I got the cherry on my sh!t Sundae yesterday when I was called into a meeting to discuss the recent reorganization for the team I'm on. I'm told that they needed a new position in my office, and to fund that position, they decided to eliminate my position. I can take this new position, as I'm more than qualified for it, but it means a huge salary cut, to a salary I haven't work at in 13 years. They also offered me a severance and help with job placement. So I'm scrambling now to see if I can line up another position somewhere that pays the same or not significantly less.
I've also been working another job delivering newspapers in the morning, and that job literally drove my Grand Prix to death. I had to buy a new vehicle that I'm putting 100+ miles a day on, and $20 a day in gas. I moved from Virginia to Georgia 18 months ago to try to make my marriage work because my wife wanted to move back, but that's not working out. I took a 33% pay cut when I moved to Georgia from Virginia, so I can't survive another salary drop.
I'm still healthy, so I've got that. And I have three wonderful children, but only one of them lives with me and I barely see the two once a month because my marriage still isn't resolved.
Yes, I know, lots of first world problems here, but I just felt like venting. Hopefully I can get a new job lined up in the next week so I can turn down the position with my current company, and I am working on a resolution of my marriage.
My father is also in hospice care after getting a pacemaker and has been diagnosed with severe dementia. I went to visit him a few weeks ago and seeing him, as well as all the care my mother is trying to provide, just made me even sadder.
It's gonna be a "Happy" Father's Day for me this year...
Originally Posted by BillBoost37
