Comments on: Laid Off: Conspired Upon by Organization I Loved. Nothing Left. http://howigotlaidoff.com/2009/08/05/is-this-a-lay-off-not-really/ Layoff Stories from the recently unemployed Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:08:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amanda Athanas http://howigotlaidoff.com/2009/08/05/is-this-a-lay-off-not-really/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Amanda Athanas Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:59:35 +0000 http://howigotlaidoff.com/?p=809#comment-980 Dear Jeanette Jackson: Imagine my surprise when I saw your post here! I tried calling you at your cell number just recently and heard your outgoing voicemail and left a message or two to no avail. Maybe that # is somehow no longer valid? Anyway, try me at a_athanas@hotmail.com. Happy trails! Dear Jeanette Jackson: Imagine my surprise when I saw your post here! I tried calling you at your cell number just recently and heard your outgoing voicemail and left a message or two to no avail. Maybe that # is somehow no longer valid? Anyway, try me at a_athanas@hotmail.com. Happy trails!

]]> By: Jeanette Jackson http://howigotlaidoff.com/2009/08/05/is-this-a-lay-off-not-really/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Jeanette Jackson Thu, 27 May 2010 00:54:56 +0000 http://howigotlaidoff.com/?p=809#comment-963 Hello Amanda: If this is my friend Amanda, I cannot find your telephone number or your email address for the life of me. Can you please contact me? I hope you still have my info. Thank you, Jeanette Jackson Hello Amanda: If this is my friend Amanda, I cannot find your telephone number or your email address for the life of me. Can you please contact me? I hope you still have my info.

Thank you,

Jeanette Jackson

]]> By: Amanda Athanas http://howigotlaidoff.com/2009/08/05/is-this-a-lay-off-not-really/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Amanda Athanas Sat, 15 May 2010 01:00:25 +0000 http://howigotlaidoff.com/?p=809#comment-911 Dear Conspired Against: That definitely sounds like what went on. Sometimes this happens to employees who are super talented and super articulate, BECAUSE they are articulate, etc. Sometimes a company becomes aware that they have committed an illegality against an employee, and if that employee is "too smart," they get paranoid and look for ways to cut them off, hoping to be successful before that employee realizes what is really behind the layoff. I think you should get a lawyer. Dear Conspired Against: That definitely sounds like what went on. Sometimes this happens to employees who are super talented and super articulate, BECAUSE they are articulate, etc. Sometimes a company becomes aware that they have committed an illegality against an employee, and if that employee is “too smart,” they get paranoid and look for ways to cut them off, hoping to be successful before that employee realizes what is really behind the layoff. I think you should get a lawyer.

]]> By: kelby2012 http://howigotlaidoff.com/2009/08/05/is-this-a-lay-off-not-really/comment-page-1/#comment-616 kelby2012 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:58:22 +0000 http://howigotlaidoff.com/?p=809#comment-616 I went through a similar experience with a job 5 yrs ago. I was a contractor in at a federal agency. I dedicated 7 yrs of my life working hard for the agency. I stayed even though people that I trained were getting promoted ahead of me. I loved the job dearly and was absolutely crushed when I was let go on. It took me several years to move on. My employment record since then has been up and down. I haven't been able to find a place where I connected with co-workers since. I often wonder what my life would be like today if I was still there. I went through a similar experience with a job 5 yrs ago. I was a contractor in at a federal agency. I dedicated 7 yrs of my life working hard for the agency. I stayed even though people that I trained were getting promoted ahead of me. I loved the job dearly and was absolutely crushed when I was let go on. It took me several years to move on. My employment record since then has been up and down. I haven’t been able to find a place where I connected with co-workers since. I often wonder what my life would be like today if I was still there.

]]> By: Leslie http://howigotlaidoff.com/2009/08/05/is-this-a-lay-off-not-really/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Leslie Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:14:49 +0000 http://howigotlaidoff.com/?p=809#comment-592 This story is heartbreaking. It's always deplorable to find an excuse to terminate someone's employment simply because you don't like them, but doing that in this job market is truly despicable. This story is heartbreaking. It’s always deplorable to find an excuse to terminate someone’s employment simply because you don’t like them, but doing that in this job market is truly despicable.

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