Terrors of the Corporate World - II

Here we go again...Oh no, this time it's not just the fear of being called into a room and having a one-on-one with the manager...it's the feeling of being jobless again...that has been bothering me...

Two weeks ago, in the midst of the holiday overflow of orders, a friend and I were discussing how some people had been told that their contract would end on the 15th or 19th of this month. I still held on to the belief(slightly weakened of course) that we would be around till the end of the month, at least.

The next day, the whole holiday team was called in for a meeting with the higher ups of the company and they said 'Thank You for doing such a wonderful job, you guys have been the best holiday team ever!!!' etc etc and the reality hit me...HARD. This was on a Wednesday morning. That afternoon, a few of us were asked to leave early as there wasn't much of a rush. Though we were happy to get home early after a few consecutive 12 hour days, there was this gut feeling which said that something was not right. At around 7 that evening, we all received an email saying the next day (Thursday), would be our last!!! I was really sad...even though I had worked there for just 2 months, I felt that I was going to miss the place and the people terribly (especially because I have made some good friends). I spent the rest of the evening sulking about being jobless again...but got over it with some help from my husband!!!

Anyway, I reached office on Thursday morning, feeling very very sad and realized that I wasn't alone. A few of us had already decided to go out for lunch that day (not knowing that it would be our last day), so it turned out to be a farewell lunch for us..by us. That was the most fun part of the day.

I got home at around 7.45 and sulked around for a while but soon realized that there was no point moping...

Guess that's the way of the world..jobs come and go..but at least the friendships will remain forever!!!