My company is funny. Most lay off new employees and keep old ones. But not this company. In the last four and a half months, they have laid off one who was here for five years, another who was here for four. Another four or so up and left. And this is a small company.
Today they let go an employee of eight years. Employee #1, actually. The very first. They no longer had a role for her, so rather than shuffle her off some place, they let her go. Sad for my group, as we relied on her for lots of things, and there is no one to replace her. Likely there never will be. And she was quite hot. Quite.
But she's a hero, really. She's bound to get a killer severance, and she has the rest of the spring and maybe the summer to putz around and look for options. She's in a better position than I was last summer when I got the axe. I was envied by everyone I knew.
At this rate, I should be one of the last to get it. Whooo-hoo.
