So, I didn't sleep last night. I spent the night thinking, planning and rationalizing my situation. It's what I do.
Most of this won't make sense to you all, but here goes:
I'm pretty sure letting me go is one of the dumber things my company could do in this situation. I can't go into why but it will cause a chain of events that I don't think they want to deal with including a couple deals I'm in the middle of and tainting the chance they have to make two key hires that I'm very involved in. Seriously how good a selling point is it if you make one mistake and you are gone. That being said, given the personality of the individual making the decision it may not matter.
Which brings me to that person... honestly I have never in my career worked with/for a person like this. I don't trust this person and not like this person's motivations. So, afterall it might be a good thing for me to be gone. It would lower my stress a great deal.
Plus, I would enjoy the time off. Ski season is right around the bend and I already have my season pass. So, skiing is "free". I can sleep in for a while and avoid dealing with a bunch of crap at work in the short term.
The downsides are I have to move and leave my kids and I have to explain to potential employers why I left the current job...That will be fun without appearing bitter.
