I'm not sure if anyone will care, but I was told this week that the company that currently owns the building I work at will be divesting from the property and have sold it off to another company. My employer is contracted by the current owners to provide healthcare providers to staff their buildings. Since they will no longer own the building, what we've been told is that the new owners have no long term interest in retaining the services of my employer as soon as the ownership transition that starts in April is complete a few weeks after it starts.
In English, unless my employer is able to find another building for me to work in, I'm going to be laid off. It is far from a sure thing that my current employer will be able to find somewhere for me to work, even on a part time basis. I had a very honest conversation with my manager today, whom advised me to start looking for work elsewhere. This is something that happened very suddenly that not even my boss' boss knew about until it was announced yesterday.
Yesterday and today have felt surreal and like a bad dream. Shock yesterday has been replaced my anger today. It's fucking bullshit that I risked my own health taking care of COVID patients in the first subacute building in the state to accept COVID patients last April, caught COVID myself, went back to work after considering walking away from healthcare, put my wife and son at risk by being directly exposed to COVID on a daily basis, made countless sacrifices in not seeing a lot of my family and friends because of this, and a year later now, to thank me for it, I'm going to be out of a job? Fuck that noise.
This isn't a good bye forever, but after I wrap up a couple of loose ends, I'm going to be logging off and giving my wife my password to change until I'm back on my feet and have a stable source of income again. Fortunately, we have enough of savings to keep us afloat for the intermediate term, and because of this, nothing will be hitting the classifieds, so don't ask.
I still plan on hosting microstakes games at my place but will probably max out at $20 or $30 a night in terms of buy ins.
@Irish , I still plan on attending your games as long as I am financially still able. I also still plan on attending the meetup in June, but with what kind of bankroll, I'm not sure.
@dennis63 , I still plan on making good on the order I placed with you late last year. If the order comes in later this summer, God willing I'll be in the swing of things again and there shouldn't be a problem. If for some reason I'm still not back when the order comes in, send me an email and I will do my best to work with you. I think you should have it, but PM me if you need it.
Same with you @alecnetwoodworks . I still plan on completing payment on the order I have with you.
If I'm forgetting anyone that I will owe money to that I'm forgetting, please PM me and I will work with you the best that I can.
I was working on a MD-50 mold cash set with J5 that is now going to indefinitely be on hold. I don't think I'll be able to afford it in time to be all paid up in time for the next run of the mold even if I'm back sometime this summer. This makes me really sad. When it does get made, it's going to be an absolute banger though.
You guys want to know the kicker? I just found out also that my wife and I are expecting our second child after morning sickness that just started up again made her take a pregnancy test that showed a positive result. I can't even enjoy this because I'm too worried about how the hell we're going to afford it if for some reason I can't find full time employment by the time the kid is born.
This all being said, please do not send me anything out of sympathy. I'm going to return it without any queries or argument. I'm a grown adult and can figure this out.
I'll leave you with a one last, but not the last FUCK COVID that you'll hear from me for a while.
Just one more time for good measure. FUCK COVID.
Always the best,
Joe
In English, unless my employer is able to find another building for me to work in, I'm going to be laid off. It is far from a sure thing that my current employer will be able to find somewhere for me to work, even on a part time basis. I had a very honest conversation with my manager today, whom advised me to start looking for work elsewhere. This is something that happened very suddenly that not even my boss' boss knew about until it was announced yesterday.
Yesterday and today have felt surreal and like a bad dream. Shock yesterday has been replaced my anger today. It's fucking bullshit that I risked my own health taking care of COVID patients in the first subacute building in the state to accept COVID patients last April, caught COVID myself, went back to work after considering walking away from healthcare, put my wife and son at risk by being directly exposed to COVID on a daily basis, made countless sacrifices in not seeing a lot of my family and friends because of this, and a year later now, to thank me for it, I'm going to be out of a job? Fuck that noise.
This isn't a good bye forever, but after I wrap up a couple of loose ends, I'm going to be logging off and giving my wife my password to change until I'm back on my feet and have a stable source of income again. Fortunately, we have enough of savings to keep us afloat for the intermediate term, and because of this, nothing will be hitting the classifieds, so don't ask.
I still plan on hosting microstakes games at my place but will probably max out at $20 or $30 a night in terms of buy ins.
@Irish , I still plan on attending your games as long as I am financially still able. I also still plan on attending the meetup in June, but with what kind of bankroll, I'm not sure.
@dennis63 , I still plan on making good on the order I placed with you late last year. If the order comes in later this summer, God willing I'll be in the swing of things again and there shouldn't be a problem. If for some reason I'm still not back when the order comes in, send me an email and I will do my best to work with you. I think you should have it, but PM me if you need it.
Same with you @alecnetwoodworks . I still plan on completing payment on the order I have with you.
If I'm forgetting anyone that I will owe money to that I'm forgetting, please PM me and I will work with you the best that I can.
I was working on a MD-50 mold cash set with J5 that is now going to indefinitely be on hold. I don't think I'll be able to afford it in time to be all paid up in time for the next run of the mold even if I'm back sometime this summer. This makes me really sad. When it does get made, it's going to be an absolute banger though.
You guys want to know the kicker? I just found out also that my wife and I are expecting our second child after morning sickness that just started up again made her take a pregnancy test that showed a positive result. I can't even enjoy this because I'm too worried about how the hell we're going to afford it if for some reason I can't find full time employment by the time the kid is born.
This all being said, please do not send me anything out of sympathy. I'm going to return it without any queries or argument. I'm a grown adult and can figure this out.
I'll leave you with a one last, but not the last FUCK COVID that you'll hear from me for a while.
Just one more time for good measure. FUCK COVID.
Always the best,
Joe
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