Wish you all the best, Kirk! On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Ken Kirkley <k...@kirkley.net> wrote:
> Cpngratulations Randy! > > I have been through several 'wilderness' experiences and will be taking > your place on this one soon. Effective July 1, I am back on the street. At > least I will have time to spend with the kids over summer! > > Ken K. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Gatornet Admin > *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:47 AM > *To:* GatorTalk > *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 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
