And then there was that time I got laid off and drove up from Texarkana to Fayetteville AR pumping Le1f out my buzzing car speakers, like I was up on the new-new NYC sound tip and was so woke I would peel the eyelids back on any redneck whose truck I passed with just my …
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Out, Off, Down
The good news is that I survived a layoff event. The bad news is that I work for a company where laying off 7% of the workforce across the board was the winning option. I mean, I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s one of the inevitabilities of corporate life. But it’s been a long, long time …
Boot
As I mentioned in my last post, yes, I did get laid off today on October 25th. It’s been a long haul at AMD, but it’s time to move on to somewhere more profitable. They gave me an agreeable severance package that means I’ll be paid through to February and medically covered through to the …
Rocks and Hard Times
I feel it necessary to mention it here, for the sake of those of you who don’t regularly see me in my everyday life, that my job is at risk of not existing by the end of this week. For those who may not know, I work at AMD, have been there over 5 1/2 …