Well the f'd up economy finally hits home.

[terbo71]

well everyone i have had the most roughest 24 hours in my life. i was laid off yesterday to the economy. i have had like 1 hour of sleep since i was told. i worked as a electrician for this company for 9 years. i ahve bent over backwords for them to make them millions and then they dump me because all hell is breaking loose. i knew we were slow but it was managable for me and my family. but to be laid off totally caught me off guard. i was told over email that everyone was laid off. well all my guys that worked under me all had families as do i. u know to be told i was laid off by email was a lack of disrespect by my old boss. i cant believe he would do that to me.i put all my blood sweat and tears in to this company. u know in the last 2 years i have made him like 15 million dollars. i ran all the jobs. i missed my youngest childs first year due to me working in phoenix arizona. im still in shock. i shed tears for hours yesterday because now i cant provide for my family. my manhood took a real big hit. but my wife her being the great woman she is supporting me. i love her so much. well i talked to my boss finally after multiple calls and voicemails and he said his hands were tied. he was in the process of losing everything. how do u lose everything knowing that u made 15 million in 2 years. it was the best 2 years we ever had. well my truck is gone my job is gone. the only thing that was good that came out of it was that he gave me all the tools that i had on my truck to keep(like 15k in tools). wow what a consolation prize. i guarantee u will see half of them on ebay. i am so frustrated and dont know what to do. i filed for unemployement in the time being and already started looking for other jobs but the listings are short. i went to craigslist and did a search and usually i could get like 5-8 pages of jobs but now i get like 1 page and half are for electrical engineers. man times are really about to be rough. yeah i think i am gonna be a stay at home dad because i can save like 2k a month in keeping my kids home from daycare. man im shocked. i havent cried in years and i did. i felt hopeless. well thanks for listening to me and keep me in your minds as i try to straighten out my family life. thanks again everyone.

Leonard

Hey Glo Bug, my thoughts are with you and I wish you the best. The economy has hurt me as well, so I feel what you are going through. I was laid off fourteen weeks ago, finally started getting unemployment checks four weeks ago, I am a single father of three boys that look up to me for everything and now I have nothing. Not even answers as to why it has to be this way. But like I said Glo, my thoughts are with you. My boys and I are doing okay, so I can only hope the same for you and your family. I wish you the best.

[GloBug]

Hey Glo Bug, my thoughts are with you and I wish you the best. The economy has hurt me as well, so I feel what you are going through. I was laid off fourteen weeks ago, finally started getting unemployment checks four weeks ago, I am a single father of three boys that look up to me for everything and now I have nothing. Not even answers as to why it has to be this way. But like I said Glo, my thoughts are with you. My boys and I are doing okay, so I can only hope the same for you and your family. I wish you the best.

well the way i think of it is if we meaning u and i stay strong then we can over come anyhting. for me it more shock and pride that i had a problem with. i know we will get through it but man i have never done unemployement and i have always provided. i am glad thought that my wife does good money wise so it kinda helps me in the fact that unemployment for awhile and me being home with the kids will be suffice. hey man keep your head up and stay strong.man i love this forum made me feel alot better. ndn thanks again. to all the members i really appreciate all the good things u have had to say. i showed my wife all the posts under this thread and she thought it was great. she was kinda nervous me putting this out there. i told her its cool the people here are great. thanks everyone again.