Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Another Victim of the ever failing economy...

Yes, I am talking about me. I had an amazing position at a Fortune 500 company. I wasn't EVER leaving that place. Dream job.
Then it happened... to me.
They say it was because I didn't have seniority, or "bumping rights." It sucks to get into a company you started to call home, and have to leave a year later.
I was just telling one of my three supervisors that day that it seems like a fantasy to get to stay at a company for longer than 5 years now days. I must have been misguided to think that you could get in a position, and stay there as long as you wanted, and would literally have to die to get out of. But if there were any place to do so, this was it.
SO much to my (and my supervisor's I might add...) surprise when the HR rep came my way.
I had just finished temping in my counterpart's place two weeks ago. I was supporting not only my 3 supervisors, but her 2 as well, who just so happened to be my supervisor's boss. I did it for 6 weeks, and I did AWESOME! I loved every minute of it, and worked my little heart out on the 5 of them, and the projects they threw my way.
So my supervisor's boss was the one who had to do it. He is a strong Italian man, and didn't like emotions. Didn't like them meaning that you got whatever you wanted or needed out of him, as long as he didn't have to see you cry. Ha...
So he, the HR rep, and I had a seat in the boss' office. I was heaving so hard I couldn’t' barely think, and the boss asked all pertinent questions since his quick intuition told him I could speak. Then the HR rep left, and the boss almost broke down. He excused himself to go notify my supervisors of the past 10 minutes.
I was escorted to my car, and that was it. A good friend packed my things for me, and brought them home, and I saw one of the girls on the way out, bawling, telling me she was so sorry. I couldn't acknowledge her, or I would have made a fool of myself. I was completely broadsided by the current situation. When they rumored the layoffs could be defined around seniority, I figured it was the people that were costing them WAAAY more than me. Boy was I wrong.
So, no hard feeling, just looking forward to the future. Hopefully I can get into something that blows this seemingly amazing, perfect, great paying career out of the water. God always has a BETTER plan right?
SO, here is my pitch. I have an awesome resume. I have some major skills. I have blunted the launch of a major competitor product, blowing our sales out of the water, spearheaded many organizational projects, and helped these guys travel all around the world and kept them safe and sound in swanky places, and kept MDs from getting left behind in Chicago when they had a surgery in 4 hours in San Fran. I have accomplished a lot, and my resume shows it... now I just need another place to thrive.