you all = awesome
thank you everyone for all your fabulous supportive comments re: lay off. i feel like y'all have my back, and that makes me feel all loved and warm and fuzzy.
everyone keeps trying to convince me that this could be a good thing, but the thing is, i KNOW it is a good thing. i was going to have to leave eventually/soon anyway. this way, i get to leave with a fat check and bennies for a few months, and can be picky about choosing another job. with the copious contract work out there, i can stretch it out for a long while. my cow-orker kim pointed out that i can get health insurance through the techwriters' professional society we belong to, which solves the benefits issue, and even tho i feel better having a regular paycheck coming in every two weeks, i can live with contract work if i know we have health insurance.
so it really really is all good. i wish more people would believe me when i say that!
everyone keeps trying to convince me that this could be a good thing, but the thing is, i KNOW it is a good thing. i was going to have to leave eventually/soon anyway. this way, i get to leave with a fat check and bennies for a few months, and can be picky about choosing another job. with the copious contract work out there, i can stretch it out for a long while. my cow-orker kim pointed out that i can get health insurance through the techwriters' professional society we belong to, which solves the benefits issue, and even tho i feel better having a regular paycheck coming in every two weeks, i can live with contract work if i know we have health insurance.
so it really really is all good. i wish more people would believe me when i say that!