Congrats Randy. Thats excellent news. Woody
On Jun 6, 2009, at 9:47 AM, "Gatornet Admin" <gator...@comcast.net> wrote: > I'm not trying to start a non-gator related thread, and the ONLY > reason I'm mentioning it here is because several months ago a large > number of us participated in a thread relating to the mass of > layoffs that has hit our country. Many of us here on Gatornet had > been affected either directly or indirectly by the layoffs, and I > indicated that I was one of the casualties, having been laid off > twice during 2008. > > Well, the first layoff for me occurred in March of last year and it > was by Sprint, which I have said was the best job I ever had. I > loved working for Sprint, loved my job, loved my teams, blah, blah, > blah. Do you get the picture? Mushy, I know, but true. > > Anyway, being laid-off by Sprint affected me traumatically, and I > never really recovered from it. Even though I was hired for a short > time as a corporate controller, the economy forced them to outsource > their financials for 25% of my salary and I was laid off again in > October. All in all, 2008 was not a very good year for me or > thousands of other people. I know I wasn't the only one going > through it. > > I think I'm rambling, so let me try to get to my point. > > This past Thursday, after over a week of negotiations (no, I'm not a > union guy - it just seemed to be the appropriate word to use), I > received an offer from Sprint to resume my previous position > beginning Monday and with a substantial raise. I am going from > managing 17 sales teams to 26 sales teams, which will, of course, > keep me pretty busy and on the road, but after spending the last 7 > months at home, I WANT to be busy and I WANT to be on the road! > > To say I'm happy would be understating it. I'm actually quite > "giddy". I feel like a young Randy and the best looking girl at > school just asked me to take her to the prom. It was TOTALLY > unexpected and an incredible rush of validation. After months and > months of doubting my own self-worth, I realize now that it wasn't > me at all. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong > time. That wrong place was on a list of what some economics expert > determined was "expendable" positions. > > Many of us here have been together for over 15 years, so I consider > you good friends even though we might actually only "see" each other > once every 5-6 years. I just wanted to share my good news with you, > and hopefully the moderator won't chastise me for this being non- > gator related. :) > > Oh, did I mention I can't wait for Monday morning? It might be a > VERY long time (if ever) that I dread Monday's again! :) > > Randy > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
