Boss' boss - Well not so good, we are going through a reorg today and unfortunately you are affected... blah blah blah... today is your last day... here is HR with some info.... blah blah blah...
So we ended the call and my career with Kewill as well...
SO I grabbed the phone, headed to the back porch with Lilly and went down through my contact list and called my work contacts, trying to convince them I was not kidding them, thanking them for the fun travels and experiences, and all the help throughout the years. The offers for references, links to sites where they had an 'in', and potential offers were a bit overwhelming for only 3 hours into unemployment...
L came home, I told her :-o, shocked... She had to run J to Children's hospital for a checkup and I hung out and went back to walk G home from school. We had a nice chat on the way back home, I got him a snack and went to work cleaning my personal stuff off my work PC.
All boys home from school now, and JG&I headed to the ball fields to let any of G's team that may show up know that they game was cancelled due to the rain. It wasn't raining while we were there so we threw the ball around. Back home for dinner and I let the boys know my job was 'downsized' and we talked about what that means.
L off to zumba and I headed out back to throw the football with the boys. After we had enough we headed in to get cleaned up and for a couple games of Stratego. L home and getting the boys cleaned up and I took a call from my boss, that was out on vacation last week and was just as surprised this morning that I was let go as I was. We had a nice chat and I was assured I had done nothing wrong, I had done everything ever asked of me and given 110% on every task. I headed up and tucked the boys in.
L and I up talking about the day and the plans for what lies ahead. I told her about the responses and support I received today and she told me that when she tried to cancel her gym membership tonight, the owner stopped her, thanked her for bringing in new members, always being there and giving her all, as well as letting her know her account would be, 'taken care of', through October... Someone is watching over us...
So today I had a not so great phone call to start the day, talked to a lot of friends all over the world, got support and comments I never dreamed of, spent time with the people I love that could care less what I 'do' for a living, and know that
I refuse to be a statistic...
I've been through worse...
