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February 01, 2005
Blessing?
So where to begin?
First off my new friend from Bart wasnt on the train this morning. Ive started looking forward to our morning encounters. Perhaps I scared him away *chuckle*. I seem to have that effect on people. Anyway, I enjoyed talking with him on Friday and Monday and would still like to continue.
I did manage to make the appointment to have my cyst (aka "tuma") remmoved. This will happen on February 15th. Im a bit nervous but it will be a relief to have that "thing" removed. Perhaps now I can shave my head once more lol. Who knows.
So down to business. Today we had a department meeting with "special guests". One being our directors boss and another woman who Im not sure of her position. To cut to the chase, they are eliminating our department in northern CA and moving our work to southern CA. What this means is effective April 1st, I will be out of a job. No, its not an April Fools joke early.
My first reaction was that this is a blessing since Ive been wanting to look for a new job anyway. Im keeping a positive outlook on things and already making plans to move forward. They will be giving a severence of 6 weeks effective April 1st, and I will also be eligible for unemployment. The unemployment would be roughly $100 less per week than Im making now, which wouldnt be too much of a loss. If I take that route (and I need to research it more), I may also be eligible for some kind of training while Im collecting unemployment. I still have to figure out if I would rather do that or persue another job prior.
So things I need to research are a) How my 401K works, since Ive only been there roughly 5 month (not including the time as a temp), my bought vacation time, what Im actually entitled to for unemployment, and I still need to go over the fine print of the termination contract.
That brings me to another issue. The termination contract Im not so sure is a standard contract because Ive never been laid off from a job before. In it, several things stand out at a glance and the major one would be if I do not accept a suitable job or interview for it, I would lose my severance pay. Im not so sure Im comfortable with that wording. I mean, what is considered suitable? Something of equal pay vs. benefits? Does it mean anything that comes along? I need clarification on that one.
As for my evening, my W2 from Blue Cross Blue Shield has still yet to come in the mail. I know they have my correct address because I gave them the information before I moved so they could forward my last paycheck. Ill give it one more day before I begin a series of phone calls to have another one issued, faxes (if they can do that), or somehow get what I need to file my taxes.
So thats been my day. Job search? Unemployment? Training? hmmmm... any words of wisdome out there?
Posted by Des at February 1, 2005 08:03 PM
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