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I was out of work for a year. I was a director level manager for a big communications company that was "merged" with a bigger company. They "downsized" my department to almost nothing and I was first to go.
The "outplacement" people say that if you want to make the same salary, you can figure on at least a month of looking for each $10K of salary you want to earn.
They were right. In fact, it was worse than that.
I went back to work for about half my original salary (plus commissions -- which was a joke in this economy). Two weeks ago, the new company gave me the option of moving to the home office (San Antonio) or being RIF'd again. I wasn't in a position to move, so it's out on the street again!
Nothing against San Antonio, but there are an awful lot of Texans there. (Relax, that's a joke)
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