tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post122931793793954525..comments2024-01-29T17:34:57.576-07:00Comments on A Blister to My Eye: Laid off!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-75648056841935044972009-05-21T12:40:02.535-06:002009-05-21T12:40:02.535-06:00A very puny severance. Things could get a tad hair...A very puny severance. Things could get a tad hairy.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-57539714252453067612009-05-21T12:36:43.003-06:002009-05-21T12:36:43.003-06:00Ugh, horrible news. They're doing layoffs here as...Ugh, horrible news. They're doing layoffs here as well, and although I've been safe so far, I harbor no illusions longer-term.<br /><br />Did they at least give you a decent severance?TGirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296761462380289467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-71745773154307858842009-05-21T08:57:02.870-06:002009-05-21T08:57:02.870-06:00Hah. Leonore noticed a dumb typo on my resume that...Hah. Leonore noticed a dumb typo on my resume that's been there for the last three years. It was in the copies I've been sending out for the last two days - just great, when you're applying for a tech writer job!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-18731862905611701982009-05-21T08:43:54.568-06:002009-05-21T08:43:54.568-06:00Thanks, David -- good luck to you as well!
(And "...Thanks, David -- good luck to you as well!<br /><br />(And "hanging my my fingernails"? I should really proofread these damn things before I click submit.)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286520897538327919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-13560942068783462432009-05-20T14:28:36.709-06:002009-05-20T14:28:36.709-06:00I had no idea, Chris. I assumed you were safe, for...I had no idea, Chris. I assumed you were safe, for no logical reason. Good luck.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-14440153099792546642009-05-20T14:21:28.866-06:002009-05-20T14:21:28.866-06:00Wow. Major, major suckitude, indeed. Sorry to he...Wow. Major, major suckitude, indeed. Sorry to hear it -- right now, I'm hanging my my fingernails myself...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286520897538327919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-70373280519975297782009-05-20T07:43:15.803-06:002009-05-20T07:43:15.803-06:00Ugh. Sorry to hear it, David. Just happened to a m...Ugh. Sorry to hear it, David. Just happened to a member of my family, too.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239497370370468057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-82360941845703759322009-05-19T16:55:44.697-06:002009-05-19T16:55:44.697-06:00Yep. I wouldn't be surprised if the company gets b...Yep. I wouldn't be surprised if the company gets bought for pennies by IBM or Microsoft, or dismembered between the two. <br /><br />Back in the 90s, Quark made an offer to buy Adobe. Oh, the irony!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-51139754340512849592009-05-19T16:47:46.206-06:002009-05-19T16:47:46.206-06:00Ouch.
I can't help but suspect that Number One wi...Ouch.<br /><br />I can't help but suspect that Number One will soon have nothing to document.Daniel Dvorkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899158517966852736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-77095329527424723632009-05-19T15:16:18.035-06:002009-05-19T15:16:18.035-06:00Yeah, great suckitude.
I don't know the total num...Yeah, great suckitude.<br /><br />I don't know the total number of people let go ("Run free, little ex-employee!"), but I do know that the documentation group went from 4 down to 1. I don't envy that 1.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-14034680353412262422009-05-19T15:12:44.226-06:002009-05-19T15:12:44.226-06:00Aargh. I'm sorry.
Dinner is on us this weekend.Aargh. I'm sorry.<br /><br />Dinner is on us this weekend.Daniel Dvorkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899158517966852736noreply@blogger.com