Randy woke to a request for a meeting with his boss. He told me later, he knew exactly what it meant. When he arrived on the Zoom video conference, he was joined by the HR woman. He told me that he knew even more what that meeting would be. He was laid off at 9:00am. After three years, they finally admitted that Civil-- the division Randy was hired for-- wasn't going to happen. They shut down that side of the company for good to focus on the other division that Randy had worked for three years to build while developers worked on his software. They offered him 5-weeks severance, his boss said he'd be a reference, they gave us the laptop and monitor they'd purchased for him, and asked us to send back the literature and trade show equipment.
Two hours later, it was gathered, packaged, and dropped off at FedEx. And now the real work starts for Randy. His full-time job now is finding a job.
While it came as a surprise, it wasn't a complete shock. He's been feeling a restlessness for a few months. It's hard for someone like Randy to not have anything to do. It's even harder for a salesman like Randy not to have something to sell. It was frustrating to him that other people were, essentially, in charge of his productivity, since they weren't doing things as quickly as he thought they would/should have been done. Three years, waiting.
Tender Mercy-- because of that restlessness and unease, he's already applied and interviewed with two different people with another company-- Authorium. So, even though he was laid off, he already has a leg up on the job front. So grateful Heavenly Father prompted and prepared him, and that Randy listened to those promptings. So, there is a gratitude and peace where there could have been blindsided fear. We are still being carried. He knows us. He loves us. And we love Him.
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