re: #131 Lidane

So the company is bleeding money. Their answer? First, lay off the West Coast Regional Sales Director (i.e., my boss) because he’s somehow at fault. Then lay off the sales person focusing on Southern California to put all your eggs in Silicon Valley. Finally, lay off the one sales person in Texas (i.e., me) and close your office here, pushing all that additional territory on the girl who is moving to Chicago this month, expecting her to pick up the slack for the entire Central time zone.

Seems legit.

Shit, I’ve been there before. Company was bleeding money because it was (basically) a brick-and-mortar place unable to adjust to new web competitors. So the solution was to first slash the marketing department, and then the sales department (I was caught in that second one).

Hang in there. If you’ve done well in your job, recruiters will want your skills, and getting laid off in this economy isn’t the scarlet letter that it can be in good times.