Good news or bad?

[cbzdel]

Hmmm.. well our boss just gave the entire office (5 people) a layoff warning this morning and said if things dont turn around in the next few days we are going to have to close our doors for good..

Not sure if I should be happy or sad haha.. I just applied for 3 jobs online this morning but who knows because I am in the structural engineering field (related to construction) and with our current housing market NO ONE is building..

Time for a career change?? With my current financial suituation I would easily survive off of a minimum wage job but I would rather not go that low since I would make more on unemployment that I would in a minimum wage job..

I hope for the best since I am moving in 3 months!! Our apartment that we are moving into said they need to be able to verify you make 3x the rent and have employment for a year so I hope that the woman making about 2.9x the rent and being employed for 7 years will be good enough!

I think my resume is pretty good, but my cover letter is kinda lame still...

Wish me luck!!

 

[DragonBlu]

Good luck with the job search. I have been on the wrong end of a lay-off a couple times and it always seemed to work out for the better. I changed professions a few times and it pays to be diversified now days.

 

[Diluted]

well you were just talking about disliking your job...guess that kinda makes the decision for you! Best of luck finding something better (I'm sure you will). So far every job change I've had has been for the better.

 

[GoGreen09]

Good luck with everything CB - I hope you at least get some kind of severance package.

 

[cbzdel]

Good luck with everything CB - I hope you at least get some kind of severance package.

probably not, we are about 2 years behind in getting our quarterly bonuses based on productivity.. We get a 2% bonus of what we do in total profit for the company, usually about a $1000 bonus, so I am about $8000 behind in those