Just in time for Christmas!

Yup, got laid off, last day of work is next Wednesday.  At least i am on the payroll as admin leave until 02-04-2011 and i get 14 weeks severance.

Bah Humbug!   

I guess at least i can become a pro angler for a while.

Brutal... Sorry to hear that, where were ya working? Sucks lay offs are still happening.

bummer, sorry to hear SH,

Yup, got laid off, last day of work is next Wednesday.  At least i am on the payroll as admin leave until 02-04-2011 and i get 14 weeks severance.

Bah Humbug!   

I guess at least i can become a pro angler for a while.

Major Bummer, sorry to hear it, but look on the bright side, 2 months vacation with pay why not, you will get to fish/crab more.. it would have been nice it this happen when RF open

Brutal... Sorry to hear that, where were ya working? Sucks lay offs are still happening.

A biotech company called Exelixis.  They decided it would be smart to change the business model and dissolve all research and development and put all money in one compound that is in clinical trials.  the compound is doing really good but our R&D section had made a ton of cash for the company through deals with big Pharma.

Dude! Your lucky you got severence pay people around here are getting A kick in the ass!  .....Good time to go fishing!

Dude! Your lucky you got severence pay people around here are getting A kick in the ass!  .....Good time to go fishing!

+1 got mine the day before thanks giving no severance/sick/vac.
But hey had some good times while i was working.

Damn sorry to hear it, Tom.  But yeah, consider yourself lucky on the severence thing.  Many of us breath a sigh of thanks to Neptune when our paychecks don't bounce these days.

On the plus side, maybe we'll see you n your better half at some hookups?

Tough time to be looking but things seem to be shifting for the better, slowly but surely.

All the best, man!

And they keep reporting that the recovery is underway!  I received a 40% increase in my health insurance premiums this week.  It looks like the insurance companies are raising rates to make up for the new governmental requirements. I'm just not seeing the recovery! 

dude sorry to hear that

That sucks man, and shitty timing too.  But score on the severance, that helps.

Makes me wonder about companies that would do that to their employee's so close to the end of the year...     Sorry to hear that, and have been there and done that, but it never gets easy to me.  Hope ya find an even better company to work for in 2011!!!

Thanks all-
Yeah, the timing sucks but I guess that is part of working in the bio-tech industry.  This happens all the time, not my first, but hopefully my last.  but ya know, every time things have always worked out, no reason why it should not this time as well. 

Tough break Tom....first Cash for Gold shutting you down on the painted rocks and hammertime session and now this.  Hope things get better bro.

Tough break Tom....first Cash for Gold shutting you down on the painted rocks and hammertime session and now this.  Hope things get better bro.

I know, right?