Big A had to go into work this morning to fill out some preliminary paperwork about his 'on the job' injury before he starts back at his job tomorrow. After he handed them the forms and his $100 doctor's note, they called him into another office and laid him off. When he called me this morning, he was beyond peeved that he had to come in and do all that when they knew ahead of time that they were going to lay him off and they could've just called and told him. As I kept reminding him, he was well aware of how this particular business operated and they did tell everyone that the people that they were going to lay off would be told the day before. I don't think he thought he would be one of the lay offees.
Currently, I'm pretty sure he is heading home, stressing about not having a job after being in the same place for 14 years (and in a job that he hated) and I hope over the next day or two (at the most), he will see that receiving unemployment (a little something is better than nothing) and realizing that your life is free to make of it what you want isn't all bad.
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Sounds like Big A is already on step 2 of the five step process of "Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance." When I got laid off, I went through them all but it took me almost three years to get to acceptance.
You were unmarried at the time, Ed. Big A has gotta go through that quicker than 3 years or it's going to drive me nuts.
I think you're looking at this the right way. Big A didn't like his job, but like most everyone, stuck with it because hell, at he had a job.
This can be the impetus for him to start again and find something he enjoys.
I hope the household budget doesn't take a big hit. We had a few bad times for a while after my department got closed down some years ago.
What's a budget? :-)
Speaking as someone who knows firsthand, the most painful part of losing your job is the accompanying loss of self-confidence.
To help him through the stages be sure to tell him every day all the things that are great about him.
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