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Nov. 3rd, 2008 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathepiperI just got the hammer lowered on me at work. Joy.
I can't say I'm terribly surprised by it. The newspaper industry has been struggling for a while now; certainly it's been for as long as I've had this job. Add to this that the economy is sucking, and, well, there ya go.
It's pretty gentle as layoffs go, though. I have been told my last day is December 12th, that I will get 2 1/2 weeks severance pay, and that I may have today and tomorrow as paid days off to cope. I am to talk to HR at 2 about COBRA and such, which is the main reason I'm not actually going straight home and am instead logged on from Pacific Place.
I may have to go see me a zombie movie tomorrow though. Under the circumstances it feels like a good thing to do.
I can't say I'm terribly surprised by it. The newspaper industry has been struggling for a while now; certainly it's been for as long as I've had this job. Add to this that the economy is sucking, and, well, there ya go.
It's pretty gentle as layoffs go, though. I have been told my last day is December 12th, that I will get 2 1/2 weeks severance pay, and that I may have today and tomorrow as paid days off to cope. I am to talk to HR at 2 about COBRA and such, which is the main reason I'm not actually going straight home and am instead logged on from Pacific Place.
I may have to go see me a zombie movie tomorrow though. Under the circumstances it feels like a good thing to do.
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Date: 2008-11-03 08:55 pm (UTC)I think tonight I'll have to have another shot of that Glenlivet that
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Date: 2008-11-03 08:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-03 11:42 pm (UTC)