WAY OT: Laid off

[1106fm at msn.com (Francis Arsenault)]

Don't think you have to worry too much with the wireless end of things, that's booming. I deal with land lines, and I'm sure MCI is the same. Nobody uses home phones anymore, all cell and DSL/cable modems. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eric S 
  To: Francis Arsenault ; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 12:59 AM
  Subject: Re: WAY OT: Laid off


  All you phone folks loosing your jobs makes me nervous...a majority of the billing systems for wireless companys run on the stuff I support!

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  --- "Francis Arsenault" <1106fm@msn.com> wrote:
  >I'm part of that telephone lay off crew too. Mine came last December 27, thanks to Verizon. Unfortunately they lost a court case and had to hire me back. That company is a nightmare. Sometimes a lay off is better.
  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
  >  From: Neal Tovsen 
  >  To: Jeffrey Lowe 
  >  Cc: scirocco-L 
  >  Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:00 PM
  >  Subject: Re: WAY OT: Laid off
  >
  >
  >  Good luck to ya! I got laid off last week too. :( Anybody need a
  >  Java/XML developer?
  >
  >  Neal
  >
  >  On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 17:53, Jeffrey Lowe wrote:
  >  > Probably not appropriate for the list, but we are like
  >  > a big extended family and this is an easy way to make
  >  > contacts. 
  >  > 
  >  > I got laid off from MCI due to them closing our
  >  > facility and transferring our workload to another part
  >  > of the country. I am on the job until 26 Sep. while we
  >  > help transition our stuff elsewhere( JOY ), but I'm
  >  > jobless after that. 
  >  > 
  >  > If anybody has contacts in the Telecom/Network field
  >  > let me know. I'm in the TDM/circuit
  >  > testing/WAN/general router trouble-shooting field.
  >  > 
  >  > e-mail to my home address: jefflowe@dallas.net
  >  > 
  >  > Big Thanks,
  >  > 
  >  > Jeff Lowe
  >  > 1 of 2,400 laid off today due to the Worldcom debacle.
  >  > 1 of @ 50,000 since the bankruptcy.
  >  > Owner 1 ea. 1986.5 16v Scirocco
  >  > 
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