Now it's my turn. I was laid off today. I've been very unhappy here for a long time but the people are nice and the benefits are off the charts. That said the commute sucks and I'm not in to the micromanagy style of how they manage things here. The commute and the micromanagement are things that have always been here but the other benefits were so good that I've put on my brave face and sucked it up. It's over as of today. I was initially freaking out because we close on the condo tomorrow and I'm going to have to explain to my SO what happened. However, they were very kind to me with the package they offered so everything will be just fine. I can now concentrate on our condo, see what I can do about landing some consulting work and ski my a$$ off. Come the new year I can apply for unemployment if I need to. I've been wanting to consult for a long time so I think I might take this opportunity to network with all my recruiter contacts and do just that. I have tears in my eyes but not for the reasons you might think, I no longer have to commute here and I can get my quality of life back. I admit I was secretly hoping they'd lay me off and would give me this kind of package and thank you stars above as that's exactly what happened. Everything will be ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
