The Official Layoff Thread!!!

[chunky]

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Nice to see Northern Rock employees get a £2000 bonus for hitting their targets. I hit my targets at work and will not receive a penny of my bonus or the pay rise I'm due for my performance. Seems Terms and Conditions Contracts aren't worth shit these days.

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

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i did IT work for a company here in new york city for 17 1/2 years & got laid off in august. i got 26 weeks severance pay which is now gone. i recently had to cash in my retirement money way to early so that i have money to live on.

it is very hard to find work right now here in new york. i really don't know what will happen when my retirement money runs out.

waking up in the morning & having no job to go to after over 17 years really sucks. big time.

yeah i am sorry to hear that m8.. stay positive and i am sure something will come up for you

[DIDI]

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^^ Really feel for you

[thezzapper]

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i did IT work for a company here in new york city for 17 1/2 years & got laid off in august. i got 26 weeks severance pay which is now gone. i recently had to cash in my retirement money way to early so that i have money to live on.

it is very hard to find work right now here in new york. i really don't know what will happen when my retirement money runs out.

waking up in the morning & having no job to go to after over 17 years really sucks. big time.

[DancingQueen]

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Wow, this is brutal....so many people losing their jobs

I hope those of you that have lost your jobs or will be losing them shortly find something quickly....I know times are getting rough, but hang in there!

[Miroslav]

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sorry to hear that, guys. I'm still hanging in there for now...should be ok for the next few months, but with things going the way they are these days there is a lot of uncertainty in my industry... so I'm still saving up as fast as I can and looking around for other jobs (which is anything but easy...)

[hobbes2oo]

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I got the boot last Thursday, 60 days severance though. I got lucky, the state of Minnesota will pay for my school and I don't have to look for a job while collecting unemployment.

[superdave]

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I just got the news today that I'm being given a 30-day notice before I'm laid off. My last day is in February. Management wants me and others out of here, but want us to help them through a busy time.

I work in theI'm hoping I bounce back into something comparable or even better.

[day_for_night]

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nothing worse than being milked by the system!

its the norm in the corporate finance industry. you get bonuses that are performance based. right now my bonus is relatively small. once i've been on a couple more years, the bonuses start to more than make up for the OT. but in the meantime, i'm the bitch. gotta prove i wanna be there...

[FM]

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yea I just went full-time...except that:

a) My pay probably won't go up (if it does, it'll be minuscule anyway..and it's @ 9.25/hour if you're wondering)

b) I can't be as flexible anymore in taking days off i.e. it's going to take 3-6 months minimum to now start accruing sick time, etc.

c) I don't need the health care benefits anymore...the one I'm on is far cheaper and the coverage is just as good

d) I was supposed to try and get off of weekends, now just on the night shift instead because we're about as minimally staffed as can be, short of getting near-constant OT (people left last month)

Yep. Great system we're in. Self business, here I come!

[Dhar_2]

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i thank my lucky stars i got on with the company i did when i did (about a year ago). they're extremely financially stable (having billions in cash on hand). i've been putting in 12-14 hour days lately, so no shortage of work either. i havent complained about it once, and i dont get overtime. shitload better than the alternative...

nothing worse than being milked by the system!

[Dzone]

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Sorry to hear Chris, i know the UK is not a good place to be at the mom, hope things get better soon

[day_for_night]

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i thank my lucky stars i got on with the company i did when i did (about a year ago). they're extremely financially stable (having billions in cash on hand). i've been putting in 12-14 hour days lately, so no shortage of work either. i havent complained about it once, and i dont get overtime. shitload better than the alternative...

[tiddles]

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well, my second job is officially in the shitter. looks more and more likely that i'll be teaching in korea for a few years

[simonr]

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My performance is in the top 40% of the company. I put the work in to get my performance where I wanted it to be, which is way I'm annoyed about not getting the bonus and pay rise. I will have to look for work elsewhere for the short term. I'm in a final salary pension scheme at work so if I leave it will affect my pay out when I retire. Most company's in the UK scraped final salary pensions a few years back, so hardly any company's offer them any more.

That sucks ... can you get any chef work in the interim to bolster your pocket with the other 50% ?