Black Thursday

I stayed home today and it was one of the smartest moves made in a very long time. My co-worker, Metric, called with the sobering news that at least 11 of our colleagues were let go. My group, one of the more profitable, saw the elimination of one position. Rumors had been swirling around for weeks, but we were already lean to begin with. Back in 2003, 35 people were let go and in the coming months the staffing levels got as low as the mid 80s. It was then decided to bring those levels back to around 100, which stayed stable until today. So, we are back to the mid to high 80s level of people in the building. It will again look like a ghost town. I survived yet another round of job cuts, but who knows what the future holds? Sometimes I feel like we have our fingers in an overflowing damn, wishing and hoping that "we're not next", but let's face it, these are very uncertain times and no one's job is safe. It is really time to start focusing on me and decide where to go from here.