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May 19, 2009 16:14

Yay! I survived the layoffs. Today was one of my most nervous days since I started at Nike. Today 6 people from my direct group of about 60 people got cut. I knew 3 of them directly and one of them was my mentor when I was an intern. It always sucks to see people go, but I'm sure it will be for the best. I'm just happy right now because I get ( Read more... )

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unseenoyster May 19 2009, 23:47:46 UTC
Would it still be "for the best" if you were one of the people who'd got cut? Not that I have any idea of what to do if I were in charge of a large company.. I'm just more interested in the mind set of people who'd been fired vs people who's jobs have been saved.

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unseenoyster May 19 2009, 23:51:18 UTC
Damn... sorry, my first response was, oh man that's great. And that's what I should have posted. I'm glad you still have your job!

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unseenoyster May 20 2009, 04:32:40 UTC
*shakes head* What is wrong with you!!!! :P Just kidding. Honestly if they didn't want you then yeah it is for the best. Kind of like everything else in life. So yeah. Honestly the people who got laid off have enough severance pay that they can take a few months off and still be fine. Sometimes I wish I had time off. I hate fucking working and not having time off. I want to be back in college! I want a summer break.

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nineparsecs May 20 2009, 04:35:27 UTC
Btw that was me. I just forgot to login....

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