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LAID OFF from Pratt Whitney 6/24/2009 ... Good News 7/9/9

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Got a phone call today. Got laid off. Twenty-four years of service.
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... Guess I will become a serious woodworker until I find another job.
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#2 ·
it;s a shock , im sure .
take this time and think about what direction you want to move in next .
like they say , when 1 door closes ,
another opens !
you have probably always wondered what's behind door #3 ?
check it out .

you are a smart guy dan ,
something good will come along .
 
#3 ·
24 years, that must make it especially difficult.

As David said, one door closes another opens. Sounds like a tired cliche but it really is true. Hang in there- take a couple of days and sleep in. Another couple to clean up the shop and then make something!
 
#4 ·
With all your posts I never would have guessed you had a job! Sorry to hear it. I was laid off earlier this year. I bounced back and now have two jobs. Full time at a hospital and part time as a leasing agent for a property management company. Stay positive and hopefully things will work out for the best. Good luck and God bless.
 
#6 · (Edited by Moderator)
The reason I got it over the phone is I worked out of my house in Ohio and serviced the factories in Hartford.
I would have been pissed if they would have flown me to the east coast, canned me,and then made me get on a plane and fly back. It was relatively painless.
I left my house this morning, after a 9am call in meeting with some PW engineers, and was about 75 miles north of my house when I GOT THE CALL. I pulled over on the highway and listened to the VP of Quality and my Manager's supervisor give me the news.
I turned around, canceled all my appointments and drove home. At least I got paid for the mileage and one more company paid lunch !
I called Earl, the supplier quality manager, my boss and he said he had just found out himself and wasn't even consulted. It was strictly a business decision, The engine contracts for F119 were drying up and PW business was being moved to other suppliers.
By 3:30 my blackberry and company email access was shut off.
... I did get a weeks pay for every years of service and insurance for 25 weeks, a small bonus, left over vacation pay
and swift kick in the pants.
 
#9 ·
Hi Dan

this must be a difficult time for you and your family but this might be the time for a new direction, so be strong, the one true certainty in life is change I hope things turn out ok, so good luck for the future to you and yours.

kind regards bill from Scotland
 
#11 ·
Dan, I personally like making sawdust better than software development, my previous job. Enjoy the 24 weeks of pay. Another door will open in it's time. Until then look forward to the projects you're gonna have more time to do. I have sure enjoyed the many you have already done. God bless.
 
#16 ·
Dan:
Like Patron said take some time to explore what you want to do for the rest of your work life. Once you narrow it down, do some career exploration specific to your dreams. Set a plan and explore some resources that may help you get there. It will take some time but finding another job, if that is what you want or need, is a full time job. Take care.
 
#18 ·
Dan,
Also sorry to hear the news, good luck in finding something else. At least you have 6 months pay, at best you find something soon and you have a bonus! (I'm hoping for the latter).
 
#19 ·
Sorry to hear this.

I've been laid off quite a few times in the past, & most of the time it turned for the better.

You have many years of knowledge, & experience, that you have to offer some lucky employer.

It's too bad you don't have a retirement program to back you up.

I had my choice to retire 19 years ago 6/30/1990.

It's the best choice I've ever made in my life, except for marrying Barb.
 
#21 ·
Dan, I really hate to hear this. You have given the company your time, effort and loyalty for 24 years and this is how that is repaid. I can say that, from my perspective at least, that any job change I have ever experienced, while a source of confusion and concern at the start, has proven to benefit me personally (and on occasion financially) in the long term. I hope that you find something soon.
 
#22 ·
That stinks, Dan. Hope you've signed up for Unemployment! Don't be proud or noble (like I've done in the past), you and your employers have paid untold thousands of dollars towards this, it's what it's there for. They won't give you back nearly enough, but it's something. Also, all the hoops the pencil pushers make you jump through make finding work look comparatively easy!
Best of Luck to you!
 
#24 ·
There is no such thing as job security, unfortunately. Hope things work out. Get your resume on any job website you can and be sure to include all industry key words you can. Not sure if your kind of business works by word of mouth or otherwise but the above surely helped me when I was looking.
 
#25 ·
i am in the same boat with you. laid off 3 months ago 25 years in the automotive service ind.
i am looking at a career change i don't know what the job market is like out there
but it is real tough in so cal. i believe things will work out for the best for us all
 
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