I hate my job!

[ice grillin you]

my biggest worry right now is whether the president is going to give the feds the day after xmas off

if it doesnt happen i blame all you people...the more scabs that get laid off the worse it looks for us to be getting a free paid day...thanks a lot

[Phanatic]

Getting lots of interest in the job market anyway. There's also no way my bosses (what's left of them) Don't know I'm looking. I'll be hitting them up for a recomendation this afternoon.

[Zanshin]

I had to let three people go last week, another one in a few weeks.  And I get to worry about it myself.  Tough times, no doubt about it.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Maybe you could take one for the corporation and tactfully volunteer to be laid off?

I tried that a couple of years ago, and freaked out my boss. A long time ago, I vowed to make myself indispensable...and it appears as though I've done it too well.

[BigEd76]

From our CEO today:

....It is incumbent of the management to position the company to weather the storm.  As a result, my senior management team has been working diligently over the past few weeks identifying cost cutting measures and realigning their departments, which could lead to downsizing or eliminating certain positions in early 2009.  So in lieu of my usual year-end holiday message, I thought it more prudent to notify you ahead of time of what will be forthcoming in 2009.

Despite the uncertain future, I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for your contributions over the past year.  Best wishes for a happy holiday season.

Merry Christmas.  You won't have a job in 3 months. 

[Seabiscuit36]

lol, he might as well say the two bobs have arrived

[MDS]

wait is anyone hiring? im gonna need a real job soon.

[Father Demon]

It sucks everywhere

NEW YORK (AP)—The recession has hit the NFL.

The league said Tuesday it is cutting more than 10 percent of its headquarters staff in response to the downturn in the nation's economy.

Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the cuts in a memo to league employees. The NFL is eliminating about 150 of its staff of 1,100 in New York, NFL Films in New Jersey and television and Internet production facilities in Los Angeles.

[BigEd76]

MLB.com too.  They laid off Ken Mandel, the Phillies writer....

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

He was nearly Spadaro awful.

[Seabiscuit36]

Dave got a raise

[Phanatic]

All these companies laying off do realize that they're laying off consumers who would buy their products right? Right?

[Susquehanna Birder]

Isn't it the government's job to give people money, so that they can buy stuff and keep their employers in business? Maybe not. Now they goverment is skipping the middleman and giving money directly to the companies.

BTW...being a pseudo-systems person in my company, I get internal e-mail lists of people being let go, so that I can update user access levels and such. I got a 200-name list on Monday, and another 100 yesterday. Supposedly this might extend into the next several months. Fun!

[Phanatic]

We all got an email today telling us not to come in Monday till our allotted 10 minute meeting to determine our fate.

Lovely...

[ice grillin you]

By Executive Order dated Friday, December 12, 2008 (click on the link below), the Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government are closed on Friday, December 26, 2008.

As soon as the information is available, the Human Resources Branch will be addressing "policy" and procedures concerning leave, alternative work schedules and electronically transferred salary deposits.