Sprony and the Pendulum

Well, the date is set, upcoming Wednesday, 12:30 will be the verdict.

Quote from blackdog

Wish you best of luck friend!

Can't imagine how stressful this must be, since what you also recently wrote here; hope that they notice you are an hard worker with ethics and keep you.

Size of the house, don't worry about that, the important thing is to provide a roof for the child… I can assure you for personal experience that when he'll grow up he'll nostalgically remember where he came from and appreciate more the place where you'll move in the future

Thanks mate!

Well the first half of my collegues had their talk today. All were told not to mention anything but luckily one did. My department will cease to exist. Everybody will have to find another job. I'll hear more tomorrow and I'll update this topic after I had my talk. Thanks for all the support so far guys.

More to follow but in short:

Sometimes, you get fucked without getting kissed and there's nothing you can do about it. The only decision to make is whether you'll let them fuck you like a bitch or if you'll take it like a man.

Let me write this down before I'm wasted:

My department got closed down and all of us are fired from our current positions. We're not completely fired though because they demoted us back to Customer Service (where I started 8 years ago) and we get to keep our current salary. Unfortunately, Customer Service in my region is due for closure as well (no timeline indicated but probably this year). So let's just say they intent to fire me somewhere this year.

My initial reaction was like:

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Then I decided:

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Ending it in:

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All of a sudden I realized that by posting personal stuff here, I've learned a great deal about acceptance, forgiveness and having faith.

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So instead of going all crazy I remained cool and polite. Told them I understood (which wasn't a lie since my department has performed terribly). They were pleasantly surprised because I'm the only one that reacted that way. I offered my help and we discussed my options for possible other positions. I formed a plan and immediately started networking. This has resulted in me applying for two different positions within hours of the news. My manager came up to me and said:"Everybody is living in the past and complaining about things that are history. You are the only one looking at the future and moving forward". So I was like:

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Out of nowhere old managers and colleagues were starting to shower me with support and offered help. Apparently I'm not such an dick after all:

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Battle plans were formed and while the rest of the team is doing this:

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I'm currently brooding on the things we set in motion and have a pretty strong feeling that:

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