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Sunday, January 6. 2008

2008 Rings In Unemployment

2008 is sure off to a lousy start. I went back to work the first work day of the new year after some relaxing time off just to be told the entire IT department has been let go effective immediately. I am just praying this isn't an indication about how the rest of the year is going to go. I get enough of the open position emails, but the trouble is that I am not going to leave Maine. I like it here and it's a great place to raise a family. That being said, if anyone is looking or knows of someone looking for a developer in Maine (I'm trying to avoid doing Java full time) or that allows for a full time telecommuter, I would appreciate any leads: You either already have my email address or contact me via: =rob.richards.

As far as outside projects I am involved in and work on, I do plan on continuing working on them, although I might be a bit MIA for some time until I get settled. My apologies for tagging this in all categories, but hey I need to get maximum exposure here.
Posted by Rob Richards in Identity, Infocard, Misc, OpenID, PHP, XML at 00:05 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (2)

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Someone Hire Rob. Now.
I just noticed this in my feed reader. Rob Richards, PHP Contributor, XML Guru and Sing-Sign-On Pioneer was laid off (not due to performance, but the whole IT dept was let go), and is looking for work. In a climate where everyone is looking for develop
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Welcome Rob
A happy Christmas present reached us just on time. Rob Richards is now an official member of the openinfocard
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Saying "that really sucks" doesn't really begin to cover how this has to feel right now... I'll keep my eye out for any headhunter emails or calls that allow telecommuting for you, and hope that they at least gave you a big enough cushion to make the job search a little less traumatic.

I'd try to get you hired here, but then you'd have to move to Austin, TX...a bit of a different world than Maine. :-)
#1 Shawn Lauriat (Homepage) on 2008-01-06 16:10 (Reply)
Appreciate it.

Unfortunately, they didn't give us much of a cushion and it was pretty much unexpected. This is not something I was looking at having to do when starting off the year.
#1.1 Rob Richards (Homepage) on 2008-01-08 00:20 (Reply)
Wow. That's just...wow. What kind of company drops something like that on its employees at the start of a year. (I suppose it's better than right before Christmas, though.)

I'll keep an ear out for anything that's happening up that way. I know any other company would be lucky to have you on staff.
#2 Chris Cornutt (Homepage) on 2008-01-07 14:27 (Reply)
Thanks Chris.

I'm not sure about that. Holidays would have sucked a bit had they done it before Christmas, but at least we could have planned a bit better and maybe but back on things for it. I've been through layoffs before but nothing ever like how this went down. Felt like an episode of the Apprentice. You're Fired! now exit the building.

Anyways, I want to say thanks to everyone who has contacted me. I really do appreciate all the help everyone has offered with my job search.
#2.1 Rob Richards (Homepage) on 2008-01-08 00:30 (Reply)
Ach! This doesn't sound good :-( !
#3 Adam (Homepage) on 2008-01-09 13:22 (Reply)

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