Phew.
As expected, yesterday was 'the day' and thankfully, our group (the testers) didn't suffer too many losses. The word around the office was that as far as the IT folks were concerned, the people on the chopping block were VPs and above. Unfortunately, that proved to be true, as the 3 people in SQA that were terminated were all VPs. Sadness.
Aside from the three people I knew within SQA, I said 'goodbye' to one of my former bosses (who I LOVED), one of my sister's best friends, (who just happened to also work at the same company as me) and saddest of all, one of my former co-workers and close friends.
Way back when, he and I worked at a different company on the same team, eventually I took over the group and was his supervisor, then shortly after that I left the company. He stayed there and coincidentally, both of our companies ended up being bought by the same larger company, so we were working for the same place once again. If he hadn't been laid off, we were all going to be back together again in the same building come next Spring. BUT - that clearly wasn't mean to be. :-(
There are more layoffs on the horizon, but hopefully you won't hear me mention anything about it until at LEAST March of 2011. Hopefully.
In other (happier) news - Thanksgiving was GREAT, my time out of the office was fantastic, and our house is completely decorated for Christmas!!!! Yay.
We'll probably get the tree this weekend and decorate it early next week.
In the meantime, here are the pictures I promised of the 'new and improved' Christmas Village display for 2010.
They aren't all that clear, because they were taken with my iPhone, but you'll get the idea.
Enjoy :-)
Level One completed...
Jim, the handyman...
Always wear your safety goggles!!!
Our helpful assisstant...
Level Two completed...
Done!
The village at 'night'...
The outside of our house, all 'done up' for 2010...
8 comments:
wow. That looks impressive. If only you didn't have Scooter's help...
Congrats on being part of the people not being laid off... That doesn't sound too nice, but...
AMAZING!!!
Believe it or not, yesterday when I was making dinner I remembered what day it was and I thought of you. Your silence yesterday had me on edge. I'm glad you blogged about the layoffs tonight and are safe.
fuck, that is impressive. and as SpongeBob says when he's jellyfishing and wears glasses "safety first!".
I feel the angst about being layed off/fired, having gone through it once. It's not ideal, but I think I can handle it now if it happened again. Isn't that sad?
Once again, Sccoter, is beyond cute.
the village looks so big now!! take some close up shots!! :-)
I am relieved for you
Why do companies lay off people at the holidays? It is so mean spirited.
Your handyman is drop dead gorgeous; can he come over and fix a few things here?
Glad you still have a job! That's sure something to be thankful for!
Now, about that village...
I'm glad you survived the cut! It sucks to get laid off before the holidays - I know - I've been there, done that, and I DIDN'T get a freepin' t-shirt either - cheap bastards!
The house looks great. Did you decorate the pool area too? You know - that big hole in the ground in the backyard that I've never seen in-season? LOL
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