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lalicopaIn the wonderful holiday season, my husband was fired from his job this afternoon.
He's been having trouble there almost since the beginning 6 months ago. He took this job along with a HUGE pay cut because there was supposed to be upside that would kick in within a year or so. There have been personality conflicts that have been increasing in the last few months and this was almost bound to happen. Of course it would have been nicer if they waited until after the holidays.
They're keeping him on with full salary and benefits (we think - he's clarifying all this now) for three months while he looks for a new job. He can use the office and will probably still work for them in the mean time. Hopefully some Wall Street people will be pissed off with their bonuses and leave some nice job openings for Robert. He's at a disadvantage because he's almost 49 years old and doesn't have an ivy league degree. The fact that he has his phD and JD seem to not hold a lot of water. A benefit is that he has a wonderful reputation and is ridiculously smart. We're toying with the idea of him returning to his old job. He left that job and the bosses were apparently really pissed off because of what an asset he was.
Robert doesn't realize that he has always complained about any job he's had since I've known him. He actually said to me over the weekend, "This is the first job that I've been really unhappy at." I had to stifle my laughter. He's complained about every job all along, although there has been more complaining and from an earlier point with this one. Robert has a real victimization thing going on in all aspects of his life, so work is a huge place to find that dynamic.
I'm a little in shock. I'm scared. We have debt. We have a house. We have two kids. We have a lifestyle that we're comfortable in.
My mother will freak out if I tell her, so I'm going to wait on that for a while. Maybe I'll just wait until (fingers crossed) Robert gets a new job, then I can just tell her that.
The only really good thing about this is that he can look for a job full time. It's really hard while you're working to interview, especially since he's working on Long Island now and all the jobs he'd be applying for are in Manhattan. This way he can spend entire days meeting with headhunters and going on interviews. And he doesn't have to find excuses to give his bosses about where he's going.
I'm just writing my thoughts because I started writing as soon as I hung up with him and I feel a bit paralyzed and cannot quite get out of my chair.
He's been having trouble there almost since the beginning 6 months ago. He took this job along with a HUGE pay cut because there was supposed to be upside that would kick in within a year or so. There have been personality conflicts that have been increasing in the last few months and this was almost bound to happen. Of course it would have been nicer if they waited until after the holidays.
They're keeping him on with full salary and benefits (we think - he's clarifying all this now) for three months while he looks for a new job. He can use the office and will probably still work for them in the mean time. Hopefully some Wall Street people will be pissed off with their bonuses and leave some nice job openings for Robert. He's at a disadvantage because he's almost 49 years old and doesn't have an ivy league degree. The fact that he has his phD and JD seem to not hold a lot of water. A benefit is that he has a wonderful reputation and is ridiculously smart. We're toying with the idea of him returning to his old job. He left that job and the bosses were apparently really pissed off because of what an asset he was.
Robert doesn't realize that he has always complained about any job he's had since I've known him. He actually said to me over the weekend, "This is the first job that I've been really unhappy at." I had to stifle my laughter. He's complained about every job all along, although there has been more complaining and from an earlier point with this one. Robert has a real victimization thing going on in all aspects of his life, so work is a huge place to find that dynamic.
I'm a little in shock. I'm scared. We have debt. We have a house. We have two kids. We have a lifestyle that we're comfortable in.
My mother will freak out if I tell her, so I'm going to wait on that for a while. Maybe I'll just wait until (fingers crossed) Robert gets a new job, then I can just tell her that.
The only really good thing about this is that he can look for a job full time. It's really hard while you're working to interview, especially since he's working on Long Island now and all the jobs he'd be applying for are in Manhattan. This way he can spend entire days meeting with headhunters and going on interviews. And he doesn't have to find excuses to give his bosses about where he's going.
I'm just writing my thoughts because I started writing as soon as I hung up with him and I feel a bit paralyzed and cannot quite get out of my chair.
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Date: 2005-12-19 07:17 pm (UTC)what wanks to do it right on Christmas!
*hugs*
Will be thinking of you and yours
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Date: 2005-12-19 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-19 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-19 08:34 pm (UTC)Hopefully this will be better. I was just IMing with him, and his spirits are remarkably high. He got some responses from headhunters already and has a meeting scheduled for next week, so we'll see what happens.
This is a very hectic time for his industry since the majority of compensation comes from bonuses and the bonuses come this time of year. There are many unhappy people who are looking for jobs this very time because they are unhappy with their bonuses and also people wait for their bonuses before leaving because it's a huge chunk of money. I think that's going to be the main obstacle right now.
I'm still a nervous wreck, but he's calm, which is good.
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Date: 2005-12-20 01:09 am (UTC)GAH! Well, hugs to you and yours, and hopes that his leads pan out! On the bright side, enjoy the extra time together this holiday season!
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Date: 2005-12-19 08:21 pm (UTC){{{{{{{{{{{{hugs & thoughts}}}}}}}}}}}}
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Date: 2005-12-19 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-19 09:43 pm (UTC)all i can say is let robert find out what's going on with his salary first, and then start checking options like unemployment, etc...it will be ok...*Hugs*
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Date: 2005-12-19 11:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-20 01:56 am (UTC)Vibes for a better job coming his way soon.
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Date: 2005-12-20 03:29 am (UTC)I'll be thinking of you. Let us know if there's anything we can do for you, even if it's just to listen to you vent.
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Date: 2005-12-20 05:46 pm (UTC)Aargh!
Date: 2005-12-20 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-22 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-22 02:37 am (UTC)At least Robert seems calm and optimistic -- hope something much better comes along, making it better for all of you. In the meantime, it must be such a worry!