So today I was fortunate enough to wake up in the morning, kiss my family good bye, and make it safely to work. Which given the weather lately isn’t necessarily a small feat. However, today was a special day unlike others in my past.
Today I was one of the lucky ones given the opportunity to start fresh. That’s right after 3 years of giving my all to a company, ChannelAdvisor, I was given my walking papers along with about 50 other folks. This was the second round of layoffs by ChannelAdvisor and I can’t say I was blind-sided by it.
I’ll be honest at first I was very angry, afterall I have given a lot to this company and hadn’t gotten much in return beyond my salary… Then I was quite saddened, how would I tell my wife, my kids? I felt like I let them down. But when I told my 4 year what had happened, and that I was sorry I had let him down. You know what he told me? He told me, “I still love you dad.” That’s all I needed to hear.
So I’m not going to look at this as a setback. I prefer to look at it as a swift kick in the rear. ChannelAdvisor told me today, that I’m too good for them. They want me to move on to bigger and brighter things. Really push the envelope and not let them hold me back anymore! So I polished up my web site, updated my resume, and look forward to getting a fresh start!
P.S. – Feel free to contact me with any leads! ;-P