Comments on: A Blogger Gets Laid……Off

By: cycledan

cycledan — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:19:25 +0000

Miz,
Sorry, just getting on late and was blown away by this news. As of about 2 months ago, the CEO of our company said that we need to do something differently to compete in the 3G modem business. We either needed to scale up to compete with other companies which was option 1. Well the board rejected our partnership with another company that we had all been anticipating.

Option 2 was to sell a big part of the company off. Apparently in his letter today to the company that said that the board of directors didn’t want to partner at this point with that other company has some serious offers. We have no clue what that means. We don’t know who gets sold, to whom or what the fate of the employees would be.

Option 3 was just to lay off a large part of the company if they can’t sell it.

The weird part is the company had a banner year last year, paid out great bonuses and has no debt and a ton of money in the bank they don’t know how to spend. Just weird times.

One thing I know, it will be devastating for my family and me if I get laid off.

It was good to go out and go cross country skiing to take my mind off of things. Your post brought reality home to me. My wife doesn’t realize how serious this is because I have always survived layoffs before except when a startup that employed me shut their doors.

Best of luck Miz. Unfortunately I don’t know of any civil engineering jobs nor am I in a position to help you. I just hope that I won’t have more time to read this blog in the next few weeks if you know what I mean.

By: Paris Hiltons Lazy Eye

Paris Hiltons Lazy Eye — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:24:12 +0000

Sorry to hear this, Miz. Best of luck to you.

By: sportsgal

sportsgal — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:01:16 +0000

Make sure when you view the jobs on the USAJobs site, you double check the requirements they need for your application. Many times they want you to submit college transcripts as well as your resume and the application questionnaire.

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:49:33 +0000

yeah, I’ve found several positions there between the Army Corps, Navy, and Federal Highway. they’ll all be receiving an application from me if they haven’t already! thanks again, sportsgal.

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:46:54 +0000

thanks for the encouragement, sportsgal. I just counted and have 31 resumes floating around town so hopefully I’ll catch someone’s eye. good luck with your search too; keep chugging and something will bite for you as well!

by the way, we cranked up the awesomeness meter on our site…isn’t it even awesomer now!?

By: sportsgal

sportsgal — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:39:40 +0000

Oh, and if you’re thinking Army Corps of Engineers, you need to go to http://www.USAJobs.gov. There are a ton of jobs with the government listed on that site.

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:38:23 +0000

Rick, I really appreciate the contact offering. at this point, I have to stay in the general Jacksonville, FL-area (within 90 miles, at most). however, if it really gets tight in a few months and nothing’s happening, I’ll have to consider places that have direct flights to-and-from Jax…and that includes Vagas, I think.

By: sportsgal

sportsgal — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:37:50 +0000

First of all, WTF happened to this site? This format is crazy. Second of all, welcome to the ranks of the unemployed, Miz! I was laid off in December (but not off the company payroll until the end of January), and so far job hunting has sucked. But I’m sure you won’t have a problem finding a job. I’ve seen a TON of engineering jobs out there during my job searching.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:52:09 +0000

BTW Miz, might wanna listen to Big D. My brother is a construction consultant in Vegas. I cant go there for personal reasons, but could put you in contact (he has an arch degree from Boulder).

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:18:29 +0000

Roeth – thanks, man. I’m talking with the chief engineer at the Army Corps here and am in the process of applying for two Navy jobs. there’s several advertised gov’t jobs so hopefully, one will want me.

By: Roethlishotdog

Roethlishotdog — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:10:49 +0000

Miz – Sorry to see a fellow civil engineer fall by the wayside. If you get REAL desperate and want to move to PA, let me know. We just hired a structural engineer with a similar resume and may be looking to add more real soon.

Good luck!

P.S. – Take a look at your local US Army Corps offices. They’ve been hiring like gangbusters lately.

By: mizerle06

mizerle06 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:09:00 +0000

Bo and KC – thanks, fellas. keep checking back…this laid-off-live-blog is going to be ther best laid-off-live-blog ever!

By: KC Resident

KC Resident — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:43:09 +0000

Damn, Mizer, that ain’t right. Good luck in your job search.

By: Tampa Bo

Tampa Bo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:39:47 +0000

Miz I have no doubt you will find something soon.

By: sparty

sparty — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:37:28 +0000

go work at a bank…it will be a gov’t job soon enough.

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:34:45 +0000

Whatever you do miz, don’t worry if they defer some of your salary…just take it…hope you find a job soon enough…try getting a govt job…it’s job security at it’s finest.