YEAH!
My "big corporate" job/position is being eliminated. I've only "done" the work since it was from home and low stress with great pay and benefits.
I had a one-one-one with the supervisor today and as soon as she said HR was on the line I smiled and asked if I was being let go... lots of HR jargon followed.
We are FI, the wife works, I have a military retirement so the biggest issue here is my ego, trying to find out if it's a "true" downsizing or if they are letting me go for performance (initial answer is no, it has nothing to do with performance, I'm the junior person in the work group and budget changes, and I'm eligible for re-hire etc. etc. etc.) but, I know lots of folks "hide" behind such situations rather than saying "you suck, your abrasive, you speak your mind too often, you don't reply to emails fast enough" (FU money = do the job your way, something I've done...).
I am grateful that I've had this position and while I've had it I've lived life to the fullest/took every advantage of the freedom and flexibility it offered, no regrets here, now its just a matter of what's next. The last few months I've found myself disliking the job more and more and wishing I didn't have to meet even the low standards/work levels it required, I've found plenty of other activities to keep me engaged and active, many of them I'd rather do more of so there is that. This is a blessing in many ways since I would have probably hung out as long as they would have let me, since it was a cake job and paid well.... This is my second "retirement" now, the possibilities for the future are exciting.
I'm waiting on the email with the severance package (working from home... no walk of shame!) and want to be honest with the manager (it's not a big deal, I have income/savings/health insurance) but don't want to make any "mistakes" in this process, any tips/feedback?