Unemployed
Posted by ljoh3106 on October 11, 2009
We had a great trip visiting my daughter and grand-daughters in TN at the end of September. I came back to work on Oct. 1. Oct. 2, I received a call from my manager and an HR manager. I was read the standard legalese which stated that management had decided that I would not be a good fit for the jobs that I had applied for. October 16 would be my last day unless I could find another position internally.
Actually, I thought this day may come since the company had announced a “restructuring” of jobs back in July. Our positions would be eliminated and new ones were created with different focus. They gave all of us an opportunity to apply and interview for the ones that were interesting. But since then, management had been mute on what was going on.
I found out later that only one other co-worker received the same call on Oct. 2. There are a number of others that even now don’t know what is going on with their jobs. I would have expected management to extend offers to those that were not eliminated. But as of Friday, that had not happened.
In the past, layoffs had been very sudden. The 2 weeks notice is very unusual. But I know that its for us to finish up or transition projects to others. But I feel very fortunate that I did get the extra time. I think I have been using it productively. On Monday, I began contacting my LinkedIn contacts and internal people that I had worked with. I noticed a position open with one of our other business groups and I applied for that. I called the manager and we had an initial phone interview on Tuesday. I was also able to obtain recommendations from some of the internal people as well as customers. At this time, I am hoping that something will happen with that. My resume has been forwarded to one of our partner companies and they want to do a phone interview on Tuesday.
On the emotional side, I am fighting depression. But spiritually, I am depending completely on my Lord for direction. He is the one that will show me His plan for the rest of my life. He will open or close doors. When I start to get a little depressed, I try to focus on that plan.
I will try to do a little journaling here to document how things go with the job search. I know that there are many people in the same situation and I solicit any comments.
