its happened to me twice. Its no fun

and can post here at the same time.

That should be good enough news for you to feel better

A man walks into the Dr.’s office for a follow up visit.

The Doc says, “Sir, youre gonna want to sit down. I have bad news. Whats worse, the bad news actually carries more bad news.”

“Just give it to me straight, Doc!” the man impatiently exclaimed.

“Well, you have Alzheimer’s. Its debilitating and your mind wont function the same”
 
“Shit, thats terrible” says the man, “Whats the rest?”
 
“Well, bc of your illness you likely won’t be able to perform even the most miniscule of tasks as you used to. It will cause you to forget most important people, places, and things in your life—which will never ever be the same”

“Oh man… Well, at least I dont have Alzheimer’s…”

I have a lot of Indian connections in India. I can get you Outsourced :p.
Till that time watch the movie “Outsourced” and see how much fun it could be.
A leisurely job and a hottie indian gal. Man o man…ya will be rolling in no time.

Hmm…employment stories to make you feel better?

Well, I was shaking in my boots when I saw the economy tanking. I’ve been in the army for almost eight years now, and I had planned on getting out at the end of this enlistment to work a contractor job here in the DC area. We found out the wife was pregnant again, due just a month before I had timed my terminal leave to start. And then I received orders to go be a drill sergeant down in Texas, which meant that I had to either accept those orders or sign a document that would mean I couldn’t change my mind about getting out, even if the economy took any contractor jobs off the table. I didn’t want to accept the orders, sell the house, move my very pregnant wife and our kid back to Texas, and start life all over again, so I took a leap of faith. I signed the document turning down the orders, brushed up my resume, and applied to no less than 200 jobs that were relevant to my education and in my desired salary range. I also went to several job expos for my sector of work, dressed to the nines, shaking every hand I could, and generally schmoozed my ass off. I did not want to find myself unemployed with an infant, a toddler, and a wife who didn’t make enough to support the family.

Anyway, I was nervous going into it that (a) I wouldn’t find a job relevant to my career, (b) I’d find one, but it’d require moving, and © I’d find a job that wouldn’t even give me what I make now, let alone my desired salary. But after a lot of fancy internet work, phone calling, networking, etc. I had everyone who was able to look long term (July, when I’m getting out) coming after me, and I ultimately worked the salary to about triple what I make now, and both with excellent employers. One is the most prestigious computer science and tech corporation in the country, and the other is arguably the world’s most prestigious consulting company.

Anyway, nervousness when facing unemployment has to be the most natural thing, but working one’s ass off to get where one wants to go really does work. Hope it goes well for you, Chris.

Two weeks before christmas four years ago. The security company i was working for was out bid for the new contract and we were supposed to be given another month before we had to find new jobs. Well the company i worked for just said screw it and decided to pull up early, leaving all of us to find new jobs right away. I found out when i got to work at 4pm for the start of my shift that it was my last day!!! No one even had the decency to call and tell us personally, there was a note left for us and that was it! IIt took me a month to get a new job, and this one paid half of what my old one did. I’ve been there man, hang tough it’ll get better. Dont lose the faith brother!