So a few friends of mine got laid off. Actually a whole department did. These aren't new employees either. All of them have at least 20 years of service under their belt... if not more. A LOT more. Now they're forced to either retire (if they can) or try and find another job. If the economy were any stronger they'd be snatched up in a second. Well... at least most of them would. Most of them were hard working, ambitious people who put the patients first before anything. After hours, weekends, vacations, sick days... it didn't matter. They'd always end up working. One or two of them, on the other hand, is dealing with a little payback karma-wise for dumping their work on others. Still... I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

These layoffs really made me think about how unstable my job can be. If I piss off the wrong people or don't do stellar work... I can be next. No one is irreplaceable. No one.Everyone used to think that years of service meant job security. Not anymore. This is proof that you'd better be on top of your game. Anything else is just a few sick times or showing up late from looking at the wrong end of a pink slip.

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