After working at the same office for the past twenty two years I lost my job due to the company being sold.
For the first few weeks after I was let go I was a complete and total mess.
Not only because I had made so many friends during my time at my old job, but I had the perfect set up. In my office I had a state of the art air conditioning unit that my boss had been gracious enough to donate to me as a gift for winning the “leadership” award a few years ago, and I also had formed a solid chemistry with my coworkers over that time frame. Not that I have found a new job and have been there for a while now, it just makes me miss my old job and my friends even more. My boss is rude, my coworkers aren’t welcoming, and my work area is terrible. Rather than having an office equipped with a state of the art a/c unit that I could control with a bluetooth remote, I am now resigned to a small cubicle with no air conditioning, no fans, and a desktop computer that looks like it is from the early 2000’s. I’m not going to lose faith just yet with this job however. After a few years I just might have an office and friendships similar to what I used to have, but until then I am facing some long and miserable days at work. As my mom would always tell me when I was younger, it could be a lot worse!