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ms.pamela

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16. Unemployed

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:32 PM

Feb 6

Oracle is not a very good company. They hired a friend of mine and had her work her ass off for about 8 to 10 months traveling all over the country making an international data base of anyone who was in any American hospitals' records with the bullshit reasoning that any doctor in the world could access your medical records if needed. After this work was almost complete, they laid about 2000 people working on this project off with little notice.

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Well, my husband just got laid off [View all] Wicked Blue Feb 6 OP

I'm so sorry not sorry! ms liberty Feb 6 #1

Thank you Wicked Blue Feb 6 #20

69 is a good age to retire KS Toronado Feb 7 #54

I'm sorry things didn't go as planned but I hope it ends up being a blessing anyway biophile Feb 6 #2

Thank you Wicked Blue Feb 6 #21

I hope he can just retire & enjoy life now! SheltieLover Feb 6 #3

Thanks, SheltieLover Wicked Blue Feb 6 #22

Been there, security clearance, government contractor... LuckyCharms Feb 6 #4

Thanks for the encouragement Wicked Blue Feb 6 #6

Sorry to hear. Bristlecone Feb 6 #5

Thank you Wicked Blue Feb 6 #23

Get a few thumb drives . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 6 #7

I think what you're suggesting may be a crime AZ8theist Feb 6 #12

He has to return the laptop Wicked Blue Feb 6 #25

he has a security clearance lapfog_1 Feb 7 #51

At age 69 he may have a case to sue and be allowed to retire as an alternative to being laid off. patphil Feb 6 #8

It might depend what's better retirement vs severance package. dflprincess Feb 6 #18

We have to watch our pennies Wicked Blue Feb 6 #26

Sorry to hear this... jlshaw47 Feb 6 #9

Thanks Wicked Blue Feb 6 #28

Collect unemployment - then RETIRE! nt Exp Feb 6 #10

Thanks for the reminder - I forgot about unemployment Wicked Blue Feb 6 #30

I'll be joining him soon Xipe Totec Feb 6 #11

Best of luck to you! Wicked Blue Feb 6 #31

My notice will be polite Xipe Totec Feb 7 #56

Hey, I hope this all ends up being a better thing. herding cats Feb 6 #13

Thank you so much! Wicked Blue Feb 6 #32

Sorry to hear that. Coloradan4Truth Feb 6 #14

The federal government is being destroyed Wicked Blue Feb 6 #33

Hi Wicked... Coloradan4Truth Feb 7 #44

Good to hear Wicked Blue Feb 7 #47

Now, versus nine months from now? nilram Feb 6 #15

You raise some great points Wicked Blue Feb 6 #35

Unemployed ms.pamela Feb 6 #16

Thank goodness he didn't work for Oracle! Wicked Blue Feb 6 #36

I'm so sorry! Solly Mack Feb 6 #17

Thanks, Solly! Wicked Blue Feb 6 #37

If they lay off 500 people they are required to give you more pay/motive than that JT45242 Feb 6 #19

Is that for government employees? Wicked Blue Feb 6 #38

I think it is all companies of that size...@omahasteve JT45242 Feb 7 #43

Actually my son-in-law is a labor lawyer Wicked Blue Feb 7 #46

Best of Luck With This modrepub Feb 6 #24

Thanks! I really hope he doesn't work full time any more Wicked Blue Feb 6 #39

I'm sorry to hear that. area51 Feb 6 #27

Thank you, area51 Wicked Blue Feb 6 #40

ruthless, vile and sadistic vapor2 Feb 6 #29

I feel terrible for the federal workers who got DOGEd. Wicked Blue Feb 6 #41

Hope it turns into a blessing for you Lifeafter70 Feb 6 #34

It's good that you can spend more time with your son. Wicked Blue Feb 6 #42

Apply for unemployment, food stamps, whatever is currently available. stollen Feb 7 #45

Unemployment is definitely a possibility Wicked Blue Feb 7 #48

While Still A Drag... ProfessorGAC Feb 7 #49

I hope so too Wicked Blue Feb 7 #50

I don't mean to be too personal, but he's still working at 69? Mark.b2 Feb 7 #52

It might be a blessing in disguise (regardless of what they say, you do not have to work until you drop). waterwatcher123 Feb 7 #53

I'm so sorry he was laid off, but it does sound like the job was dangerously stressful. Maybe he highplainsdem Feb 7 #55

Maybe after he's had time to de-stress Wicked Blue Feb 7 #57

So sorry to hear that. I do hope it is a blessing in disguise for you two. MLAA Feb 7 #58

Thank yoy MLAA! Wicked Blue Feb 8 #61

Hopefully he planned for the possibility. Was there a severence package? retread Feb 8 #59

Yes, but after taxes it may not be much Wicked Blue Feb 8 #60

I'm so sorry. FemDemERA Feb 8 #62

Thank you Wicked Blue Feb 8 #63

Sorry to hear that: you guys have my sympathies. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 10 #64

Thanks, I needed that Wicked Blue Feb 10 #65

My husband lost his job in November. He's Luciferous Feb 10 #66

I'm sorry he lost his job too Wicked Blue Feb 10 #67

Just seeing this...so a few days out. I hope he's had electric_blue68 Feb 11 #68