I've just been made redundant.
That's rather careless. Have a word with Blaney. He might be able to fix you up with something. Good pay. Might involve a bit of travel.
Last month they let 25 go from a 100 person shop. There were rumors of more after the 1st, so yes; it was no big surprise.
Oh arse - that sucks. Don't know what you do, but start phoning around competitors if they exist locally. They might pay well for commercial secrets ;-) -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
It's only happened once to me, but it was still a generally positive experience for me - I left a job that (on reflection) I realised I didn't like very much, with a big cheque in my pocket, and then got another, much better, one five weeks later for a higher salary. I appreciate that I wouldn't want to try it again right now :-/ But stay focussed and positive.
It did go really well for you and of course I was glad when it did. Be interesting to see what the market is like now though, particularly in CA. I don't know if the tech sector there has caught the same cold. Zymurgy will provide pointers on the situation here soon. Some folk came back from the East Coast yesterday. Petrol back down to $1.50 a gallon (oh if only) but a very fucked economy with white and blue collar feeling it. OTOH you can get a nice 2 bed Condo near Disney for £75k-ish. It won't appreciate for 10 years though.