I got laid off after 2 months.
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- Seanbot0
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that.
Best of luck to you though!
- jevad0
dude wtf - that is fucking fucked.
Spire? Xylem? I remember you saying something about being downtown...
Sorry to hear it man - would you be interested in contract work? I think we are at capacity here but I'd be happy to send your CV on to our CD...
Chin up lad
- fits0
i still dream of the day i get to move to denver! :(
- tymeframe0
I'd pick Denver over Chi town.
Best of luck
- MikeDubs0
ok yeah, it was spire. whatev. I'll redo my portfolio site this week and break out my CSS book again.
From what emails I'm getting this company has a history of this sort of thing....
I dunno. I don't really want to say anything bad ya know?
- jevad0
nah thats fucking bullshit mate
you don't move someone over from another city then lay them off because of lack of work.
I worked with 2 guys up in boulder who were there for a long time - one of the original crew...they had some interesting verbage to describe it.
but that's all second hand.
I think it's jsut fucking poor to do something like that to someone. did you know a guy called daniel there? he contracted for us for a bit...
- ********0
hey I worked for spire a long time ago and yes they do have a tendency to overpromise
- jevad0
"hey I worked for spire a long time ago and yes they do have a tendency to overpromise
uberdesigner
(Sep 26 05, 11:30)"?!
you're in denver?
wtf?
- ********0
operative words are "a long time ago"
- jevad0
sarky git
so where are you know and why'd you leave?
- MikeDubs0
yeah Dan just started there about a month ago. Nice guy.
so yeah, i'll be in denial for a bit. Worse part is i bought 200 bux worth of golf clubs for the company golf outing last week.
Would have been nice to had some warning ya know. Thank god I don't have mouths to feed other than my own.
- jevad0
that fucking stinks
- jox0
Thats fucking bullshit man, can they even do that? Be strong and fight back.
- piperboytoy0
wow that sux. You should really think about taking a crap and hide them inside all the heating ducts so they will feel or smell your wreath in the winter!
- MikeDubs0
I'll fight back every time I'm working on something and not feeling up to it, I'll think about how I'll get better at what I do.
My fighting back will be taking work away from them.
They wern't paying me shit anyway. Anyone that knows spire wanna take a guess?
- radar0
shit, get unemployment and then do some freelance jobs under the table. It costs them money when you claim unemployment.
- erokcom0
I have been there!
You can get unemployment up to like a year.. It's not much, but it's better than nothing.. Email me if you have questions....
- MikeDubs0
Before I moved to denver I was barely freelancing mostly trading websites for food. I spent most of my days playing craps at casinos to earn comps for hotel rooms so i could shower and not sleep in my car.
In comparison I should be more worried than I am, but I'm grateful to have a bed to sleep in right now. Kinda wierd no?
- ********0
man, that blows
- erokcom0
Here is what I would do...
I have not looked at your work.. But, if you need to re do your site... Go for it! Make that shit really hot, and send out to agencies in Chicago, etc... There is a lot of work out there right now........ You will be fine.....