Ok, little background first. I was hired at the company I currently work for back in July 2008 as an intern. Since then I went from intern to part-time in Jan 2009 (working 40hr/week, so only really part-time in terms of benefits), to full-time in Jan 2010. My duties and schedule didn't change at all with the different titles, it was entirely bureaucratic, mainly because I don't have a Bachelor's degree yet. Throughout that time, I did a huge variety of stuff, ranging from network security r&d to IT stuff to software development, and everywhere I went, my supervisors loved my work and never had anything bad to say about me. Everything's happy, yes?
Well, jump to yesterday...when I find out that, "Oh, sorry, the job you're working on now runs out of funding as of next Friday and we don't have anything else for you to do." ...not exactly the first time I've had a lul in available work, but apparently the first time since we got so fully under the control of the big corporation that bought us around the time I was hired. Before, I would go back on r&d, build my skillset, and move on to the next job in a month or two. Now? ...if one of the supervisors searching for an open spot doesn't find something, I'm gonna be out of a job after next week! -_^ ...gee, thanks for the warning, guys! I'm just gonna go over here and.....*($&^#$%$#!!!
Well, I suppose it could be worse. At least the job market around here is pretty active.
Oh, and in case anyone's wondering, yes, I was much more upset yesterday...which is why I didn't post anything yesterday... I found out about halfway through the day yesterday. ..yeah, I didn't get much done yesterday afternoon..
On Monday I'm gonna meet with one of our HR people and see what would happen in the way of a severance package, but yeah, this weekend is gonna involve much job-searching. -_^