“Six years of college down the drain.”
Today, the carefully ordered world of yours truly ( and that of my section of my company) was blown apart. In a situation familiar to many Americans-I am now facing an uncertain future-vis a vis continued employment here in Shopping Mall USA. That might be a blessing in disguise-but the bills are not going away in the mean time. Me, my co-worker, and about 40 other people could be :1) working for a new company, 2) working in a different place with my same company, 3) working in a different place for a new company or 4) pounding the pavement looking for other gainful employment. Once again we have been screwed-only this time, just like the pig at breakfast-I am totally involved.
My company is trying to do the best it can for those of us it can do something for-which will not be all of us. Its one of the things I like about my company, they don’t just forget about you when you become yesterday’s news. Nonetheless-their options became severely constrained by a rather boneheaded decision made today.
I won’t be on the street with a tin cup just yet – for how long is still TBA. But it nonetheless is going to make for a challenging summer. The possibility of this day coming has been on the horizon for about 7 months-its one of the reasons I am so strident about economic issues and why I despise these so called “champions of government austerity”. It may be just business to someone who is not in danger of getting laid off-but for those who are its personal. It is also why I am more concerned about the unemployment rate rather than the deficit.
“Something will turn up“-wonder how many times people have told that to themselves in the last few years? I found myself telling myself that today. Unfortunately-it doesn’ always happen as quickly as one would like for someone in my age bracket.
I was going to study for my course tonight-I think I’ll just burn my booze level down a couple of notches instead.
Anybody on the right side of the dateline want to see my resume? Please?
