Thread regarding Devon Energy Corp. layoffs

But for the grace if God, i did not take Devon to court . I would have won based on age discrimination, too. I wonder how many people challenged the HR department.

All your life you had to stand in line

Still you're standing on your feet

All your choices made you change your mind

Now your calendar's complete

Don't wait for answers

Just take your chances

Don't ask me why

Good luck finding your answers.

Hey. I hear you. The psychological toll caused by something like getting let go has not been easy for us either. Here is what I do. I remember that you should not measure your condition to that of anyone else, but only to yourself. If at the end of every day you can say you have become a better person, if every day you can say you have improved, gotten healthier, taken a step in the right direction, then you will have done justice to yourself. I think that typically it is only once you are at peace with your self that you will also be able to find someone else to be with.

I know that a year feels like a very long time to be affected by a single event, but that is not uncommon. I am sure most people who got let go like us are feeling the same way. I certainly am. Forget about it. It is a new year. If you don't like where you are living now start making plans to move. Remember, there is a lot of things that are more important than a job or a career. Go backpack around Europe. Go hike in South America. Move to a tropical island and mix drinks for a year. Life is a lot longer than you think and taking time to get over this hump, even if it is a year or two, is well worth it.

I haven't started looking yet as my severance just ended, caught up on some projects and enjoyed some down time, I wasn't upset with the lay off I understood the price of oil and the fact that I was over 50 and male. But to see my old job posted really bothered me, Devon is paying me severance and will spend a lot to get a new person trained, Just doesn't make sense to me.