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uwmcscott wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 3:44 pm Not a pleasant topic, but looks like I'm heading to the Layoff line along with probably a lot of others where I work. Already actively seeking other employment as I knew this was possible/probably but it kicks you in the teeth when it actually happens. Had over 20 years of service too. I understand i'm not the only one in this situation but it's the first time down this road for me. Looking to share not only in the pain with others that might be in the same boat, but maybe even some resources for opportunities. I've been an IT/AV/Learning tech guy pretty much for the past 20 years, both as a practitioner and a manager. I know there are some other IT folks in this crowd too.

Anyway, probably not many NGD's for a while either. When it rains it pours.
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TVvoodoo wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 4:09 pm I'm with you, laid off a couple months ago -. Part of the deal was I was enrolled in and supposed to pass about 180 hours of auto sales training.
If you have ever seen an auto-sales training vid, they are much like any other sales training vid, but with a presenter who seems to be massively dosed with high grade cocaine.
They are made to create INTENSE excitement about ALL THE SWEET SWEET CABBAGE you can make, if you fill up your trick bag to close!close!close those dealz and grab it all up.
I got sick to my stomach about 30 seconds in on every single one I watched. Joe fuckin' Verde./

Then the product training vids, "For 2020 the ZOOMOBILE 600 features hi-style black 18" alloy rims to connect with the sporty youthful auto consumer, this is what they demand and we are here to offer it the what they want for their hi-tech lifestyle." And the tests. Oh god the module tests. I'm gonna figure something out over the summer. I was asked outright by my boss what my plan was this morning, and it was pretty plain to all in the conversation I wasn't going back to the dealership floor, and it was a six day a week gig. No mercy. They did want to keep me on for some limited social media stuff but that's not going to pay much for bills, but it's something and we are on good terms. Maybe I'll have to work that scheme a bit harder and pick up a few contracts.

It's a whole new ballgame - and on top of the Covid crap, I live in an area that is a major petroleum-producing realm, so with oil prices in the toilet it's a monstrous double whammy on the local economy, businesses closing, people dropping off keys for houses and trucks at the bank and walking away. I'd sell my house and move but we'd take such bath on it it's crazy. Then I'd have a damn mortgage again. My wife makes pretty good, she's a bit frustrated where I am, but we're paying the bills. Two kids in post-secondary, they might not even be going to school for another year. Trying to plan for that.... Everything is upended.

Anyway, now's your chance to become that rock god immortal for realz! my heart goes out to you Scott. 20 years is a long time at one place, that looks real good on a resume. I hope you have built in some kind of safety net, over that time?

This is important for everyone to understand, especially now.

uwmcscott wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 4:30 pm I just completed the rollout of a videoconference platform that literally enabled us to get hundreds of employees working from home.