I'm losing my job

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imported_perry

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Last day is this Friday.. "They just ran out of funding" said my on-site contract company supervisor guy. My department head wouldn't even break the news to me. Pretty crappy. I was just starting to feel comfortable there too. :(



Graduated college in December 03, took me till July 04 to find this job. I don't need any more time off. I need to work and make money. Forget unemployment, I wanna earn my own money.
 
I'm sorry to hear that Perry. Keep your chin up... most of us have gone through this at least once. If you keep plugging away, everything WILL turn out OK.
 
I know.. luckily I haven't lived a lavish lifestyle since I started working (cept for maybe ordering a bit too many car care supplies ;) ) so I can go for a couple months which may be necessary considering the IT job market.. But I was just starting to feel comfortable with the money I had saved up and was starting to think about moving closer to work (50 miles one way!) and getting a new car. Just frustrating.



And this isn't the first time. I lost two other part time jobs in college.. One because they ran out of work, and another because they decided they needed someone full time instead of part time (too much work).
 
I'm a little older Perry .. but one thing I do rememeber VERY well is that getting your first real break, your first real opportunity can seem like it will take forever. Normally the guys who get that "lucky break" are the guys who stick at it, find an opportunity, grasp it with both hands and never look back!



I don't want to sound like I don't understand your disappointment but believe me, this event will make tougher in general and more aggressive in taking that good opportunity when it does come along.



Good luck to you Perry, post and let us know when you find that new job! :)
 
holland_patrick said:
Being with a consultant company do they have more work for ya???
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Unfortunately, no. The company I work directly for has been bought out several times over the past few years. The recruiter that originally called me is out of Texas, HR is up in Minnesota.. I don't know that they even have a corporate office in Indiana.



I know, whatever doesn't kill me only makes me stronger. As one door closes, another opens. Every cloud has a silver lining. Yada, yada. I'm able to adapt and overcome and will come out on top once the dust settles. This gave me good experience in a large corporate environment (I do PC / network support) and kinda taught me the ropes of the industry.



Truthfully, I kinda felt like I would stagnate there after a while. But, I had hoped to be able to stick around for a full year then start looking for something bigger and better. But I guess the time is now.



I don't know if I'm elegible for unemployment benefits since I was a contractor (but was W-2'd), don't know if I want to file for them as that would cause me to lose my motivation. I will see what kind of resources the unemployment office has for helping me find a job though.
 
perry: sorry to hear what's happening to you. Trust me, I've been there and still going through the aggravations.



But in your case, you should be able to get your unemployment even though you are a contractor.
 
I feel for you. I just worked my first day today since July, 7 months unemployment. Yes, in IT.



I accepted a contract with an hourly rate lower than what I was making back in 1997. They say the economy has changed. Yes, it sure has. A decent house now costs $500K and it cost 1/2 of that in 1997.



Keep your chin up and don't lose hope. You are always just a phone call away from things being good again.
 
Really sorry to hear this Perry. Get your name back out there with a few IT headhunters and you may be surprised what opens up for you.



I wouldn't worry about the unemployment $$$$$ causing you to loose motivation, I don't think it'll be enough to do that! Since this job did give you some experience hopefully it will make it easier to find your next job.
 
My brother got laid off after 13 years as a systems analyst for a law firm in July. He has had a small computer business on the side for about 5 years, so he finished his Mircrosoft Certification courses and jumped headfirst into his side business. This January was the first month he equaled his takehome from the job he was laid off from and by March, his wife should be able to quit her job and start working for him.



Do what he did, take a crappy situation and turn it into something good. You can do it!
 
Don't feel too bad.



That seems to be how the job market is these days. Younger people have the hardest time getting their foot in the door. In the 80's they said that middle-aged people were at a disadvantage, but today it seems that the opposite is true. I had to temp and work a number of crappy jobs after college, and I got laid of a couple of times too.



Just keep sending out those resumes. You will find another job. And once you have managed to get a little experience, things will get much easier.
 
cannot relate to you as far as type of jobs but certainly can relate to being laid off. i have spent the last 30 years working construction. every job that i have had has ended in a lay off. then months and months of unemployment. one year i worked 6 weeks and then had 18 months of no gainful employment.



each year is the same for me. fear an trepidation, as far as getting gainful employment, is in my heart each and every year. i have been doing it so long now that i have built up some kind of immunity but the fear of the unknown is ever present. for me nothing is written in stone until i get the dispatch from the union hall. that is when i know that i have a job again.



as far as the unemployment is concerned, please take the time to dot all the i's and cross all at the t's and apply for unemployment. if you are not working it is well worth your time. use it to your advantage. it costs nothing to do it and the return is well worth the effort.



hope that your future efforts will be fruitful!!!
 
cwcad said:
each year is the same for me. fear an trepidation, as far as getting gainful employment, is in my heart each and every year. i have been doing it so long now that i have built up some kind of immunity but the fear of the unknown is ever present. for me nothing is written in stone until i get the dispatch from the union hall. that is when i know that i have a job again.
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That's the part that scares me - uncertainty. When I started this job, it was just supposed to be for a month. Then I was extended another month. Then two more months. Then I just kept on working. And suddenly - WHAM! I was just starting to feel comfortable and thinking I may be there a while.



And now it's even worse. I can survive a couple months off savings, but how long will it take to find a job? Will I like it? Will it pay well? Just the fact of not knowing is unnerving, ya know?



As I look back, I should have known this was coming and shouldn't have let myself get comfortable. I could see the lack of loyalty the company I was contracted to showed towards the contractors. Sounds bad, I know, but when they hire and fire contractors at-will, it's hard for me not to feel bitter.



I still have a lot to learn, but this experience has taught me quite a bit about corporate America. Now I just have to make the best of this experience and move on.
 
perry: maybe I can offer some advice. I'm 61 years young and just started with another company. Not having a college education (decided S.E. Asia was where the action was instead in 1966), I ended up in sales. I've been in database design and sales for over 15 years and now represent 3 different companies. I too learned after a layoff in 1985, that corporate folks discard employee loyalty almost entirely. So, I decided to rep for 3 small computer database companies. It's been pretty successful ('ain't rich..but ain't broke either). And, the plus side is if one of the companies doesn't need me anymore, I've only lost 1/3 of my income (rather than 100% with single corporate employment). Gives me some breathing room to find a replacement.



I had a pretty knowledgeable advisor tell me to seek small to medium companies to represent. They don't provide the big benefits of large corporations (health care, 401k, etc), but you can put that together yourself.



Hang in there...you'll be surprised at what you'll end up with.



See Ya From Toto Land (actually I'm in warm Daytona for a system install...good planning on my part he-he)
 
perry said:
Forget unemployment, I wanna earn my own money.
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Unemployment is not welfare - HUGE difference. You paid into that, so you should qualify for it if you were laid off.



I left my job in December 2003, went back to school which qualified me for 1 YEAR of unemployment. I finished my 1 year program and a month later I got a new job which I start on March 7. That money was a LIFE saver. (As well as detailing income in the warm weather)



My point is, it would be wise to collect your entitled benefit so you have some income to pay the bills and lessen the hardship until you find a new job.



Again, it is not welfare.



Best of luck to you. Something WILL turn up.
 
Do what he did, take a crappy situation and turn it into something good. You can do it!
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Great advice Scott. I have been in similar situations and often one finds that one door closing leads to another one opening...
 
Not having a job to go to on Monday is kinda sucky. Nepotism sucks. Politics in the workplace sucks. Nice to know that you have friends that will go to bat for you.
 
SilverLexus said:
Great advice Scott. I have been in similar situations and often one finds that one door closing leads to another one opening...
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:werd: I wanted to be an accountant, then a writer, then a photojournalist and ended up a restaurant manager. Got burned out and got into detailing. Very scary the first year not knowing if I was going to make it...and marveling that people would actually pay me to do something I really enjoy.
 
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