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Grex Directions Item 7: Laid Off After 15 Years
Entered by danr on Fri Mar 6 22:25:46 UTC 1992:

I just found out that a good friend of mine has been laid off
from a job that she has had for fifteen years.  What should I
tell her?

11 responses total.

#1 of 11 by chelsea on Sat Mar 7 13:56:58 1992:

Gawd, that's awful.  Not that it would help someone feel better but
she's not alone.  The job market is terrible right now and seems to
be getting worse, not better, as the analysts would like us to believe.

Something without precedent is happening in the hospital right now.
Surgical residents who are completing 5 to 7 years of training, with wonderful
credentials from a top-notch institution, are begging for job interviews.
We have one surgeon who has been trained to do procedures only a few
institutions *can* do, he's willing to accept a position in a smaller
facility and do more routine prodedures, he's making no demands, yet he's
not getting offers.  I've heard that half of the anesthesia residents
who will completing their programs this fall, as yet have no leads on
positions.  Some very well may find themselves unemployed come July.
This is a first.

#2 of 11 by danr on Sat Mar 7 22:36:51 1992:

The only good thing about this situation is that she has been think-
ing of quitting for a while now to pursue other work.  Now she gets
a chance to do this, but she still has to make her house payments
in the meantime.

#3 of 11 by steve on Sun Mar 8 02:45:10 1992:

   Awful and sad.  Having just gone through RIF's (read: layoffs) at
the UM (in ITD) this hits a sore spot just now.  I think all you can
do is help them realize that this isn't the end of things, and she
must "pick up the peices" and move on.
   If this is the first time she has been layed off, she might be
having real feelings of worthlessness right now.  See to it, if you
can, that it wasn't her per se, but larger forces that did this.

#4 of 11 by bad on Sun Mar 8 02:51:19 1992:

And people wonder why I'm not leaping right into the job market...

#5 of 11 by danr on Sun Mar 8 03:49:46 1992:

Not me :).

#6 of 11 by mythago on Sun Mar 8 13:24:13 1992:

I'm not exactly chomping at the bit, either.  I was going to graduate a
semester early, but I think I'll just stay in a little longer and wait
for the layoffs to die down.

#7 of 11 by steve on Sun Mar 8 16:44:41 1992:

   Is your profession as uh, 'active' in the layoff business as others
Laurel?  Hadn't heard that.  But I guess its hitting just about everyone.

#8 of 11 by mta on Sun Mar 8 22:16:51 1992:

I'm told that one of the first expenses that people let go of when they lose
their jobs (or feel insecure about them) is "lawyer bills".

#9 of 11 by mythago on Sun Mar 8 23:48:57 1992:

Yep.  Law firms are laying off partners as well as associates.  They went
gonzo during the 80s and now have to trim back.

#10 of 11 by danr on Sun Aug 16 01:11:56 1992:

This story has somewhat of a happy ending.  My friend was offered a
full-time position which she has accepted. Now, she is saving her
pennies so she can quit and pursue her own interests.  She hopes to
quit real soon now.

#11 of 11 by keats on Sun Aug 16 02:42:52 1992:

that would be a happ(ier) ending...

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