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ttgcole
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work stuff-NBR-update
ttgcole
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So I did it! I am able to get unemployment, so I let my boss know today. I won't know if HR approves it until late next week. If I am approved my last day is Aug. 5th!
When I got back to work on Tuesday there was a letter from our CEO that stated that our company is laying off 350 employees. Mostly employees that are full time with benefits. Today my supervisor called a meeting and it turns out MRI is on the chopping block for sure. It makes sense to me in a way, for instance not one patient on our schedule today, only one yesterday, and that is definately not the first time. They are calling for voluntary layoff's first with a severance package. There is part of me that is seriously considering it because I hate my job anyway, although I don't know how practical that really is. That being said I think I would be one of the first one's to go because I am low man on the pole. Lots of discussions to be had with DH and God.
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Re: work stuff-NBR-update
Oct 2011 3 1/2 years old.
Robert Williams Birth date 5/16/2008
If you volunteer to go, will you still get unemployment? I might wait if that were a factor - otherwise I completely understand wanting out!!
What she said!
haha I don't know why or how it keeps logging me in on my old name. Maybe Sid is doing it?!
This!! I hope you are able to come to a decision that works for you and your family.
The only thing standing in my way is the unemployment issue. I have a friend who works for the Unemployment office so I put a call into her. I would get 11 weeks severance and insurance until Dec. 31st. My DH is on board, so if I can draw unemployment I am so out of there. Maybe this can be my chance to go back to school!
Sounds like it could be a great opportunity for you!
This could work out to be a great thing! I hope it all goes your way!
You should definitley be able to get UE and you should be able to get it regardless of your severance*. When I had "salary continuance" as part of a severance package, I was eligible right away becasue I was unemployed (they only ask if you're working, not what income you have coming in) and the rep I talked with said it's somethign a lot of campanies do to get out of claims being filed.
I got UE, severance, health coverage, full vesting in all retirement accounts, and a new job in 2 months. I came out so far ahead in that senario.
*I might be worng but that was my experience. My layoff was not voluntary, but it was definitely welcome.
I would have killed for this opportunity. My company laid off 30% of its workforce during the recesssion, based on "performance" ... a misnomer, since we are on a forced curve for ratings, and the ones they let go were some quality performers. They never gave the option for voluntary layoffs, and I was already mentally checked out. So I held onto a job I didn't want while people who desperately wanted to stay were shuffled off into no man's land. The result was when we came out of the recession (we're doing marvelously now), a lot of the people they kept left anyways, and we struggle to find good people. I think your company has a much better policy.
Good luck in making your decision... I know it is a tough one!
I'm going to make an AWESOME big brother.