Normally Friday is a good day. But it is bad news bears for me. I did get called in for that dreadful meeting this morning and it was the worst outcome possible. I'm being laid off and my last day is Dec 26th.
I've been working here for 13 years! It's really the end of an era. Both my former and current boss thanked me for all the work I've done over the years in keeping the steel management department running so smoothly. But the client has terminated my role. Nobody else does this job, though I recently started training someone in our client's Procurement department on it. Both my bosses were shaking their head at the huge gap this is going to leave and remarked that the client really hasn't thought this through.
It was nice to at least have some validation. They both emphasized they would be happy to give me strong references. I know my boss had been looking for other work for me, but there just isn't anything. I also found out that a Project Management person who has been here even longer than I have is also being laid off this month.
Soooooo. I guess I'm going to start making plans to move to Cincinnati. This job was the only thing keeping me here. I hope this opens the door for me to better opportunities. I know the comfort of this job had made me too complacent.
