Topic: How the tides change

[EE]

Just got laid off yesterday. About 70% of the company did and 100% of my position got removed.

Moving back east in a couple weeks. luckily I got a healthy chunk of taxes back which is going to pay for my move. Hopefully my landlord will allow me out of my lease, not that he doesnt have a choice because I have none. I cant stay here so I have to go someplace where its cheaper to live. I have about 1 1/2 months of cushion which might work out but I cant push it. I would rather be 1600 miles closer to family than risk being homeless again.

Last time something like this happened, it turned out to be a Gem in the rough, no reason why this one cant turn out the same. Just need to play my cards right.

Until I get back on my feet I must disappear for a while. Ill be leaving So Cal in a week or so. If you see a white Chevy 2500 hauling a Silver Mitsubishi stuck on the side of the road, lend a brother a hand 

Take care and ill be back.

[Nemesis]

Best of luck.  Hope you find a job you like quickly.

Looks like my turn comes up in May.

[EE]

Best of luck.  Hope you find a job you like quickly.

Looks like my turn comes up in May.

luckily you have some prior notice. I had absolutely none. Everything was going fine, went to sign my time card and there was my last check.

Everything seems to be flowing pretty smooth right now. Tax returns came at the perfect time, I traded in a car for a truck at the perfect time, everything seems to be working out pretty good for such a screwed up situation such as this. The weather isnt working out right now, I need to finish packing and cleaning the garage but its supposed to clear up tomorrow and be sunny all week.

At least I will have the time to go to Fabrication school and learn me some more skills and maybe if possible take on a job at a race shop in PA as there are numerous ones out there that deal with the car I race. I was offered a job at one of them about 6 months ago but turned it down, kinda wishing I had not done so.

Good luck bro, with the way the market is now days, its going to get worse before it gets better.

[Nemesis]

Getting the axe like that without cause or notice is nasty, not what I call a good company.   

The prior notice helps a bit but not as much as you might think.  We were told back at the end of July but not a date just that we were going to be either shut down or sold.  Selling is increasingly unlikely as time passes and since the building and land is owned by a 3rd party it becomes a 3 cornered deal, not too easy.  Originally it looked likely we would be gone by October then New Years but there is a line in the sand at the end of May, one way or the other we should be gone by then if not bought first and maybe even then.

For most of us finding another job means losing a substantial severance package (including me).  I'm due more than 30 weeks pay equivalent as a severance package, so it makes sense to wait for it.  Knowing that It is coming does let me save money while waiting for the axe to drop.  I'll have enough money to easily get along for over a year but I hope to get a job quickly.  If not it won't be for lack of trying.  Having no debts and owning my own home helps alot.

I have never been unemployed before so this is unexplored territory for me.  My most recent boss (Stewart) (transferred to another location) and his boss (Cam) will be very good references for me so hopefully that will work in my favour.  Cam has even volunteered that based on what I have actually been doing that he will back me up as a reference if I claim to have had a step or two higher job than my official job that may open up opportunities that would otherwise not be available. 

Half as a joke and half seriously I do plan to go back to my old employers (its been a long time) as they did tell me if I ever needed a job to come back.  I also have (must dig it out) a superb reference from my old supervisor there so it should at least pique their curiosity even if no one is there from those days.  It would be interesting to be back there after all this time. 

Heres hoping that both of us find a good job that we like quickly.  Best of luck.

[EE]

I am awaiting my first unemployment check, its not much, $435 a week but it will do. Out here it would be tough to survive on it but I am thinking about going to school when I get back to Missouri. I found a Metal Fabrication and welding school only half a mile from where I will be living. Hell, $1700 a month I could survive with no problems in Missouri. My place here is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 garage place, 900 SF and its costing me $825 a month, in Missouri it will cost me about $300.

MY biggest problem will be finding a way to get money into my bank account. I have a local credit union that I use, going to have to find a way to add funds into paypal I think and then dump into my credit union unless I can find a way to do a transfer.

Well, I am way behind in finishing this place off. I have until tomorrow night to finish the packing of the truck and car and cleaning the house and of course, my damned cat just jumped up to take a nap on my lap.
SIGH

[Brush Wolf]

Get an account in Missouri and have the unemployment check direct deposited there.