Reality Shift – There goes the Job!
By Matt - Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Last Friday ended up being my last working day as I got let go. It wasn’t a surprise at all and I can’t say I’m unhappy about the situation. Actually I’m rather relieved that I’ve got the luxury to concentrate on finding another job that is likely to be a better fit for me.
So what happened?
A little over a year ago I took a substantial pay cut to work for a small company that was growing; recently as part of their growth they decided to go down a certain direction that I was not really happy about. I learnt a great deal over the year that I was there and I have been infected with the entrepreneurial spirit. I was already looking for a replacement job when I was let go. There are no hard feelings and I am grateful for the experience.
What next?
Loosing the day-to-day grind wasn’t the only piece of event this past weekend; I caught the flu, which is only now starting to dissipate. I am getting some severance (well money owed me), which will last me for about 2-3 months of time with little effort and possible more if I am careful. This will be sufficient for me to find another job.
While I’m searching for another job I’m also going to continue to work on one of my side projects – I’ve been slowly working on it during weekends but now I can put a few hours a day to it. If this works it will allow me to be pickier with jobs and salaries to make sure the next job is a perfect fit.
In short I’m in an OK place trying to detox from the previous job and start looking for the next one. Posting here will become more regular again starting today. Loosing my job has forced me to think about things, which will in turn be brought here.
This entry is filed under Budgeting and Planning, Financial Situation.
3 Responses to “Reality Shift – There goes the Job!”
1 One Million and Beyond - My journey to a million dollars and beyond. » Next Steps says:
February 8th, 2008
at 11:38 am
[…] A week ago today I was let go from my job. Unfortunately I’ve spent most of the week trying to get over a bout of the flu rather than relax a little. When life throws us these little curve balls it makes sense to stop and look at what happened and why. To analyze where you’ve been so you can take the proper next steps. I started this process this week. […]
2 Msminiducky says:
February 9th, 2008
at 11:02 pm
Oy! Sorry to have read this so late, we’ve apparently been sick together
I’m glad your severance, or the equivalent of, will last you a good few months, that’s comforting.
3 One Million and Beyond - My journey to a million dollars and beyond. » Job Search Series – Introduction says:
February 13th, 2008
at 8:43 am
[…] As some of you know from my posts about loosing my job and next steps I’m currently in the job market. Although I’m not aggressively trying to find a job just yet myself I have been in this situation before and I figured it was about time to write a post on the matter. After making some notes this quickly turned into a series of ideas for posts, which I’ve decided pull together into a series on starting your job search. […]
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