A friend of mine works in what I always assumed was the same industry as you and a lot of his Firm have been made redundant. He actually designs the components they sell and so if he goes the whole company goes...but he has just had to take a 10% pay cut. This current economy stinks
Saffie me 46 H 46 M in 1986 D20,D18,S16,D13 H's A 01/05 to 07/06 H recommitted to M 07/06 renewed vows 09/06 Going from strength to strength
I am surprised that they gave you essentially eight months of warning before your job disappears in order to complete the order for the UK (if I read your post correctly). I had no essentially no warning in my case - in fact I had received a very positive year-end review a month before it happened.
Still - take advantage of anything they offer in terms of outplacement. The time will fly by faster than you think...
Me 52, STBEX 52 D 17, S 12 M 20 years Em Sep since 2002, Phys Sep Sept 2009
Hey Day, I made a mistake it's not january.. It's june.. Hey it's summertime.. I don't have cancer..I will be getting about 8 months pay.(if I sign papers that I will not sue).. What the heck I woke up this morning so things can't be that bad. I am here at work now. It's like a ghost town. Not sure how many people were affected aside from the nes paper said 300 but I do know that some were far more experinced and needed than I.
Time to start down loading my evaulations and training records..
later Doc
And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
If you have eight months due you after you finish in June, that is actually pretty good. Do you and W have set some time together to see where you can pare finances so that the money lasts longer?
Me 52, STBEX 52 D 17, S 12 M 20 years Em Sep since 2002, Phys Sep Sept 2009
I know you are going to be just fine. You have what it takes to make it.
I worried when I lost my job years ago after a back sugery that was comp. They let me go. Ya know what, I had a job the next day only drew one day of unemployment and have been successful since.I am better off now thatn when I was at the other job. I had Drive and I know I wouldn"t worry tomorrow if I got laid off because there is something out there for me. I FEEL YOU DO TOO. Thus you will be fine.
Jojo
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when, you can only decide how you're going to live now. ~Joan Baez
First of all I'm glad that your health test went well.
I'm so sorry to hear your news about the layoff. You are a fighter, you have shown that over and over again with your spirit of not giving up. You are one of the hardest working people I know of. You have so much to offer. I know something will come along.
Hugs, Yoyo
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon
Wow what a difference a day makes. I went to work today. The parking lot was pretty empty. Allot of the people that were laid off did not come to work today even though most of them are still employed there until at least next Thursday. But I sucked it up and went back . I got sooo many hugs (from female employees) and hand shakes from people that could not believe I would be one of those laid off :). They all felt so bad for me. But the longer I was there the more I felt liberated. I felt like I did not have to worry about any more lay offs.(this was the 15th since 2003). It's hard to explain but I felt like I "crossed over to the other side". I started feeling sorry for the people that were left. Knowing that they are going to have to pick up the pieces that management threw all over. I went to my desk. Turned up some tunes and went to work. I had to liven up the area it was so depressing. My "boss" no longer has any power over me. I still have knowledge that they need. I am now in the driver's seat. Funny there was some talk by some people that if in two months things start falling apart I may be asked to say longer BUT.. I have already come to peace with the fact that I am leavening. I am looking forward to spending the summer with my son. IF I were asked to stay longer I will asks for more money otherwise I am out of here.My Ex supervisor called a meeting today and not only did I not need to go. I could tell by the looks on the others face that they knew another "bomb" was about to be dropped. I will find out tomorrow what happened. But either way it is no longer a worry or concern of mine.
P.S Are you all ready for this. Today was actually one of the best days at work I had in a long time. I was in a real good mood when I got home . And tonight... Wife made a meat pot pie for dinner. When it was ready she actually dished me up a serving and placed my plate in front of me at the table . She said that I was a better man than her the way I was taking this . I told her I know she hardly talked to me for a week after she was laid off . (About a year later she had the affair. I still think it was because of her low self esteem and getting laid off was kind of the last straw) Later Doc
And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
. I got sooo many hugs (from female employees) 
and hand shakes from people that could not believe I would be one of those laid off :). They all felt so bad for me. But the longer I was there the more I felt liberated. I felt like I did not have to worry about any more lay offs.(this was the 15th since 2003). It's hard to explain but I felt like I "crossed over to the other side". I started feeling sorry for the people that were left. Knowing that they are going to have to pick up the pieces that management threw all over. I went to my desk. Turned up some tunes and went to work. I had to liven up the area it was so depressing.
. She said that I was a better man than her the way I was taking this 
. I told her I know she hardly talked to me for a week after she was laid off 