[celstu1]

I've been laid off a bunch of times in my short(ish) working career. By the time I was 28 I had been laid off about 4x. I know how it is and I don't view it with fear. However, some of the people who were let go of here today have been here most of their working lives (20-30 years HERE) and DO fear change and layoffs.

Part of me wishes it WERE me who was laid off. I am very unhappy in my job now, my duties have changed sooo much and really I'm doing work below what I used to do so I'm bored and unchallenged. Benefits are so terrible I got off our insurance and onto my boyfriend's insurance so I don't need the insurance through here anymore. I drive a very hard commute, 40 miles each way of heavy traffic most of the way. I would love to have the free time unemployment would give me to LOOK for a new job closer to home. It's hard to job search when you work full time too. I was spared even though I HATE it here and others who loved it here were let go. I feel bad! I'm only going to keep looking for a new job and leave on my own eventually, I wish I could have told that to someone BEFORE the layoffs.