Just lost my job.

I hope all works out well for you Sam , sometimes a change is good , tuff but good .
Best wishes .
 
That sucks, change is always feared (unknown?) and in almost every instance it
somehow works for the better. Might be a good time to see how much a labor of
love pounding steel is. Good luck.
Ken.
 
Hey Sam,

The big thing, of course, is the loss of cash flow. I know, because my wife just lost her job end of June. If we were scrambling before (and we were), now we are really pinched. The toughest part of it for me is I work with the people that let her go. That kind of makes it extra challenging for me, in addition to the financial issues. The one thing I've seen over the years though, is, it has always all worked out! Trust and acceptance are the virtues of the day, and as in my case, forgiveness.

Good luck and all the best, Phil
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words and advice, I really do appreciate them. My job at Fastenal was the best job I ever head (including working for myself:)), and I will sorely miss it, even though the canned me I still think they are a great company made great by the people who work for them. I am thinking back now to all the job offers I got while I was working for them that I turned down because fastenal was such a good job, I also made alot of good friends with the companies I worked for (but sadly alot of them just had layoffs too). I have a noise-neighbor issue for the immediate moment that me and my landlord are looking to solve, I think I will make a go of it for hammers and tongs and maybe the occasional blade. I cannot thank you guys enough for the help and support and kindness.
 
That does suck. Hope things work out for ya. Maybe this will give you a chance to see if you can make it, with hammer and anvil.
 
Sorry to hear it Sam. Unfortunately, getting the boot is something most folks have to deal with at some point in their life. I hope this marks the beginning of something new and good for you.
 
I moved to Syracuse when I got married 5 years ago, I left a job I had all sorts of security at (they'd take me back tomorrow if I were to move back to Rochester) it didn't pay well, but I got by.I jumped right from that job to a goldsmith job at a jewelry store here. Carrier Corp laid off all of our customers and there wasn't enough work to keep 2 goldsmiths and I had 25 years less seniority. I had just gotten a DBA for my jewelry business so I was ineligible for unenjoymnent, kinda forced my hand to bump up my business (I wasn't going to even try to restart my photography business, Digital had already destroyed the market for most of us professional photographers, so after 25 years of barely staying in business as a photographer I gave up on the idea) I have been slowly building the jewelry business, and after several day jobs that didn't last I learned enough metallurgy trying to improve my knifemaking that I was able to get my foot in the door as a metallurgical lab tech doing really cool stuff and making more than the jobs that laid me off were paying. If I hadn't been laid off from the goldsmith job I would probably still be making $10.00/hour working with people who had no respect for tools and quality work and usually returned from lunch pi$$drunk

-Page
 
Hey Sam, I just saw a "hiring" sign at a Fastenal down in MD! :)

Take care man. I know it's tough, but as has already been said, everything happens for a reason....

-d
 
Sam,
I was in the same boat many years ago and it was devastating, BUT, it gave me an opportunity to go after a new job...which was the career I retired from years later.
Best Of Wishes for a similar opportunity!
 
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