Sound Familiar? I got canned again. But I'M BACK BABY!

Toddzilla · 02-26-2009, 11:03 AM

Yep, firing #4 today. Let go from my SysAdmin job in Arlington.

Fuck me.

Raiders Army · 02-26-2009, 11:07 AM

Who do you work for? Donald Trump?

Lathum · 02-26-2009, 11:13 AM

sorry to hear...

Drake · 02-26-2009, 11:14 AM

Sorry to hear it, Todd.

That's the problem with being so good at your job (i.e., commanding top-$$$). You're the first one to get the axe.

You're so good, they can't afford you.

That's the way I'd look at it.

Rizon · 02-26-2009, 11:17 AM

I got laid off about 9-10 years ago. I found out by accident (the CEO dropped off some signed checks to me, and mistakenly left the layoff plans on the bottom).
So I had a 4 month headstart to steal as many office supplies as I could. I stole so much I still have some to this day.
The funny thing is, they refilled my position within 2 years, and 8 years after I got laid off I was rehired as that person's supervisor.

So ... the moral of the story is: Steal as many supplies as you can before you go, and it will all work out in the end.

M GO BLUE!!! · 02-26-2009, 11:19 AM

What the fu...

Maybe you just need to live the life of a hobo, traveling by freight train with your belongings in a polka dot cloth tied to the end of a stick.

PackerFanatic · 02-26-2009, 11:19 AM

Sorry to hear it man...I didn't get the axe yesterday, but I know how those people feel that have had layoffs go through their company. It is no good.

JPhillips · 02-26-2009, 11:25 AM

That really sucks. Are you okay with health coverage for a while?

sterlingice · 02-26-2009, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

What the fu...

Maybe you just need to live the life of a hobo, traveling by freight train with your belongings in a polka dot cloth tied to the end of a stick.

Did you run over a family of black cats in a previous life or something? I had a very similar thought to the above

SI

lordscarlet · 02-26-2009, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Yep, firing #4 today. Let go from my SysAdmin job in Arlington.

Fuck me.

I'll keep my ears open for any positions in the area.

Toddzilla · 02-26-2009, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders Army

Who do you work for? Donald Trump?

That made me LOL. I'm looking at this as being ahead of teh curve, because everyone that's left will be gone pretty soon. At least I don't have to compete with them for open jobs, right?

samifan24 · 02-26-2009, 12:53 PM

Sorry to hear about this, Toddzilla.

Tim Tellean · 02-26-2009, 06:58 PM

Thats too bad to hear, did you work for the County?

terpkristin · 02-26-2009, 07:05 PM

Ugh, awful news Todd.
Hope something comes around quickly for you. I'll keep my eyes/ears open around here.

/tk

cubboyroy1826 · 02-26-2009, 07:25 PM

Dude that sucks. Well at least ya have time to focus on Fantasy Baseball.

Apathetic Lurker · 02-26-2009, 07:43 PM

Become a school bus driver..The only way to get fired is through sheer ineptitude.

mckerney · 02-26-2009, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

Become a school bus driver..The only way to get fired is through sheer ineptitude.

They starting firing for that?

Galaril · 02-26-2009, 08:07 PM

Sorry Tood to here that. Hope everything works out. ............I am nervous myself after I got a late afternoon outlook meeting invite for me to meet with my Director tomorrow morning and it did not have any meeting title which never happens. I was just saying in the other thread about how I "thought" my job was relatively safe since I was the SME at my place. I guess they could just decide to axe the whole team which is apossibility. Crap.

DaddyTorgo · 02-26-2009, 08:44 PM

gah...fuck...sorry to hear Toddzilla

Raiders Army · 02-26-2009, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

That made me LOL. I'm looking at this as being ahead of teh curve, because everyone that's left will be gone pretty soon. At least I don't have to compete with them for open jobs, right?

I guess that's a good way of looking at it. Sorry I didn't post it earlier, but I'm sorry to hear about your bad luck. I realized that post might come off...insensitive.

At least when one door closes, there are more that will open up. I left the Army last year and had been in for 13 years. There were still a bunch of different opportunities out there and I'm doing a lot better than I was back then. Who knows? Maybe this job just wasn't meant for you to be there long and something better will come along.

Dutch · 02-27-2009, 04:58 AM

The economy is making me nervous about ever getting out of the military...

Toddzilla · 02-27-2009, 11:01 PM

Update - updated and got my resume up on Monster (which I don't like so much, but it's busy) and got pinged twice tonight, one from a company in the top 50 to work for.

Fingers crossed

sachmo71 · 02-27-2009, 11:10 PM

sorry to hear about this. hope things work out with those pings!

lordscarlet · 02-28-2009, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Update - updated and got my resume up on Monster (which I don't like so much, but it's busy) and got pinged twice tonight, one from a company in the top 50 to work for.

Fingers crossed

Todd, I know a recruiter based in Reston that has done really well for us (on the employer side) -- would you like me to get you two in contact with each other?

Toddzilla · 07-26-2009, 12:10 PM

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

Galaxy · 07-26-2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

Congrats! Staying in the same location?

DaddyTorgo · 07-26-2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

terpkristin · 07-26-2009, 08:47 PM

Great news, Todd!!!

/tk

King of New York · 07-27-2009, 09:40 AM

Great news, Toddzilla.

lighthousekeeper · 07-27-2009, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddzilla

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

you were unemployed for 5 months and just went on vacation? awesome.

vacation from what? =)

Toddzilla · 07-27-2009, 11:27 AM

LAWL - thank you everyone for your support! I'll try my best to not have to update this thread for another 3-4 years or so

Lorena · 07-27-2009, 11:48 AM

Grats, again

johnnyshaka · 07-27-2009, 02:20 PM

what the hell is "wed-development" anyway? I hope you haven't gone into wedding planning because that is the bottom of the barrel!!

*Disclaimer*
No offense to anybody in the business of wedding planning...I was just making a joke and have no issue with that line of work.

02-26-2009, 11:19 AM	#7
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	Sorry to hear it man...I didn't get the axe yesterday, but I know how those people feel that have had layoffs go through their company. It is no good. __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

02-26-2009, 11:25 AM	#8
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	That really sucks. Are you okay with health coverage for a while? __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

02-26-2009, 12:53 PM	#12
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Sorry to hear about this, Toddzilla. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

02-26-2009, 07:05 PM	#14
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Ugh, awful news Todd. Hope something comes around quickly for you. I'll keep my eyes/ears open around here. /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

02-26-2009, 08:07 PM	#18
Galaril Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	Sorry Tood to here that. Hope everything works out. ............I am nervous myself after I got a late afternoon outlook meeting invite for me to meet with my Director tomorrow morning and it did not have any meeting title which never happens. I was just saying in the other thread about how I "thought" my job was relatively safe since I was the SME at my place. I guess they could just decide to axe the whole team which is apossibility. Crap. Last edited by Galaril : 02-26-2009 at 08:07 PM.

02-26-2009, 11:07 AM	#2
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Who do you work for? Donald Trump?

02-26-2009, 11:13 AM	#3
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	sorry to hear...

02-26-2009, 11:14 AM	#4
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	Sorry to hear it, Todd. That's the problem with being so good at your job (i.e., commanding top-$$$). You're the first one to get the axe. You're so good, they can't afford you. That's the way I'd look at it.

02-26-2009, 11:19 AM	#6
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	What the fu... Maybe you just need to live the life of a hobo, traveling by freight train with your belongings in a polka dot cloth tied to the end of a stick.

02-26-2009, 06:58 PM	#13
Tim Tellean High School JV Join Date: Dec 2005	Thats too bad to hear, did you work for the County?

02-26-2009, 07:25 PM	#15
cubboyroy1826 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2002	Dude that sucks. Well at least ya have time to focus on Fantasy Baseball.

02-26-2009, 07:43 PM	#16
Apathetic Lurker College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo,NY	Become a school bus driver..The only way to get fired is through sheer ineptitude.

02-26-2009, 08:44 PM	#19
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	gah...fuck...sorry to hear Toddzilla

02-27-2009, 04:58 AM	#21
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	The economy is making me nervous about ever getting out of the military...

02-27-2009, 11:01 PM	#22
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Update - updated and got my resume up on Monster (which I don't like so much, but it's busy) and got pinged twice tonight, one from a company in the top 50 to work for. Fingers crossed

02-27-2009, 11:10 PM	#23
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	sorry to hear about this. hope things work out with those pings!

07-26-2009, 12:10 PM	#25
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	w00t! Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

07-26-2009, 08:47 PM	#28
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Great news, Todd!!! /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

07-27-2009, 09:40 AM	#29
King of New York High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp	Great news, Toddzilla. __________________ Input A No Input

07-27-2009, 11:27 AM	#31
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	LAWL - thank you everyone for your support! I'll try my best to not have to update this thread for another 3-4 years or so

07-27-2009, 11:48 AM	#32
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	Grats, again

07-27-2009, 02:20 PM	#33
johnnyshaka College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB	what the hell is "wed-development" anyway? I hope you haven't gone into wedding planning because that is the bottom of the barrel!! Disclaimer No offense to anybody in the business of wedding planning...I was just making a joke and have no issue with that line of work.

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