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[cearalaith]

...somehow, I did not get a surplus letter.

I have verified that it is not a mail failure. Apparently four years as a State Monkey is long enough to save you from the warning of the caution of the threat of the possible axe. Who would have thought? Not me

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[cearalaith]

Luckily, even if I had gotten the letter, it wouldn't have been a guarantee of layoff. They sent notices to twice the number of people they may potentially have to let go, in anticipation that a good number of people will claim exemptions for one reason or another (this list did not take into account whether or not a given position is specially funded, for example; only positions paid from the General Fund are at risk). Then the government still has to jump through a number of other hoops -- one of which is that they have to give employees 120 days' notice of impending layoff (and my understanding is that this letter doesn't even start that clock) -- and best of all, getting a layoff notice gives you preference for getting another job in your classification at another department (say, a position which is specially-funded). So when layoffs are happening everywhere, I still feel pretty safe where I'm at -- you're lucky to get an hour's notice at some places in the private sector, much less four months. I could have it so much worse.

I'm more worried about the pay cuts -- we'd just started to see a little more flexibility in our household budget, and that 10% hurts. And again, I could have it worse... but it's still upsetting. :-(

[satyrlovesong]

Yes, it would be. But we can talk about it tonight.