News.

[Julie (a.k.a. Viola)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amber ?" <inviziblegirl at h...> wrote:
> 
> Not to put a damper on things, but today I was laid off from work. 
<<snip>>
> We were given 
> absolutely NO warning and were freaking lied to when we asked how 
the 
> company was doing. "Fine!" they said. "No problems! We've never had 
a 
> company lay-off, we have no plans to do so anytime soon". Damn them.

I'm so sorry! I, too, have been there, done that, still have the t-
shirt. ^_^;

You are perfectly entitled to be angry. You will feel better 
eventually. It may take some time, but you will. ^_^ There may be 
some lingering bitterness - especially since it sounds like your 
company pulled the usual BS ("No, no. Really. We've got ten million 
coming in our third round of funding...").

I recommend getting together with your co-workers to spend your 
severance getting schlocked on martinis, smashing some fiestaware (I 
know a very good restaurant that actually lets you do this and get 
away with it ^_^) and spending some quality time bitching on the 
FuckedCompany.com message boards. Not necessarily in that order, of 
course. ^_- It's cathartic. Ben and Jerry's also helps. As does 
kickboxing.

Seriously, though. I've been there and survived. Drop me an email if 
you need to vent. ^_^

-Julie (who found out about _her_ company's impending layoffs by 
reading about it in Variety the morning before it happened)