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Today’s whirlwind is finally drawing to a close, so I’ve got the chance to document it a little bit.

Big happenings at work today. We had a major reorganization of the software department. 3 people from department lost their job, 2 of them developers, the other in testing. I made it through OK due to my web development skills I guess. We also lost another developer who was shuffled off to a different department, as well as most of our customer support people (3 out of the 4).

I guess we weren’t turning enough of a profit to justify having all of those people hanging around. It was kinda a depressing day for me because I really liked one of the guys who lost his job and it’s a real shame that it had to happen. I’m still a little shocked by it. The day started so normally and then all of a sudden, the entire software division is gutted.

My plans still stand. I’m trying to get my degree and see what I can do about getting out of there before something else happens, I think.

I went out to dinner with my parents tonight to discuss the whole situation. Not really to figure out what to do, just to vent. I think everybody there was stunned by the downsizing…as far as we knew, things were going pretty well for us so far. I’m just glad I came through it with my position still intact.

I’ve got this weekend to rest, releax and regroup. Next week is going to be interesting.