In 2000, I was laid off for the first time in my life after working for 17 years at the same organization. To my shock I was eligible for 7 months of severance and had tons of left over vacation time. It was fun while it lasted. This gave me an opportunity to research other career options so I decided to take a Voice Over class in the City. That was one of the best periods in my adult life. However, since 2001 I have had so many jobs that I need to look at my resume to recollect most of them. From 2001-2006 I was contracting and temping so was able to accrue quite a list of positions since I was either hired short term or the organization went out of business (try to explain that to a potential employer on an interview - they will cross their eyes in disbelief) - even some of the temporary agencies I worked through went out of business!! However, that did give me the opportunity to hone many on-the-job skills as well as get some voice over work.
This is starting to sound like a job interview so I think I'll stop. Now that I've written a brief synopsis of my work history, I will be able to start with my job experiences and anecdotes on another day. Excuse me while I refer to my resume.
My career experiences: Got the MBA, got the high paying officer of the company job, then got knocked-up, and now I am a mommy doing AP data entry.
ReplyDeleteI worked a job that I loved for about 3 years. I looked forward to going to work every day -- so much so that I even made the password on my work computer, "ilovethisjob".
ReplyDeleteBut, after a couple of employee changes, it became less wonderful. I began to think of moving on and even changed my password to, "itsajob".
However, before I started to seriously look for another job, I was laid off. The interesting thing was that when my supervisor told me, I just said, "Oh, ok" and she said, "I knew you didn't care!" I guess she expected me to beg or cry.
Almost immediately after leaving her office, I felt almost relieved. I wasn't sad at all. Luckily, I'm usually on top of my finances, so I was not strapped.
I say, it was their loss! I think it is the employer's loss if/when they let a good employee go.
Don't forget: "When a door closes, a window opens."
reeni
One bad thing about being laid off is that you -- at least I -- now have a lot of time to do a lot of fun things, but no money with which to do them. Of course, when I HAD a job, I had the money, but not the time. It sure would be great if they would just both come together. :)
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Reeni: I agree 100% with everything you said. In a future blog I will relate a job experience where I was also glad to get "fired" but only after I threatened to quit. I also thought i was going to love that job but after 6 months it was hard to get up in the morning and drive there. I hope you plan to follow me.
ReplyDeleteM.S. - I know exactly what you mean. If it wasn't for being unemployed I wouldn't have had time to create this blog. All my retired friends all say that they have less time now than when they were working. Keep the comments and experiences coming.
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