Mood:
sadWell a big change is coming up. Was notified by LexisNexis that I will be terminated on Aug. 27th. 60 days notice. So it puts me in a zombie status at work. I am still turning over work and doing stuff with the team, but my duties are less and less. It's demoralizing because I don't even want to be there.
Exchanged emails with Mark in Houston and he told me that he had gotten blow by blow emails on who was getting the axe. When he saw that Julie Hanley and me had been terminated he said that he knew that the company had lost it's mind and that all bets were off. Sure enough he got the phone call too. All of us from the old Topical team were released, so there are no Topical engineers any more.
It wasn't totally unexpected. But it still hurts. Went over to see Jon this weekend and spoke with him. Then went over to Jim's and had a few beers. Jim said that in construction, everytime you turn around you are getting laid off - it's just part of the job. That's why he told his son to go to college and get an education.
On the bright side, I shotgunned my resume over the internet during the weekend. Got some responses already and am starting to line up some interviews. It's been a long time since I have done this, so I am sure that I will be rusty. Plus I am not a good interview - I always reflect back and wish that I had said this and that. Hopefully there will be no tests, with Google you don't need to remember anything anymore. If you have question on which way to do something, you can almost always look it up.
With things humming at Wright Patt, there is work with the defense industry. It would be nice to be patriotic and help in the fight against terrorism. But if the wrong party gets into power, they could cut back on spending, and I could be back on the street. So there are no safe jobs - if the economy keeps tanking, commercial business could start drying up too.
The good thing is that our debt is greatly reduced, so we should be able to weather bad times.
