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Pink Slip Blues: What to do after you’ve been laid off
by levda | Jun 04 '01
Don't be scared if you've been laid off.

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Useful & Upbeat!!! (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
A lot of great advice with a wonderful Don't give up! feeling about it!!!

Just when things seem to be the darkest, light might come in unexpected ways!!! This is the feeling I get when I read this!!! :o)
Jun 27 '01
6:37 pm PDT

That's nice and all... (Reply to this comment)
by sprint_sucks
I'm glad you were able to find a job so quickly... but here in Glendale/Los Angeles, that $300 a week isn't enough to pay rent and NO ONE is hiring. Anyone else reading this know of anyone hiring? pleasepleaseplease
Jun 08 '01
5:51 pm PDT

been there, done that... (Reply to this comment)
by crankybeer
After 17 years I was laid off by my job. The company merged for a 4th time, and while I was devastated to be laid off, I felt a great freedom.

It usually takes much longer to find a new job after being laid off than it took you, so other readers out there who have been laid off, give it time--it can even take a year, but there is something better out there.

Glad you found something better; I did, too.
-Debby (crankybeer)
Jun 08 '01
2:26 pm PDT

Finding a recruiter? (Reply to this comment)
by mcgina
I'd love to talk to a recruiter or two but I have no idea where to find one. Are they listed in the phone book under "Employment Pimps"? I used to have one or two calling me every week. Now that I need one, I can't find one. :)

/gina
Jun 07 '01
8:53 am PDT

And She Lived Happily Ever After... (Reply to this comment)
by Hard_To_Please
Princess Levda-

A long time ago in a kingdom far, far away, Prince Hard-To-Please found himself in a similar fairy tale. How I wish I knew then what you know now!...Mark
Jun 06 '01
4:36 pm PDT

Congrats on the new job! (Reply to this comment)
by hnnygrlca
Great tips too...

Talk soon, xoxo tata hon
Jun 06 '01
10:17 am PDT

A superb discussion . . . (Reply to this comment)
by gungian
. . . on facing down this particular Pink Panther.

As a corporate business manager [and college business professor] I heartily endorse your posting.

Nicely done.

Write On!
Jun 06 '01
4:15 am PDT

Re: Great+Job+Miss+Dana...... (Reply to this comment)
by levda
Thanks for the awesome compliment!

How's my phone?
Dana
Jun 05 '01
4:10 pm PDT

Re: Once+Upon+A+Time.... (Reply to this comment)
by levda
Yeah yeah yeah!!! PICTURE!

Let's talk about this move to another country... where???

Dana, who's intrigued
Jun 05 '01
5:22 am PDT

Once Upon A Time.... (Reply to this comment)
by elvisdo
Princess Levda,

Very inspiring considering I'm looking for a new job myself (plus moving to a new country as well... hopefully... but that's another story).

We have another princess in the house. Why do I feel like another illustration starting to fester within me?

Sir Visdo
Jun 04 '01
9:12 pm PDT

Congrats ... (Reply to this comment)
by sblaydes, sblaydes is a Lead on Epinions in Education
on a great review, and ... for hanging in there and finding a new position! :)

Suzanne
Jun 04 '01
5:41 pm PDT

Dear Princess Levda (Reply to this comment)
by kristinafh
I for one, was appreciative of your RIF'd status. After all, I saw more of your eZY *ss and of course - it must be the reason that you were made an advisor after all of this time ;).

Kristina
Jun 04 '01
5:29 pm PDT

Rock on! (Reply to this comment)
by sleestakk
Congrats on the new job! In '98 I went through the same experience (maybe I milked unemployment insurance a little longer... ok, a lot longer)... then I got hired by an Internet company. Last week we just completed another round of layoffs... but at least I survived (again).

If nothing else, it's been a wild ride.

Cheers!

-stk-
Jun 04 '01
11:30 am PDT

awww princess levda! (Reply to this comment)
by mattjoe
you were joining me on the UE?
Degrading? Hell no! COOL! money for doing nothing! and rightfully mine. Spring off, possibly the summer, i'm livin large!
Jun 04 '01
11:08 am PDT