Comments on: How I Lost My Job, Part One

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:20:28 +0000

I was also given separation papers which ultimately included statments of ‘I won’t sue you’. I had a lawyer look them over just in case before signing, …after review I did end up signing. In fact severance was offered and without signature, no severance. Of course

By: thomas

thomas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:47:40 +0000

Ugh, I can see where this one is going.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:13:40 +0000

Ahhh.. cliffhanger!

I can tell from reading that you have a positive outlook on life, which will help tremendously ion your job search. Best of luck, and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

By: Cap

Cap — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:49:33 +0000

Great story so far.. looking forward to second part in the afternoon. Like Sarah, I never quite put much thought to it when people leave a company.. I also assume people leave on good term (unless noted otherwise) – so its a bit interesting to read about how her work environment started to change even though she continued to excel at her work and delivering her responsibilities.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:28:16 +0000

She really does smile all the time and has kept that sunny disposition despite what happened.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:27:34 +0000

Ha, I realized afterwards that the title probably gives the ending away.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:10:15 +0000

Thanks Sarah for sharing your story with us and I look forward to the second part of “How I Lost My Job”. It’s great to hear that you smile all the time and keep a positive outlook on life even with your difficult circumstances.

By: Yarchitect

Yarchitect — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:06:50 +0000

A similar situation happened to a friend of mine in management. Essentially, a new caustic personality entered into upper management and determined that all of the female directors weren’t aggressive enough. He has demoted or fired them all.

Before leaving they have were asked to sign “I won’t sue you” papers. The company was doing great in the downturn, too. 5 years of dedicated service down the drain.

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:39:38 +0000

I’m looking forward to the rest of this story, sadly I have a pretty good idea of how it ends.

On a good note, it sounds like “Sarah” probably has a lot of marketable skills that will help her find employment elsewhere.

I doubt it will make her feel much better, but I’ve seen that “mean boss” look before as well. It happened to my brother.