Hello! This news has been coming for awhile now, but I had no idea just how soon it would happen. I - along with nearly my entire department - was laid-off this morning. Or, as the British say, "made redundant". Basically my company is out-sourcing to India where the work can be done much cheaper. Darn them and their cheap labor! Like I said, I knew lay-offs were on the horizon but had no idea that I was on the front line. The four people in my department who did not lose their jobs outright are only being kept for two more months.
Yes, there's a severance package so I do have some breathing room to find a new job. It's just going to be strange to not have to be somewhere everyday. It hasn't entirely sunk in yet.
I'm trying to view this as an opportunity to find something that makes me happier and a place to which I enjoy going. It has been a long time since I've been able to say that about this particular job.
That's all I know! Commence job-search.
