\u00cd s\u00ed\u00f0ustu viku var m\u00e9r sagt upp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Last week I was laid off work. English version is here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samt ekki af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 letingi e\u00f0a vitleysingur. \u00dea\u00f0 var ni\u00f0urskur\u00f0ur hj\u00e1 fyrirt\u00e6kinu og vi\u00f0 vorum 8 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi sem misstum vinnuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9g f\u00f3r daginn eftir og kn\u00fasa\u00f0i allt fr\u00e1b\u00e6ra f\u00f3lki\u00f0 sem \u00e9g er ekki lengur a\u00f0 vinna me\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 var ekki au\u00f0velt og \u00fea\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 erfi\u00f0ast a\u00f0 venjast \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hitta \u00feau ekki lengur reglulega til a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a eitthva\u00f0 ofbo\u00f0slega g\u00e1fulegt (ehem).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9g vann hj\u00e1 Sabre (\u00e1\u00f0ur Calidris!) \u00ed r\u00famlega 14 \u00e1r og vil bara segja a\u00f0 \u00e9g er mj\u00f6g \u00feakkl\u00e1tur. \u00deakkl\u00e1tur fyrir a\u00f0 hafa kynnst fr\u00e1b\u00e6ru f\u00f3lki, \u00feakkl\u00e1tur fyrir allt sem \u00e9g hef l\u00e6rt af \u00feeim, og s\u00ed\u00f0ast en ekki s\u00edst \u00feakkl\u00e1tur fyrir a\u00f0 hafa ekki veri\u00f0 sagt upp fyrr en \u00e9g var loksins b\u00fainn a\u00f0 dr\u00f6slast \u00ed me\u00f0fer\u00f0 vi\u00f0 kv\u00ed\u00f0a. \u00de\u00f6kk s\u00e9 me\u00f0fer\u00f0inni hef \u00e9g teki\u00f0 \u00feessu me\u00f0 n\u00e1nast st\u00f3\u00edskri r\u00f3. Me\u00f0 14 \u00e1ra reynslu sem t\u00e6knih\u00f6fundur hj\u00e1 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legu st\u00f3rfyrirt\u00e6ki horfi \u00e9g bj\u00f6rtum augum \u00e1 framt\u00ed\u00f0ina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PS: Ef \u00fe\u00fa veist um \u00fe\u00e6gilega innivinnu \u00e1 skemmtilegum sta\u00f0 fyrir vingjarnlega m\u00fas sem er fl\u00ednk a\u00f0 skrifa allskonar, hmu<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week I was laid off work. Not because I’m silly or lazy, but the company went through a restructuring and let 15% of their employees go. In Iceland, 8 of us were laid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I went in the next day to hand in my laptop, hug everybody and thank them. The hardest part of this is saying goodbye to the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I worked at Sabre for over 14 years and want to say that I’m very grateful. I’m grateful for all the wonderful people I’ve met, grateful for everything I’ve learned from them, and last but not least, I’m grateful for not having had to go through this until I finally got my ass into therapy for anxiety. Thanks to the therapy, instead of turning into a hyperventilating mess, I calmly started planning my next steps. With 14 years of experience in technical writing for a global corporation I am optimistic about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnglish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n