Jobless and Jobfull all within a week

Last Thursday I got laid off from my job at Provo Craft. It was a horrible experience. Management called a meeting and my immediate boss told me to go wait in the conference room while everyone else met in the design center. When I got to the conference room, there were about 7 other people there, all with stunned looks on their faces. We knew this drill, but this time it was our turn....Corporate downsizing. They called it a re-alignment of resources but in reality, it was probably just about a shrinking budget in our precarious economy. I had always considered my position to be fairly safe since the company had repeatedly stated that their goal was to focus on tools and technology. (Why fire one of only two mechanical design engineers?) Anyway, they carried out individual interviews and were ALL BUSINESS- very straight faced. There were no thank you's, no "we appreciate what you've done", just simply, a "you're dismissed today. pack up your things please." They wouldn't let me talk to my immediate supervisor either. Very strange. So anyway, at least they gave me a two week severance and Tiffani and I had enough savings to last us a few months. I had no work on Friday, so we had Mom and Dad Wadley watch the kids and Tiffani and I went to the temple to ponder what to do next. We wanted to keep all of our options open whether that meant looking for jobs out of state, looking for teaching jobs, or possibly commuting to Salt Lake. We felt prompted that whatever was supposed to happen, things would kind of fall into place as we proceeded forward.

On Monday afternoon I received a telephone call from the owner of local Industrial Design company asking if I could come in for an interview! I hadn't even sent out any resumes yet and I hadn't made any phone calls.... He contacted me!! This is a guy that had worked a lot with Provo Craft as a Design outsource company and he had actually seen some of the CAD designs I have done, so he felt comfortable offering me a job. He also liked the fact that I had experience running both SolidWorks and Pro/Engineer programs since he uses both in his company. Today, Tuesday, He offered me a great salaried position. The company is called Rocketship Design. You can see more info on them at their website. www.rocketshipdesign.com

So as you must guess, we were pleasantly surprised that things fell into place so fast. We were worried about having to potentially sell the house, and move all while being 7 months pregnant. Phew!! So yes, this week has been a busy busy week. I have a nice polished resume now that I didn't even have to send out to anyone! I guess it's true what they say... it's not about what you know, it's about WHO you know!