Just got laid off...

[Soulstation1]

Monkey Farts is a mix of

Pineapple

Banana

Oranges

Green Apples

Coconut Rum

Vanilla

It does smell good

[Chuck Nessa]

Want my monkey?

[catesta]

or...

" Do you want to touch my monkey"?

[sidewinder]

Bring on the Minkey..

[Soulstation1]

24 Soy Wax Candles will make any house smell GOOD

Trust Me

IMO

Just made

2 Nag Champas

1 Sandlewood

1 Patchouli

The Patchouli makes the wax pouring pot stink

I did that one last

Will buy another wax pouring pot and pick up a stockpot-pan at good will

Any pan you use to make the candles will get ruined and can never be used again for cooking food

I use an old black with white speckles soup pot that I made popcorn in until I burned a batch of popcorn in

Also with 2 pots I can do 16 candles in an hour

Edited July 8, 2009 by Soulstation1

[PHILLYQ]

Well add me to the list of the laid off-I got whacked yesterday. The company(a large bank) had been moving jobs to Mumbai, Jacksonville, & Manila, but I thought that I would be safe for awhile because what I did was risky and could involve some losses if not done right. WRONG!!! When it happened it really caught me by surprise. Something happened Wednesday at work and it was a sensitive issue, so on Thursday when my boss(wonderful woman and friend for 20+ years) told me the the big boss wanted to see me I thought I was in trouble for the incident on Wednesday. Then the big boss tells me that we're going to see an HR person and I was sure I was getting fired, but it was just a layoff. I actually feel relieved and I'm at peace with it, because for the last year since we got new big bosses the work situation has been steadily going downhill and was reaching the intolerable stage. I got a nice severance package- I'm technically on the payroll until the end of this month and then the package kicks in and I get full salary until December. I can also collect unemployment and I still have severance $$ money from my last job, so I could actually go about a year without working. I'm looking at it as a great opportunity to possibly change what I do for a living and I may even go to school to learn something new.

[Chuck Nessa]

Wow. Sorry to hear that. Good luck in the next year.

[clifford_thornton]

Seconded.

[papsrus]

Sorry to hear about the job, PHILLYQ. You seem to be looking at it as a fresh beginning. That's good.

[Aggie87]

Sorry to hear about the job, PHILLYQ. You seem to be looking at it as a fresh beginning. That's good.

I agree - sounds like you have a good perspective on things, Phil! Best wishes moving forward.

[Jazzmoose]

Damn, Phil; that's too bad. But you seem to have the attitude that's going to help you land on your feet! Good luck.

[paul secor]

Just want to add my good wishes. It does sound as if you have a positive attitude about your future, and that's one of the most important things in life.

[sidewinder]

Yeah, good wishes from me too. The positive attitude to change is the key and is bound to pay dividends.

[vajerzy]

Best wishes to everyone!

I think I will expand our honeybee business for next year- just in case.

[Soulstation1]

Collected 33 bucks from candles and 8 bucks tomorrow

[sheldonm]

Yeah, good wishes from me too. The positive attitude to change is the key and is bound to pay dividends.

...what he said.....good luck!!!

m~

[AndrewHill]

Yeah, good wishes from me too. The positive attitude to change is the key and is bound to pay dividends.

...what he said.....good luck!!!

m~

Yeah, same here. Good lucK!

[PHILLYQ]

Thanks much for the good wishes- it's very much appreciated

[Alexander]

Well, I landed a part-time job at Borders, so it looks like I'm back doing book-retail for the time being. I've had a few interviews for teaching positions, and there's one job I have a good feeling about so hopefully I'll hear something this coming week. I also have another teaching interview on Wednesday, so hopefully I'll be teaching again in the fall...

[catesta]

Son of a bitch, just got word that my largest single customer (state agency) had a large chunk of money pulled from their budget. This means I have to layoff 24 of the 80 employees dedicated to these contacts this Friday.

We've been experiencing contract cutbacks month after month since last year, but still have been doing pretty well in finding replacement business, although we've had to travel farther and farther to get it. Still, for the most part, aside from a few cuts here and there I've not had to do much in the way of staff reductions and have been able to absord the extra costs. This one stings like a motherfucker though and there is no way I can keep that many extra. Hopefully it does not last as long as I fear it might or I get lucky and land a new contract or two. Overall a great bunch of people that have been with me a while, so it hurts.

Bad day.

[clifford_thornton]

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you are a kindhearted and fair manager.

[catesta]

There are many times to be a prick, but this ain't it.

Layoffs are a bad deal for all involved. If I've got to let people go, that means I just took a hit and had no other option. Yeah sure, I'm still in business and will survive but I'd rather have the fat payroll and the revenue generated as a result of it than less people with trucks and equipment parked even though it can turn into a positive on the bottom line. Plus as in my case, I'm losing some quality people that will more than likely have to leave the area in search of work and I hate to see that.

Edited July 29, 2009 by catesta

[connoisseur series500]

Good luck Chris. I know you recently moved, and I hope your area will experience a quick and full recovery. People in the Industrial Midwest likely won't ever fully recover from the loss of industry. I'm starting to think about possibly moving out of the area permanently. It is so blighted over here. I've got one more semester of school, and my son has to finish out his senior year in high school. After that, we're open to moving anywhere.

[jazzbo]

Shawn got good news last week. . .work, starting Monday and probably/hopefully continuing for some time.

[Shawn]

Yes, at the very least it's a year long contract, with the possibility of getting hired on full-time. I'm just incredibly grateful to have a steady 40 hour per week gig, it's been WAY too long.

Here's hoping others get good news soon. It took over a year to find a full-time gig, so incredible patience was required, along with the willingness to not let myself get buried in despair. I don't regret anything in life, so I'm taking it as a "character test" and moving forward, looking back does nothing.