What do we do when we wait all day for The Corporation to send their Snapple Cap message of "You Are a Winner" or "Sorry Try Again" and get neither? We drive downtown and get the biggest Margarita that will fit in a glass, clink them and say a few blue words in honor of The Corporation. Yeah...sweet. The Husband waits around with a couple of other people, calling victims in other parts of the country, trying to see if it is "just him" or if offers were starting to trickle in...they trickled in...around three pm Pacific and for a couple of other people. I guess that I shouldn't have been surprised that he did not get an offer today but when they said that there would be emails to say that they were not going to be part of the program and did nothing, I think that it is just the corporate climate, one that is quite cancerous. I have to say that we had our hopes up, unfortunately, hearing that if offers came, they would be at the same salary. The company is finding some way to eliminate him and then hire some RCG to take his place, at half the salary. Nice, isn't it?
So, now...should I teach him to spin??? :o))) I will teach him to be self-employed.
that sucks ;-(
Posted by: vanessa | August 19, 2005 at 06:55 PM
Crum. I wanted it to be a happy ending--which it will eventually be anyway; I have great faith in you both.
Posted by: AlisonH | August 19, 2005 at 07:37 PM
Teach him to be self-employed and charge the Corporation double as a consultant. My father is learning, too. He can do it.
Posted by: kim | August 19, 2005 at 09:54 PM
OOhhh no........does that means, that you still don't know anything, or that they don't want Rod?? HA.....they don't know what they missing out on.....! I VOTE for that you guys can do it yourself, and i KNOW that you can do it GOOOOD!*HUGGA*
Posted by: Helle From Denmark | August 20, 2005 at 12:50 AM
You're wonderful and you and Rod will work it all out. As my grandma says, "everything will be ok." And sometimes, if you say it often enough, it is. :) Joanne
Posted by: Joanne | August 20, 2005 at 11:20 AM
Big corporations have no compassion. Send lots of white light to you and DH.
Posted by: Jen | August 20, 2005 at 12:25 PM
They'll find out sooner or later that institutional knowledge is worth something but then it will be too late, and he can laugh and laugh knowing that time is coming! Yeah teach him to spin!
Posted by: CarolineF | August 20, 2005 at 03:59 PM
When Richard got laid off by DEC, he was part of the only division in the company actually making money--and they came back a month afterwards and tried to rehire all the engineers from the group. Who told them to take a hike. Meantime, since they laid off everybody, it qualified under Federal rules as a plant closing and they automatically had to pay everybody 30 days salary minimum (or was it 60? It's been a dozen years)--but they wouldn't have, had the manager not done the research and found that out. Not long after, my BIL was laid off on a Friday, when he would have been vested for retirement come Monday; Monday, they offered him the same job as a consultant, no benefits. Patently illegal of them. It pays to know, because they're certainly not going to help you find out what they owe you.
Posted by: AlisonH | August 20, 2005 at 04:10 PM
This SUCKS.
Hang tough Lisa and Rod. It will take a while to find out why this was the best thing that could possibly have happened to you. . . and the wait for that revelation is often unbearable. But it almost always is so.
I'm shooting BEAMS of white light across the time zones at both of you. There's a good reason for this and I will look forward to learning what that might be.
Helen
Posted by: Helen in NH | August 20, 2005 at 05:36 PM
Positive thoughts absolutely BEAMING your way! My mantra, taken from Garth Brooks: "Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers."
Posted by: Janine | August 20, 2005 at 09:30 PM
Oh Gee, last time I looked in, your DH was looking forward to retirement and the countdown had begun. I shall have to read backwards and catch up on what happened. For heaven's sake, keep your chin up.
Your new cardigan is lovely. I would like to see it in the light and see the sparks.
I am retiring as of Sept 9. At least for long enough to get some knitting done.
Brenda's new cardigan is lovely isn't it? She did post my rendition of her scalloped sea shell shawl. I am thinking about the mosaic colorwork pattern. Love the way it went together.
Posted by: junieann | August 21, 2005 at 10:48 PM
Yup, chins up. Junieann, I love your rendition of Brenda's shell pattern the most. It just reminds me of a real shell, with the variation in the colors...so much more interesting than just natural and it should prove to be an inspiration for people that can't envision something outside of the box...
Posted by: Lisa S | August 22, 2005 at 11:45 AM