I can't believe it. I've been in the same position for the last 6 years and honestly love my job. I work for the county but it's a program funded with state and federal money. There were a ton of cuts within the county in November due to a huge budget deficit and I survived that no problem; we were assured that our program was safe. Then on the day before Christmas Eve, we were informed that the state cut the funding and the program is to be completely disbanded by December 31st. I will get my official layoff notice sometime early next week. I'm in a union so will likely be able to bump a less senior nurse out of her position but I get no say in where I go or what I'll be doing. It's based soley in seniority. Of all the nurses working in my program, I'm the second least senior which means any desirable positions will already be taken. I could be working anywhere in a 25 mile radius, working any hours. Right now I work 4 10-hr days which allows me to work a second job on Fridays. DH just took a huge demotion at work to stay employed, he now commutes 3 hrs per day instead of 1 and is making about 1/3 of the salary that he used to. Now this. I'm due to have this baby January 5th and I have no idea what job I'll be coming back to. I'm beyond devastated. What horrible timing. 
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I'm sorry to hear about your job situation and the timing is just the worst. Times are so tough right now but, they can't last, things will eventually work out.
