Hey gang.. just got my notice today that the company is further downsizing and my job has been zapped from payroll (darn, i'm gonna miss 250/week)... the airline business is always like this... you never know when you are gonna wake up and find out you aren't getting a paycheck!

Just wondering how many of you out there are in the same boat... and any stories along with it.

Thankfully they are letting me keep my flight benefits as long as I maintain the website and do the occasional pass request and handle a few other things... so I think that's a fair trade. I also have a few other job options :-)

I just spoke with another coworker who also got laid off (and he was at the executive level).... we're both going to stay connected to the airline while we sort things out... I'm in major cash conservation mode (if I haven't for the past 6 months) but luckily have interviews with a CRS (computer reservations system) on the 8th and 2 airlines later in January....

Happy Holidays...

i guess

Nate, good luck to you. Three years ago, my last W-2 employer called on 12/27 to lay me off. Said they wanted to wait until after the holidays. I reminded them that it was Kwanza. The callers had only seen me once, so it took them a minute to realize that Kwanza was probably not my main December holiday. Glad to see that you got interviews lined up so quickly.

UAPremierExec:
I wish you all the best. I guess all FlyerTalkers keep "the fingers cross" for you ...

Nate
Sorry to hear the news. Hope the new year brings better news.
Ron & Lynn

I'm just wondering why employers wait until the day AFTER you just got done blowing hundreds of dollars on gifts to tell you that yer gone...

I figured that this is a trend and was wondering who else has received the "axe"..

-n

I got the axe 3 weeks ago, I had figured it would happen but the timing caught me off guard. Makes for a great Christmas!

Fortunately, I have some good prospects and I am hopeful that the new year will be a good one. And I am still taking my family to Hawaii on Dec 27 - that's been a long planned trip that I owe my wife and girls!

To all others in the same situation, good luck, keep smiling and network network network!

Best of luck to both you folks in finding something soon - a couple of my neighbors are pilots with the majors and both are sweating bullets in spite of having a decent amount of time in.

I was laid off in April and still no jobs in Telecom/Internet. My advice is to use your miles and hotel points and treat yourself to a good time in a country where your money goes a long way.

Very smart advise. I would go to Buenos Aires. Very nice town, very nice people and your dollars can serve you very nice, very long..

eh, somehow I'm doing a mileage run w/ my other 1/2 and 2 FlyerTalkers on the 29th of Jan... *lol*

Great tip. Now is the best time to go to EZE and have a blast... these prices are a once in a lifetime thing.

To remain on topic, I left/got the friendly boot from a major bank and am now taking a sabbatical until sometime next year. Im also working towards starting two business ventures with some of the silver parachute I left with. I am spending part of my sabbatical 'down-time' on starting these ventures. The corporate high life was great, but after almost 11 years of it Ive had enough. For me, its time to see if apart from talking the talk I can walk the walk and go at it myself. If things dont go as I anticipate, my gamble is that Ive still have enough clout in my resume to get back into the corporate rat race...

So then, anybody know any trustworthy VC's?

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Gaucho100K

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Sorry to hear that. Take time off if you can, but I highly recommend hitting the job search ASAP. I was laid off this past May, and was out of a job for 7 weeks, but I was busy trying to find a new job.

Keep your spirits up, something will come soon

As one who just recently missed the ax, you have my thoughts. In case you don't know, there is a thread that has been started for FT'ers looking for a job. You can find it at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...L/002139.html.

Good luck to you all!

Gaucho, you've got mail!