Here we go.

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
03/08/2019 at 11:40 • Filed to: None

Update: company is letting me go instead. Confirmed to be a bad day. I’d like to say no ill feelings but honestly, I think this is one of the worst things they could do for the value of my stock in the company.

My brain decided I should be awake at 5am. There’s a chance that today is the worst day I’ve had in 6.5 years. I have a suspicion that they are laying off half my team and giving me some kind of ultimatum about moving to Europe. This may be one of those days where I cash in some of my good will to leave early and go work on the Exocet.

DISCUSSION (43)

OPPOsaurus WRX > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 09:28

so the car (and rock wall) goes splat but the guy doesn’t?

Nick Has an Exocet > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/08/2019 at 09:28

Yeah I don't get it either

Svend > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 09:35

and giving me some kind of ultimatum about moving to Europe.

Is that good or bad?

Do you want to and they don’t or vice versa?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 09:41

If they’re going to pay for it - including all the cars - take the opportunity to GTFO before the shooting starts.

chaozbandit > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 10:02

The last few episodes of Magnum PI have been pretty good, although the original series is before my time and I have nothing to base it against. Also The Rookie is a really good series.

ttyymmnn > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 10:07

Kinja'd!!!

Nick Has an Exocet > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
03/08/2019 at 11:11

Hahaha. I think there will be plenty of reasons not to take that opportunity.

Nick Has an Exocet > Svend
03/08/2019 at 11:13

Don’t want to. I hate Luxembourg and leaving an area with job prospects (and rent I will never get back thanks to rent control ) to go to an area with no outside prospects while working for a company in shaky financial standing is not a great idea.

Svend > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:33

Ouch, that’s a lot of negatives and uncertainty.

Probably time to look elsewhere but I hope it doesn’t come to it that you have to leave.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:44

That sucks, sorry man. You at least getting severance or are they just fucking you raw ?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:44

Well, that sucks. Time to write up a new resumé!

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:51

Two oppos in two days? This week SUCKS!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:52

Shitty. Come to Portland, I'll buy you a drink lol

shop-teacher > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:53

I’m really sorry to hear that. This has not been a good time for Oppo’s employment status.

Future Heap Owner > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:54

Aw shoot, I’m sorry to hear that. Other than the stock thing, how are you feeling about it? Are you worried about finding another job?

Nick Has an Exocet > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
03/08/2019 at 11:58

Thanks. 2 months . Which is fairly kind of them given their financing situation but shitty given my 6.5 years of service.

Nick Has an Exocet > Svend
03/08/2019 at 11:58

Aaand I was let go. So that's something.

Svend > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 11:59

Oh shit man, sorry.

Nick Has an Exocet > Future Heap Owner
03/08/2019 at 11:59

A little worried - maybe more than I should be.

Svend > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:00

Ye’, just seen that above.

Sorry man.

Any reason at all?

Nick Has an Exocet > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/08/2019 at 12:00

Already done!

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:00

I’m sorry. Been at my company for 13 years, pretty sure I’m one the way out too. Best of luck.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:02

Excellent! Did they give you a severance package?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:04

Cripes man... I’d ask if you were working for the place I used to, but they don’t have a Luxembourg office.

Worst fucking timing too... conditions are now fully primed for the bubble to pop.

random001 > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:05

Sorry man. I’ve been there, and I still can’t adequately describe how bad it felt in words. I hope things work out for you.

E90M3 > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:15

That’s unfortunate , I’ve been laid off before and it was not fun.

phenotyp > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:24

Same boat. I started building my own business a year ago, after I was laid off, and this week’s been a total shitshow. Got one new contract for work stuff, which, if I knock it out, should be good. Left a “partnership” that wasn’t really a partnership, which ended up being me doing a bunch of free work, which, fuck that.

Perfect gif.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:24

Sucks they didn’t give you more, but IIRC 8 weeks is pretty standard for that amount of time at a company.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:25

It sounds like you and the Exocet will need some quality time after this debacle. Sorry to hear they let you go, sounds like they made the wrong call.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:36

Just think of it as a vacation! Ignore the part where you don't get paid, the future is unknown, and there's gonna be a bunch of work to get fetch another job. But really, might as well think of the glass 1/10th full instead of nearly empty. I'd take it as an opportunity to go pursue something for a month that you normally couldn't. I'd love to just go be a ski bum for another month or couch surf in Europe or backpack hike the AT or PCT. Something epic that I couldn't really do while holding a job. Sure those things cost money but YOLO.

Mid Engine > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 12:43

Start your own company, when I got laid off I couldn’t find a job so I started a one man handyman company. Quite lucrative and fun, the only downside was my body didn’t appreciate the manual labor

Mid Engine > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/08/2019 at 12:43

Dafuq you doin in Portland???

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Mid Engine
03/08/2019 at 12:44

Just hangin.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/portland-oppo-oppo-meet-1832209573

CompactLuxuryFan > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 13:06

Not good news, but in a way it is making room for some good news. The bay area is a great job market right now so you’ll surely land even better. Enjoy a bit of funemployment, get to hunting, and leave behind the problems of your previous job! Best of luck!

punkgoose17 > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 13:19

Best of luck. At the least you are kind of being paid to leave before the company goes under.

Mid Engine > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/08/2019 at 14:01

Huh, I lived there for five years. Limited stuff to do but still a nice area

Nick Has an Exocet > Svend
03/08/2019 at 15:54

Not really other than finances and restructuring.

Nick Has an Exocet > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/08/2019 at 15:55

Almost 2 months

Svend > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 16:05

‘Finances and restructuring’, seem to be a default these days

Fingers crossed you get something soon.

Nick Has an Exocet > Svend
03/08/2019 at 22:20

Yeah, some additional detail seems to point towards it not really being either but instead a disinformation campaign by a executive in another country. Oh well.

Svend > Nick Has an Exocet
03/08/2019 at 22:51

Ye’, it’s the modern day catch all excuse.

It covers a multitude of sins.

If anything it covers up their incompetence.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nick Has an Exocet
03/09/2019 at 06:02

start networking

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Nick Has an Exocet
03/11/2019 at 13:56

Ugh, sorry to hear it. Best of luck moving forward.