“At my company in the past 15 months there have been two layoffs, one voluntary separation program (completed today) and a few people who left for other jobs. We are now at a skeleton crew, having gone from 80 employees to just under 60, and corporate will probably order another layoff in a couple of weeks. I’ve been looking over a year for a new position with no offers. There are simply very few jobs out there.”
Sorry to hear about your situation.
Unfortunately, there are millions like you with no real job security because private enterprise in America may be on its death bed thanks to Lord OHaHa and the tax and spend rats in charge of most goverment in America from city to county to state and federal.
A friend and co-worker got laid off from my place almost a year ago. It was totally unexpected for him; they just escorted him out one Thursday. He wasn't a bad worker or lacking work, it was just that corporate decided to cut a million dollars from its budget. Last I heard he was still unemployed, his wife wasn't working because of health problems, and he was losing his house. All in all, I'm not doing too badly.