can't imagine what it must have been like for those who were fired. It's sad, and scary, and unfair... and there's nothing I can do about it. I hate that feeling. And I don't like wondering when it will be my turn... Even though that's not very likely any time soon... at least, that's what I'm telling myself. Oh well... it's one of those things that I have no control over, so I refuse to worry about it.
All of this was in sharp contrast to the wonderful weekend we had just a few days before. Angela & I celebrated our 2 year anniversary this past Tuesday. We took off Monday & Tuesday, and with our long weekend, decided to spend a couple of days in a cabin in Southeast Oklahoma. It made for a perfect weekend. On our way back, we took the scenic route through the Ouachita National forest and the Kiamichi mountains. It's a good thing winding mountain roads have such beautiful scenery, or they wouldn't be worth the near-death experience.
Blog Goat is coming along nicely. It nows saves settings to the registry. I need to finish FTP support, file directory selection, and password encryption before I'll be ready to use it all the time.
Sorry to hear about that.. (Score:1)
Anyway, just a note to say I hope things get better at your company... (and let me know if you hear about any job openings that way!)
Matt Peters