SurferStitch
11-11-2010, 09:04 PM
Finally!! After 94 weeks of unemployment since losing my engineering project management job in January of 2009, I started a new position on November 1, 2010!!
I loved being the Project Manager and Environmental Manager at my previous employer, but a bunch of us were let go in January of 2009 due to financial problems with the company (just 13 days before my birthday, and just over 2 months after DH was diagnosed with MS....UGH!) It was a really bad time to lose my job, but we made it through...even getting to WDW a few times.
The chemical engineering market was absolutely horrendous in 2009 and early 2010, but my luck turned around in August when I applied to Air Products (along with A LOT of other out of work engineers). I met with 5 very nice gentlemen (engineering managers) for over 2.5 hours, and felt pretty darn good when I walked out.
I had my interview just a week or so before we went to WDW from 10/4/10 - 10/13/10, and was hopeful. I spent the entire trip checking my phone for voicemails, and wondering when they would call. Then, on the 18th I got the call :woohoo:. Subsequent screaming and :joy: and :dance: and :cheers:, and eventually :faint: occurred after I hung up the phone, along with phone calls to everyone I know.
So, I am now a Senior Project Engineer for Air Products & Chemicals, Electronics Specialty Gases Division. Basically, I still get to be a project manager, but with a lot more resources and support.:thumbsup:
I was afraid I didn't have it in me, but I did it, and I'm really proud of myself for the first time in....... well...... 94 weeks.
I loved being the Project Manager and Environmental Manager at my previous employer, but a bunch of us were let go in January of 2009 due to financial problems with the company (just 13 days before my birthday, and just over 2 months after DH was diagnosed with MS....UGH!) It was a really bad time to lose my job, but we made it through...even getting to WDW a few times.
The chemical engineering market was absolutely horrendous in 2009 and early 2010, but my luck turned around in August when I applied to Air Products (along with A LOT of other out of work engineers). I met with 5 very nice gentlemen (engineering managers) for over 2.5 hours, and felt pretty darn good when I walked out.
I had my interview just a week or so before we went to WDW from 10/4/10 - 10/13/10, and was hopeful. I spent the entire trip checking my phone for voicemails, and wondering when they would call. Then, on the 18th I got the call :woohoo:. Subsequent screaming and :joy: and :dance: and :cheers:, and eventually :faint: occurred after I hung up the phone, along with phone calls to everyone I know.
So, I am now a Senior Project Engineer for Air Products & Chemicals, Electronics Specialty Gases Division. Basically, I still get to be a project manager, but with a lot more resources and support.:thumbsup:
I was afraid I didn't have it in me, but I did it, and I'm really proud of myself for the first time in....... well...... 94 weeks.