IT SUCKS!
Okay - So, the job didn't last. I got laid off. Not sure if anyone out there ever got laid off but I have now, twice. It shakes your confidence. I can't believe they hired me after I asked all the right questions and left another perfectly good job for this one that ended up being a bust. What a freakin' nightmare. The only consolation is that I wasn't the only one laid off. My boss was laid off to. He said he had never been laid off before. He was pissed and depressed all at the same time. Me, I was stoic - this had happened to me before, so I was old hat. I even had a bag ready to load up so I could take all my stupid desk stuff home with me. Rolodex, Address lists, nothing much. I have never been much for decorating my work space. You know how some people go off the deep end and put up all this stuff, pictures, quotes, calendars, sayings, name plaques, etc. I had one gal do it the very first day she worked there. I was saying to myself, nothing is that permanent, why take root, it could be so temporary, and it was for her. She was fired a month later.
So, I have been off work for 2 weeks and Unemployment kicks in for me shortly. I mail my form today. I should see some $$ by mid week. It's $450 a week - that's the max you can get from this lovely state of California. It will pay for some groceries and utilities. But it's 1/4th what I was making. I spent the last two weeks revamping my resume, scouring the internet looking for a decent paying job. I am over priced now as it is so I am going to have to take another step back or two just to get back into the workforce. It sucks. I had such high hopes. I am in a funk right now. Don't know what to do next. I have my resume on like 6 different websites including all the government ones and the newspaper ones and of course Monster and Careerbuilder. Nothing is happening. I apply, and no one calls me. It sucks.