<p>The other catch can be unemployment … I think typically unemployment is granted after layoffs … but much harder to get if one has been fired or quit.</p>
<p>Someone at my DH’s office once accidentally sent an inappropriate photo to all the printers. It got him fired. Don’t think he got severance, though :)</p>
<p>I was fired twice in my life and both times I was eligible for unemployment and one time I was given severance, the other time I was only there for a year. Of course if you are a contractor or a temp, there will be no unemployment.</p>
<p>In my book layoff=fire…</p>
<p>I was in the same situation, except the new boss didn’t want to fire people. He wanted them to quit, and put so much pressure on them many did. I refused. I knew that if I quit I’d get no unemployment, etc. I put up with his b*s for a year and a half, and he finally fired me. The company is notorious in our state for being a tough, tough place to work. No one questioned my unemployment when I filed for it: they knew just how the place operated.</p>
<p>This reminds me of when my mom told me she was fired. I was running around trying to get her info about appealing the decision as well as info about unemployment until she finally told me she had quit.
sigh.
I agree that you may just need to stick through this bosses tenure- cause it sounds like it will be short.</p>
<p>I only knew 2 people who got fired from my past employ - both falsified expense vouchers.
Another almost got fired (but got reassigned or something) because she would constantly excuse herself from assignments, work-related-travel, didn’t show up on time, left early…because she had a new puppy. It was kind of funny. She would call her apt. and talk to him in doggy talk on the answering machine too.</p>
<p>^ A lawyer friend of mine doubled as press spokesperson for a smallish public company. His #2 had just passed the bar … but she was very pretty and a world-class brown-noser. The friend was fired, ostensibly for “being too open with the press.” The #2 was elevated, and her first act as Counsel was to hire seven experienced lawyers to do the legal work. Funny things happen.</p>
<p>Thank you all. I’ve been feeling absolutely horrible, and you’re making me feel better.</p>
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<p>So do I. So do I.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m right there with you. Maybe we could have a little friendly competition to see who accomplishes it first?</p>
<p>In this economy, I’d put up with just about anything to stay employed, because it’s REALLY hard for older workers to get re-hired. Workers age 55-64 have the longest duration of unemployment: median 31 weeks. There’s a good chance that 40 weeks’ severance might not tide you over to your next job. </p>
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<p>[Unemployment:</a> Economic downturn hit older adults hard - baltimoresun.com](<a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-interview-jo-anne-schneider-20111030,0,2949229.story]Unemployment:”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-interview-jo-anne-schneider-20111030,0,2949229.story)</p>
<p>I don’t like my boss either, and unlike yours, there’s an excellent chance she’ll be my boss till I retire. Every time I start feeling fed up, my mantra is, “At least I have a job. At least I have a job. At least I have a job.”</p>
<p>Never make a move or a stay out of fear. Make it because you know where you want to go and what you want to do.</p>