Dead man walking...

[keeyoo]

So, I'm working through the anger, angst, bitterness, whathaveyou, that hitches along with finding oneself on the lay-off page and I've been composing a letter about my personal experience with regard to aforementioned anger, etc. I welcome editorial comments to the following

Comments

[kenshardik]

I am appalled and disgusted by what has happened to you. My only advice is to keep editing and putting your thoughts down but do nothing with it until after the weekend. I don't expect you will calm down because you have every right to be angry. But you may get some insight on the situation and the best way to express your righteous outrage.

I am sorry you have been treated this way. I am glad I parted ways with Big Red years ago.

[bodhranplayer]

My direct supervisor and my assistant director were not in my meeting either. It was my director and an HR rep.

My supervisor was told he could NOT be in the room for mine or my co-worker's meetings. My director definitely handled it better than yours did, but it still hurts.

I wish the best, my friend. I'm slowly starting to look, but I have discovered that if I take a job before the 16th of June outside Cornell, or another job within Cornell sooner than 2 weeks after the layoff takes place, I don't get severance or have to pay it back.

In other words, I have to take a minimum 2 week vacation at the end of June before accepting the Term position that's currently on hold at the department I'll be working for as part of CIT until June 15th.

[jccohen]

Okay A: this is sucktastic.

B: who's the intended audience of this? Or is it just getting your feelings out there?

[jccohen]

Also, when you say editorial comment do you mean you want suggestions on how to refine what you are saying, or do you mean you want people to say what they think of it in a more general sense?

[keeyoo]

Thanks for the feedback, friends. I've actually decided that this served me best as a form of therapy. I simply had to get the poison out of my system; now I can move on.

[verymelm]

*hug* I understand this need - I've learned that it's one I have as well. When things go pear-shaped or I find I'm stuck dwelling on something, most often I just need to type it all out, let myself go back and read it and edit it, and let it go. I don't need responses, I just need it not rattling around in my head anymore.

You're an amazing person and it saddens me, as an alum, to see Cornell diminished both by the loss of you and by this terrible disrespect they're showing.

[keeyoo]

In my insecure moments, I need someone like you to tell me I'm amazing. :-)

[verymelm]

I'm happy to remind you anytime as it's true all the time. :)