Well, it’s official. I am out of a job. My company is bleeding money, so they’re going to close the office I’m in, meaning I am out of work.

I’m not surprised, really. They’ve been trying for ages to hire a second account manager here with no success. I’ve basically been trying to handle bringing in business from an entire time zone by myself, with no hands-on management support and no other staff since they’re all in California. There was a Project Manager here through May when she got laid off, then I was alone all summer, then I hired two interns that they couldn’t afford to keep past the other day. The next hammer to drop was going to be me being laid off and the office being closed.

Good thing I’d already started sending out job applications. My last day is next Tuesday. I’m getting paid through then and then a two-week severance package after that, plus whatever money has accumulated in my unused paid time off. I’m also getting COBRA benefits to keep my insurance a little while longer.

This sucks.