Informal Poll WAS RE: [geeks] Laid off blues

[Mike Nicewonger]

You can toss my hat in the pile of the recentrly un-employed due to
'downsizing'  I am not even bothering to look for work. There is nothing that
pay better than dirt these days.

Mike N

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, you wrote:
> Count me as one of the people looking at a nice cardboard box - as of
> April of this year.
> 
> ('Course if that cardboard box has broadband - www.userfriendly.org)
> 
> CB> Okay time for another informal poll.
> 
> CB> How many of us on this list have been laid of, made redundant, downsized,
> CB> restructured, or otherwise terminated without cause in the last year?
> 
> CB> It's been twice for me, and hell it may be a third time before the end of
> CB> the year (it REALLY sucks when your company is doing VERY well but your
> CB> partner goes bankrupt thus fucking everything up)
>