Well there’s going to be layoffs. The number that I’m hearing for our department is worse than I thought it would be and they are working on a new work schedule for everyone that’s left. The axe will fall on March 9th which is when they will tell the “winners” of their fate. I feel pretty good about making the cut but you never know. My last job hired and laid off people all the time and I made it through 3 or 4 cycles of it there before I ended up quitting. It sucks every time. Just gotta hope for the best and prepare for the worst I guess. I ended up getting a 7% pay cut which was more than I thought but I adjusted my tax deductions a little to compensate for the additional money that I can deduct next year from the recent stimulus. That plus the little tax cut from the same stimulus where they will be taking out a little less each pay period (eventually) and I’m coming out pretty close to even.
I was going to go see about a car loan yesterday actually but I decided to hold off until after the 9th too see how that goes first. The truck is pretty much on it’s last leg and I don’t really want to put any money into it so I thought that it’s finally time to get something better. I found some good deals on a couple low mileage Ford Focus’s that are only a couple years old. The Focus isn’t all that cool of a car though. It’s nice enough I guess, and they get 35 miles to the gallon. It would be nice to be able to go on a road trip somewhere and not have to bang on the dash to make the radio work.
I did 18 miles on Sunday and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be a couple months ago when I was looking at the training schedule. I was definitely tired at the end but I made it through ok. I’m glad it’s going to be nice today when I wake up and tomorrow so I can go outside and run instead. It needs to be nice on Sunday just once so I can do that long run outside too. I got a pretty nice fleece beanie cap in the mail embroidered with the Olathe Marathon stuff for being one of the first 200 people to register for the marathon. That was pretty cool.
I guess that’s all I’ve got for today. How’s everyone else doing?
Ouch … it’s no real consolidation but you’re not alone. Not a good time to be looking for a job. They’re still looking at a 45% reduction in my group … should know by about March 13th.
18 miles is an pretty good deal! … I went out and ran 5 in your honor (now I’m really hurting)
Mike
Yea that week seems to be the preferred week for the reckoning to take place. I’m trying to think of options just in case. I guess I could go back to being a CNA if it came to it. Old people are still old and need their diapers changed whether the economy is good or not. At least there’s lots of women who work there unlike where I work now.
It’s always good to have a back-up in hard times. The bills have to be paid somehow I guess.
SUCKS THAT’S ABOUT IT
It’s going to be another cold sunday. And another sunday that steve will have to stop by the desk and be the highlight of my night. Also, 18 miles! Dude you are a machine. I’ve told you that, but everytime I think about running 18 miles I’m amazed. I don’t even want to ride my bike 8 miles to work. Later homie.
I’m FAT!!!!!!
Don’t worry Chuck, being jobless and homeless melts those extra pounds right off!
hell ya