Last Monday morning I was struggling with my PC, trying in vain to get it to boot, when my co-worker C jumped on the SMS chat that a few of us in my department participate in. She said she had been laid off. My heart sunk into the ground. C, who everyone loves, had been with The Company for almost 20 years. If she wasn’t safe . . .
So I reached out to my Director, and informed him of the PC issues as a just-in-case. He responded immediately, and in moments I was in a phone call with HR, getting the dreaded news. My first layoff at age 55.
I’ve had all the feelings, and I don’t want to dwell on them here. Instead, these posts will focus on how I’m managing this problem. How the job hunt is going, what hunt-related activities I’m engaged with, and how this opportunity will change my life for the better. This will help me stay accountable, and hopefully positive.
(Make a note: This might be a good answer to one of those standard, dreaded interview questions.)
Soon I’ll write about the changes I’ve made to my resume, and later in the week maybe the changes to my portfolio.