Wow Randy...Congratulations! Very Very Happy For You...my friend! Now really
start growing those dreadlocks ;-)

-BadMan

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 7:26 PM, <ken...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Congratulations!
>
> They obviously -- finally -- recognized quality!
>
> Go Gators!!!!
>
> Ken B. (NYC Gator)
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>
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> *From*: "Gatornet Admin"
> *Date*: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:47:01 -0400
> *To*: GatorTalk<gatortalk@googlegroups.com>
> *Subject*: [gatortalk] Non-Gator Related
> 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
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