Today . . .

[Pathfinder]

I joined the ranks of Tom, TW and FQ, as well as the others, and got laid off.

The bank had 3 bad quarters and is cutting 4% of the workforce - or so they say. They refused to give me any answers at all, only referring to the CEO's memo of a few weeks back that there would be about 4% layoffs.

Minimal severance, and they walked me to the door - barely let me get my keys and iPod off the desk. They were too busy today to actually watch me as I cleaned out my desk, I will have to do that some other day - after hours so as not to disturb the rest of the natives.

It's a crappy bank - not the crappiest, but not a great one.

[Texas_Bryan]

Wish I could say welcome aboard, but this ship's pretty crappy.

[deepwater]

sorry to hear it Pathfinder,
I recently took a pay cut that just barely keeps the bills paid, can't imagine being without work though.

[tombogan03884]

Sorry to be welcoming you to the club. At least my company treated us decent, sounds like yours were a bunch of pricks.

[fightingquaker13]

Sorry to hear it. It makes me feel lucky. At least I just lossed a promised job. Its a lot worse to lose one you've already got and were depending on.
FQ13

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[Timothy]

That blows Pathfinder....sorry to hear it.

[shooter32]

Sorry to hear it Path.

I've been working two jobs now for about 4 years. The second is a part time janitorial job at a local auto dealer which is about to come to an end soon I'm afraid.

I'm lucky I guess.

[Hazcat]

Damn!  Sorry to hear that path.

[jaybet]

Sorry to hear about your bad news, Pathfinder. This is really a miserable time we're having here and I've seen so many good people get hammered for no fault of their own.
I still say the Stimulus would work a lot better if the folks at the bottom who buy things got the money. The Democrats always deride "Trickle Down Economics", but that is exactly what they're practicing right now. You shore up all the fat cats and eventually some of that will trickle down to us regular folk.

Pardon the mini-rant....I hope things work out for you quickly.

[MikeBjerum]

Hey path and all the others in this boat, sorry to hear this.  I whine about my long hours and late nights, but I tend to forget the alternative.  I will be remembering you all daily!