Tough Time at Work

Today I had to lay off an employee that just transferred to my area 3 weeks ago. The sad thing is I agreed to take them on in order to help secure their job. I guess in the end all that is going on in my company and the industry I am in couldn't save their job. In the end I had the tough job of calling them into my office and letting them go. It is something I have not had to do in several years. I guess I have been blessed by a great team and we have weathered the storms in the past. I just hope we can keep weathering the storm.

This all comes down to our struggling economy and the ineffective leadership we have in our government. I blame both sides of the aisle. I hear all the "good news" about how the economy is starting to see signs of life, I have not really seen it yet. We will see what happens in the next quarter.