Re: Surviving Layoffs

I got notice in the mail that I had been laid off. I was on vacation at the time and the notice got buried under the rest of the vacation mail.
Got back late sunday night
Monday morning I couldn't find my badge so as I'm looking around I see a letter from my employer.
The search for the badge stopped.

That was in early March. So far the savings are holding out mainly due to a good tax return. It hasn't helped that I've got a medical mystery as well going on. Though I suspect it's one of the reasons I was picked for the axe. So much for honesty with one's employer.

I think most of the advice has been given, but I'll repeat a few

Keep enough money around so you don't have to worry if your job is going to go.

An increase of stress for more than a couple months is not worth a potential amount of money.
I went through a huge increase of stress for almost a year for a payoff. The payoff was 1/4 of what looked like a sure thing and I had a VP trying to kill my job the entire time.

While off, do those things you want to do.
This last period, I've had time to do all those home improvement projects that have nagged me for the past year.

In terms of how long I've gone without work during other layoffs. 6 months, 1 week, 3 months, and 3+ months. That's over a 15 year period of time.

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