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[quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry, OP. This happened to me last year b/c my industry has tanked. My boss came up from main HQ and let me go in a 3-minute conversation totally out of the blue...on a Monday morning. I CANNOT imagine having to sit through an entire lunch date to discuss this after wondering for days about why you're going to lunch - you're letting me go, so what's to discuss?

I agree with PPs, this was not handled very professionally. The conversation should have been about you, not about him and his problems, or complaining about the company. Was your layoff effective immediately, or was it 2 wks. notice?  It is flattering and a good sign that he wants to continue working w/you in some capacity, and I am glad to see you are willing to do so. If people offer references, def. take them up on it. If you were friendly with anyone else at work, ask them if they'd give you a reference too. Don't burn any bridges.

One thing I did, on suggestion of a friend who'd recently been through this, was I immediately wrote an e-mail to pretty much everyone I knew in my personal life, saying "Hi, just wanted to let you all know I was downsized and am looking for xyz type of job, please let me know if you know of anyone hiring, etc." A lot of people were really helpful with contacts, ideas, etc. You never know who might know somebody. LinkedIn is great too. Get your boss and others to "recommend" you on LI, people really do notice that!

I can't stress enough that you need to give yourself some time to lay low and process this - even if you weren't crazy about your job, it is still traumatic and a loss, not to mention extremely disorienting to be home all day when you're used to working. So cry, or be angry, or whatever you are feeling - once that is out of your system, you can look ahead. Get a daily routine going with regular exercise and pleasure activities, and take time to think about what you really want out of your next job. And I assure you, you have better things ahead.

File for unemployment ASAP. I don't know which state you're in but google your state unemployment office and you should be able to do everything online. It should kick in as soon as you are no longer being paid by your employer. There may be some kind of waiting period of a week or two, but then it will start coming. I don't know if you have HR in your co., but definitely talk to them about being paid for unused vacation time if you had any. And definitely print what you need and get your files off your work computer ASAP before they lock you out of it. Help yourself to office supplies too :)

I did end up going back to work for my old co. as an outside consultant on a couple of projects, and starting my own consulting business (which had limited success - there is just no $$ in my field right now). I just landed a great term position which I hope will lead to even better things.

Good luck to you! Again, I'm sorry this happened but eventually you will be glad it did![/quote]

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