So yesterday, I found out that I will no longer have a job as of May 2nd. This is through no fault of my own mind you. As a vendor to services, my company maintain contracts with other companies and if said contracts do not get renewed, then all of the people who work on that contract are all affected. The particular contract I was working on (can’t be more specific since I’m still tied by an NDA) decided to go with one vendor instead of diversifying with many vendors, and we didn’t have the resources to provide them with the amount of coverage they required. Well, that’s the story we were told at least.
Anyway, that still means that 240 some odd people will be out of a job come May. Yesterday was a bit rough for many of my coworkers. I saw some crying and a lot of people left early (even though we still had a job to do). Truth be told, I was quite happy. I know things are gonna suck for a lot of those people, and I wish them luck, but this is like a swift kick in the ass that I needed. I have been looking for another job for a bit now, but now I have a deadline. Also, the company policy of not surfing job-search sites has been lifted. In addition, they are staggering the lay-off process, with the most senior individuals staying the longest (ie: I won’t be the first to go).
Change is generally a good thing. Hopefully it works out for the best for many of the people at AQ.