after 47 years with the same company my husband was let go on Tuesday . No retirement benefits , no medical , nothing , not even a hand shake . They sent a guy to the house to get his cell phone & computer & all the flyers & ads that my husband had that pertained to the products the company sold . So on Wednesday hubby spent the day on the phone getting medical insurance . On Thursday he went to the unemployment office to register here in Kentucky & he was told since the company he worked for is in Houston he has to file in Texas . So he called & took care of that , now he has to apply at 3 companies per week in order to get his unemployment check . I feel so sad for him , he gave 47 years to a company with no benefits & there are probably very few companies that will hire anyone that is ready to retire . Thank goodness our home is paid for so we do not have to worry about that & I have a small income that will keep us a float . You never know what will happen around the next corner , so you need to be ready for anything. I'm so glad that we have all our Christmas shopping done & Christmas will still be at our home this year . We will pray that the New Year will bring better times , we have our health & our family & those are the important things , everything else can be managed in time .
@WJo:
Sorry to hear about the bad news and the timing is awful ...some companies don't seem to value their employees like they used to but always encourage him and tell him that when one door closes another door opens ....
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