I’m Officially Retired Today…
… until I land my next job, that is.
Apparently my company has been struggling with ratcheting up their sales amid the US teetering on the official definition of a recession: 2 consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. It also doesn’t help when a segment of our business relies on the US housing market, which as we all know, is in dire straight.
You guessed it. My pride is a little scuffed up right now, as I didn’t escape the sudden and massive round of layoffs announced today. It was pretty much straight to the managers’ office in the morning, but as least they were nice enough to not shout, “You’re fire!”
So right now, I’m sitting at home early stunned, and wondering, “What went wrong?” Was my performance unsatisfactory? Was my pay scale too rich relative to peers? Was I not getting […]
Original post by Financial Jungle Guy