This has been a bad day

[Asher]

I'm also amused that on like...part 16 of the EI application form it asks if I'm currently employed.

Pretty odd to ask that question so late in the process...

[Felch]

- Watching The Wire and BSG all the way through

[Lorizael]

I think you need to bend over. It's all moot, I work for the people now, the only way they can fire me is by voting and no one does that anymore.

Ah. Still wrestling with your sexuality.

[Theben]

Ah. Still wrestling with your sexuality.

I think it's not so much wrestling as grappling. With a "therapist".

[DrSpike]

I wouldn't worry - there are always people who need their computers fixed. Good luck finding a new job, should it be necessary.

[Asher]

I wouldn't worry - there are always people who need their computers fixed.

[Theben]

Technical support?

[snoopy369]

Sorry to hear it actually happened, Asher, but I bet you're glad it happened now rather than another week or two of not knowing... enjoy the weekend drinking

[Sirotnikov]

sorry to hear that.

if you really sharpen your skills in mozilla, what is it that you'd like to achieve?

[Asher]

sorry to hear that.

if you really sharpen your skills in mozilla, what is it that you'd like to achieve?

It's just an extensive C++ app with lots of Javascript as well. Can learn a lot with both still.

[-Jrabbit]

Nope. They told me my account was disabled, as per policy, but basically I was free to walk around and say my goodbyes without supervision. Handed in my access cards on the way out.

Very civilized.

I was relieved of ID, keys and system access in my boss' office prior to office hours (I was routinely at work an hour or so early), then escorted to a grief counselor ( ) who went over details of my (quite generous) severance package -- which of course required my signature on a hold-harmless agreement. Which turned out to be negotiable. They wanted that signature. Of course, I'd been there 20 years and the "reorg" given as the reason for termination (I was director level) was a total sham.

[Asher]

I signed a hold-harmless as well, but only after I told them to omit the part about me adhering to my non-compete agreement. I told them it was unreasonable to hold me to that if they're laying me off, they agreed and had a new copy printed.

[Wiglaf]

Why sign anything?

[Asher]

Why sign anything?

The only way for me to get the severance package above and beyond the legal minimum was to sign it.

[-Jrabbit]

Why sign anything?

Why, to get another 4 months of pay and health insurance, of course.

I took my agreement to a lawyer before signing it. I knew I wasn't in a good emotional space when they pushed it under my nose.