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[quote=Anonymous]I recently found out my position is being eliminated in a corporate restructuring, and the company doesn't have another relevant position for me. They did offer me a position that way much less desirable than my current one, in terms of setting me back quite a few years in terms of responsibilities. I turned it down because I thought it would set me back a lot in terms of my next job, and I am not so confident this restructuring is going to go well, so I don't want to hinge my future on this company. This all happened on Friday so I haven't had much time to process it, even though I spent the weekend outlining my strategy for next steps. Fortunately, I still have work for a few more weeks and they will be paying me for a while even after that. I am incredibly stressed out, but trying to keep calm, at least until I give it a fair attempt with job applications and whatnot. I was doing fine until my husband decided to tell his parents when he spoke with them on the phone this evening. He told them in response to a totally innocent question (along the line's of, "How's [my name]?) and he volunteered way more information than was necessary. To make matters worse, he spun it in the most negative way possible, telling them I'd lost my job and completely leaving out that it's not for cause, or that I will be getting paid for a while still. They immediately started with the jokes about how at least he's around to be my sugar daddy and all that shit. It's made even worse by the fact that they have a history of making digs at my job and career. Apparently, because I sometimes get home 10-15 minutes before DH, he is the breadwinner and the hard worker (with no basis in fact in terms of how much money we made or what we did all day). I hate to even make these comparisons between myself and DH, because we don't make them in our household, but he knows how much his parents' comments upset me and I feel like he voluntarily gave them ammo against me. I am so, so, ticked, I am tempted to apply to jobs all over the country, and go to the first one I get, even if it means living separately. We don't have kids so this wouldn't be a problem other than never seeing each other, which sounds like a great solution right now.[/quote]

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