On February 2, 2009, I was terminated by my employer due to business considerations. In short, I was laid off due to cutbacks, which was an effect of the economic downturn hitting everyone, everywhere. I can’t say that I didn’t see this coming, so I wasn’t overly shocked when they told me. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I had been mentally preparing myself for this possible outcome for several months. I tried to stay positive and hoped that the down economy wouldn’t grab me in its clutches, but I couldn’t evade its hungry claws.

I worked for my former employer for nearly two years. I left my Fortune 500 corporate job due to the corruption and craziness going on around me for an opportunity at a small firm. I felt I would be relatively safe from the corporate politics which plagued me previously, which I was, and somewhat safe from the huge, annual layoffs that the Fortune 500 company I worked at. All in all, working for my former employer was not a bad experience. I appreciated them for rescuing me from my corporate gig and gave my all (and then some) the two years that I worked there. Yes, I had my frustrations like anyone would at any job, but other than my own desire to change careers in recent months, it wasn’t a totally miserable experience working there. (more…)