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Wednesday, 07 December 2005
Beth: It's hard coming up with a title that really sums it all up, so...
Well folks, I'm unemployed once more, for the second time in 2005. It has definitely not been a good year.
Yesterday my boss sat me down and said that for the future of the company, they need to do some corporate restructuring and hire a vice president or senior level executive. She said this is something they've been trying to figure out for a while now. However, they also can't afford to add a 6th person right now, so the restructuring means elimination of a position...mine.
Since the parting was a [relatively] amicable one, I didn't feel like getting into the fact that I (and my office-mate of similar age) have been somewhat unhappy there for a while. It wasn't really an exit interview, so I didn't get that chance for constructive criticism. However, I am heartened by the sympathetic phone call that I just received from the aforementioned office-mate. He has received a job offer elsewhere, and will be giving notice...today. And since I know that his concerns about the company are the same as mine...I am happy that the powers that be will be given that chance to learn from their mistakes - if they want to listen.
As was the case in January, I would have liked to do this on my own terms - but I guess that wasn't meant to be.
I would appreciate everyone keeping an eye open for jobs in the media...newspaper, TV, magazine, radio, etc. Even freelance stuff would be great, since I'm already doing a bit of that currently. PR was nice but not for me in the long run. Thanks.
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