the beginning of the end

As most of you know, Scot's job was "impacted" on Tuesday. Nice HR word. Impacted. What the hell does that mean? A slight change? A major adjustment? Or, "you're fired, you ass. Clear out your desk and go." Yeah, that's what it meant. An impact that was like a meteor hitting the Earth.

I'm going to try to do a day-by-day synopsis of the down-and-out, and out-of-work.

The below is Tuesday's rant to friends and family.


It is with a heavy heart that Scot and I make this announcement. After a very successful run, it looks like the party is over. We are officially.... unemployed. That's right. You probably thought I was going to say "splitting up", right? Heck, this is much to fun to go through alone.

As of today, Scot is no longer with DHL . In a completely unexpected move, 74 employees were let go today in what is to be a massive lay-off. If you've been watching the news, you'll see that DHL is not doing well in the states, and their Ohio distribution hub is close to working a deal with UPS to take over all US operations of DHL Express. This leaves us sad, lost, and potentially homeless.

Scot saw a bright future with DHL. He put so much time and effort into a job he hoped would take us many places. An overseas stint in their Prague office was one of those places! However, it is not to be. Now, we will regroup, and put as many feelers out there as we can. Our hope is to get Scot working quickly, in a job where he can be proud ('Lane 6 is open, sir.') Ultimately, Scot and I would love to stay in Scottsdale, in our current house. But times being what they are, we are willing to relocate, downsize, and sell-off.

Any thoughts, recommendations, prayers, and gnashing of teeth would be appreciated. Scot has worked in Software sales, and Hardware Sales. At DHL, Scot was a Manager in the Vendor Management Department . Basically, he looked at names like "Vencat", "Kumar" and "Rajiv" all day. No funny intended there. He was responsible for matching up DHL contracts to staffing company employees (most of his vendor employees were Indian.) If you know someone who knows someone with any job connection, please let us know. Scot can get a resume out as fast as I can say "charge it."

Quite seriously, we are devestated. While it was just a job, Scot loved it. This is an enormously scary time to be going through a job loss, and I hope and pray that we come though it better, stronger people.
Tomorrow is another day. Thanks for taking the time tonight to lament with us.