I was just laid off reccently...
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Some companies (eg wal-mart) lay off their employers before they do X number of years in service because after those number of years they get all kinds of bonusses such as a pay raise and various other bonusses.
This may have been why you were laid off and then recalled; to keep you working for time X without rewarding you for time X.
Heads up.
That or the dreaded state budget cuts. Which affected the state medical workers, military, ect ect.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
Many years ago my partners and I sold our mortgage company to a large bank. After doing my own thing for a couple of years, until the non-compete clause ran out, I joined another bank... which promptly went under a couple of years after I got there.
After that, I TOTALLY switched industries. What I've been doing for the past 15 years or so has no relation at all to what I went to school for, or what I did after school. The money was better in banking (especially if I'd been in the mortgage market for the past 4-5 years). But with the company I'm with now, I can actually enjoy my life again. And it puts me in touch with people doing things that intrigue me: auto racing!
Use this time to reflect on what you would do if you could do anything you wanted. Look at your skills and look at the skills necessary to enter your dream field(s). Would/could/should you start your own business? Would/could/should you go back to school (if you can support yourself while in school)?
And if you work in hard manufacturing, despite some people wanting to believe the fantasy that the Republicans have a big magic bag filled with jobs, and they're going to "fix" things, the fact is, manufacturing has been losing jobs to overseas competition (and because of increased efficiency) for over two decades. Don't waste your time believing that the same people who insisted that free trade would expand job growth in the U.S., and who didn't lift the first finger to ensure that the free trade was also FAIR trade, are now going to put forth anything that will expand the manufacturing base in this country. You'd have better luck asking Santa Claus for a job.
Believe in yourself! Learn about the industry and the company that you're interviewing with. Go into interviews with confidence!
Good luck and hang tough! It seems that things are getting better. At least this didn't happen to you in 2009 when things looked horrible for almost every industry.
After that, I TOTALLY switched industries. What I've been doing for the past 15 years or so has no relation at all to what I went to school for, or what I did after school. The money was better in banking (especially if I'd been in the mortgage market for the past 4-5 years). But with the company I'm with now, I can actually enjoy my life again. And it puts me in touch with people doing things that intrigue me: auto racing!
Use this time to reflect on what you would do if you could do anything you wanted. Look at your skills and look at the skills necessary to enter your dream field(s). Would/could/should you start your own business? Would/could/should you go back to school (if you can support yourself while in school)?
And if you work in hard manufacturing, despite some people wanting to believe the fantasy that the Republicans have a big magic bag filled with jobs, and they're going to "fix" things, the fact is, manufacturing has been losing jobs to overseas competition (and because of increased efficiency) for over two decades. Don't waste your time believing that the same people who insisted that free trade would expand job growth in the U.S., and who didn't lift the first finger to ensure that the free trade was also FAIR trade, are now going to put forth anything that will expand the manufacturing base in this country. You'd have better luck asking Santa Claus for a job.
Believe in yourself! Learn about the industry and the company that you're interviewing with. Go into interviews with confidence!
Good luck and hang tough! It seems that things are getting better. At least this didn't happen to you in 2009 when things looked horrible for almost every industry.
working as technical it advisor as well as sedentary sales large key account assistant for a partner of well known firm specialized in making devices related to IT and telephony networks
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