I'm losing my fucking job in a month! (but that's okay!)

[Oblivion]

 :'(

[Oblivion]

Got the word for massive layoffs in a month or two. 

[Rman]

Hope everything turns out well for you, Oblivion.  Sucks.

[ToxicAdam]

Sorry to hear about that. Sucks that they gave you such a heads up ... now its all your workplace will talk about for the next few months. You will get annoyed by it.

[demi]

Like you thought your company was in a comfortable position.

[Reb]

It's kinda funny, because right now my job consists of sorting out the financial side of a small game company.

So if it cheers you up, your trash is my treasure!

[Bocsius]

I want to say EA tester or something along those lines.

[Oblivion]

Where you work at?

Eh, I dun wanna mention where I work. But I will just say I'm a lowly tester.

[WrikaWrek]

What's the problem of telling where you work?

Are you some sort of Secret agent? Are you like working for the CIA?


Blackbriar?

[Oblivion]

What's the problem of telling where you work?

Are you some sort of Secret agent? Are you like working for the CIA?


Blackbriar?

LOOK I JUST DON'T OKAYYYY?!?!

Same reason some people don't want to talk about how much they make or how pretty they look in a dress.

God! 

[WrikaWrek]

What's the problem of telling where you work?

Are you some sort of Secret agent? Are you like working for the CIA?


Blackbriar?

LOOK I JUST DON'T OKAYYYY?!?!

Same reason some people don't want to talk about how much they make or how pretty they look in a dress.

God! 

Aiiiight M. Bond, but we will meet again.

[Oblivion]

I look awesome in a dress.

  sure you do.



But anyway, thanks for the kind words, peeps. There's a bunch of developers here in L.A. fortunately, that I could apply at. My boss said he could possibly pull some strings for a fairly bigger company that he used to work at, so we'll see how that goes.

But fuck, I hate having to look for jobs again. 

[WrikaWrek]

Dude don't you like get paid like shit? Game testing? Not to mention the environment in which you work...

Do you actually like it? I get the impression that monetarily and socially, it's a pretty shitty job to have.

[Oblivion]

The pay's not super fantastic, but for a guy still in college, it definitely pays the bills rather well. 40 hour weeks plus plenty of opportunity for overtime. We don't work on games that Gaffers or EBers would be jizzing over -in fact it's quite the opposite - but it actually has its benefits since the games are very easy to test for long periods of time. Plus, everything was extremely laid back, and you could almost set your own hours pretty much.

As far as upward mobility, this place is actually seemingly great for that too. (buncha people got promoted from testing to higher level stuff within a year).

[CurseoftheGods]

Hope everything turns out okay for ya, Oblivion.

[Bloodwake]

So, Oblivion tests Wii shovelware?

[Oblivion]

Uh....bit of an update, scratch the 1-2 month to THIS FUCKING FRIDAY!


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[Fresh Prince]

Good Luck man. Hopefully you can turn it around quickly.

[demi]

So, Oblivion tests Wii shovelware?

* demi taps nose

[pilonv1]

sorry to hear

[Madrun Badrun]

that sucks dude

[muckhole]

Uh....bit of an update, scratch the 1-2 month to THIS FUCKING FRIDAY!

Fucking yikes. There's never a good time to find out you're losing your job, but right before Christmas has got to be the absolute worst. Sorry, man.

[Robo]

Sucks, man.  Good luck.

[WrikaWrek]

So you can tell us where you work at now.

fuck them ya know

[FatalT]

So you can tell us where you work at now.

fuck them ya know

Do it.

[Brehvolution]

That sucks dude. Good luck to you.

[Bocsius]

"This year for Christmas, we're giving all of our employees severance packages."
"Sir, don't you think that's a bit insensitive?"
"You're right. Not everyone celebrates Christmas. Fire everybody, but skip the packages."
"Uh... um.. good call, sir."

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Sorry to hear that. :'( And welcome to the club; as I've realized, it's a rough market out there these days.

[Robo]

upper decking is only effective against the maintenance staff.  

poop in your boss' desk drawers.

[The Sceneman]

sorry, but everyone was probably sick of you discussing nothing but Nintendo products

[xnikki118x]

Sorry to hear that.

[Oblivion]

Okay, some good news. Turns out that I won't be leaving Friday as I thought. That was clarified to be for some of the other employees (mainly artists and programmers). So for now, I'm safe til January. Might not be much, but I'll take what I can, dang it!

[Tauntaun]

Okay, some good news. Turns out that I won't be leaving Friday as I thought. That was clarified to be for some of the other employees (mainly artists and programmers). So for now, I'm safe til January. Might not be much, but I'll take what I can, dang it!

That's good man. Let me give you a hug.

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[lordmaji]

me too? 

[Himu]

Get a job at Nintendo.

Oblivion, if you need any help getting back on your feet, I'm paying big cash to fuck sexy men.

[G The Resurrected]

As of 31st I'll no longer have a job. 

[Bocsius]

As of 31st I'll no longer have a job. 

congrats

[G The Resurrected]

man 2008 has been crazy.

Get excellent job in may start in june.

August rolls around things are great then my mother suddenly passes away (single child)

Then October happens and I come down with pneumonia and have to be rushed to hospital $9,000 later I get better.

And now this

[Van Cruncheon]

2008 has been a fuck worthless year, fo' sho'

[Howard Alan Treesong]

2008 has been a fuck worthless year, fo' sho'

I thought 2007 was bad cause I couldn't remember it but in retrospect that was a blessing compared to 2008

[Tauntaun]

me too? 

   Always.

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A hug from behind...with my fists....

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[Reb]

Actually, I think 2008 was my best year since my childhood.

[G The Resurrected]

Will 2009 be better though? I need good nes in my life.

[Bocsius]

Will 2009 be better though? I need good nes in my life.

I'd say it couldn't get worse, and at least there will be a new administration, but I don't want to jinx anything.

[G The Resurrected]

Well lets just hope unemployment doesn't run out. any good places to look for jobs for QA?

[Brehvolution]

It will all be gravy after Jan 20, 2009.

[Van Cruncheon]

Will 2009 be better though? I need good nes in my life.

I'd say it couldn't get worse, and at least there will be a new administration, but I don't want to jinx anything.

actually, 2009 will be a miserable year, economy-wise -- and if the job cuts are deep enough, deflation time!

[Oblivion]

Well, some good news after a week of utter disappointment. I contacted a friend of mine, who happens to be an editor at a pretty big post production facility (it was actually one I was working at earlier in the year). Turns out he's got a new project coming around January, and said he'd need some help. So looks like I gots me another job. Though at the same time I'm still a bit sad that this current thing didn't work out. I was movin on up to.

But aw well, the important thing right now is to make sure I don't become homeless, so dreams will hafta wait.

Networking

[Himu]

OBLIVION

good job!