Not mine thank god but Nancy my girlfriend lost her job on Friday. Nancy has worked at this place for two years and was hired as the office manager and to do some very light financial stuff mostly collecting from customers. She did these duties and much more and did a good job but the owner has made no secret that he was trying to sell the company but has not had any success in this. It seems the books were a bit of a mess so he decided to hire a new controller to fix this about six months ago, now I am not sure if the guy was over his head (he had had an lost 15 jobs in the past ten years) or just wanted to hire a friend but he talked the owner into letting Nancy go so he could get someone with a skill set better suited to help him. Nancy had tried for the past six months to get the prick to train her so she could help him but he always said he was too busy or some such thing then goes and lays her off what a prick!
I am hoping this turns out to be a blessing, it was a long drive for Nancy after we moved in together and I really do want her to work closer to home and also for a larger company with better benefit’s but I would have rather her be able to do that on her own and it is much easier to find a job when you have a job these days. This just pisses me of, she really put her all into the job and went above and beyond for them and this is how they repay her and on top of that I just paid for our vacation for the end of March and that is nonrefundable but it is paid for so we are going and I hope she will enjoy herself even if she has not found a job by then.
Some positive vibes for her would be great if anyone can spare some, this is her second time being layed off and I myself have been hit twice as well and know all too well how it feels and what kind of hit your ego takes when this happens. I am just trying to be positive for her and support her both mentally and financially and have told her to not worry we will get through this and with her unemployment and my pay we will have no problem with the bills but would just not be able to go out as much and have to watch how we spend a bit more than we have in the past or more like I will she has always been good about watching what she spends and I am the one who just tends to buy what I want. 
Thanks in advanced for the vibes everyone.

Matt

Hoping she finds something else very soon.

From your description of the place and the owner, though, I think she's well out of it--although I'd still keep alert for blowback.         

Best wishes,

George

Positive Vibes and Lots Of Prayers on their way BigMatt, for you and her...

Luv & Hugs
Lady Luv

I have been working just about full time since I was 16 years old and up until we had the .COM bust a few years back, I had never ever worried about having a job and was never afraid of losing my job, I always knew if I changed jobs it would be because I wanted to not because I had to. That all ended when I got laid off the first time back in 2001, I saw it coming but that did not change the fact that I lost that security I had always felt and now realized no matter how good of a job I do for a company, I could still lose my job. I lost my second job in 2003 also laid off and not due to anything I did and it just reinforced that I no longer had the security I once felt. Now my girlfriend losses her job and I am freaked out like it is me that is now unemployed, why do I have this fear, it’s not based in anything concrete or even realistic and I should feel very secure in the job I have now. I have been with the University for five years and hospitals and universities are two of the safest places to work in right now but I am still freaked out. They say most people are no more than two or three paychecks away from being homeless, I am a bit farther than that due to some cash I have put away so I should feel even safer and the two times I got laid off I was not out of work for long so again no real reason for me to be freaked out and right now the job market is getting better not worse and I know my girlfriend will look hard for a job and not be unemployed for very long but I just cannot shake the fear I have right now.