Good-bye, ARYA

I was fired (laid off) today. Part of the "restructuring of the office". I guess I over-estimated my value to the office. I always thought I would leave this office on my own terms because I was too valuable. Today I was proven wrong. As long as you're working for someone else, you are expendable. I had a few job options in the wood works, but looks like I'll be seeking them out a bit sooner than anticipated.

Bossman gave me a whole shpeal about the under-performing architectural department and the financial burden of having an "in-house team". He is a licensed contractor afterall. He was schooled in architecture but "building" is more his forte. I've helped maintain the architectural department in this "Design-Build" company along with various architects that have come and gone. I guess today was my day. Here's the list :

ARYA Turnover
April 26, 2004 - January 06, 2006 (beginning and end of DKi @ ARYA)

Architects:
1. Ferial
2. Christine (part timer in Chicago)
3. Eric (bailed)
4. Alberto (resigned-family issues)
5. Hyo (fired for not being engaging)
6. Dan (quit - Village School)
7. Clifford (fired -Village School)
8. Costanza

Assistants / Administration:
1. Jill (pursue acting career)
2. Coretta (2 days)
3. Dawn (law suit)
4. Sandi (fired)
5. Licia (French; resigned)
6. Heather - (Joe's assistant for 5 hours)
7. Barbara (fired - New York Jew-Hornberg Dealership)
8. Jeannie (2 wks termination notice)
9. Brielle (resigned-bf)
10. Kimberly (control freak)
11. Justine (dance instructor, aye)
12. Jennifer (resigned)
13. Paris (nice personality but lacked skills)
14. Raquel (resigned)
15. Lisel (one day, two sick, three day, gone)
16. Erin
17. Julia (too quiet-didn't talk all day)
18. Brooke (one day try out; misfiled)

Project Coordinator / Manager
1. Michael (resigned)
2. Minnie
3. George (2 wks termination notice)
4. Greta (fired-2 weeks)
5. Michael (fired-for being MIA)
6. Josh (4.5 hrs-left for bank & didn't come back)
7. Rick (wanted to be sub contractor)
8. John (too much of a lawyer)
9. Dennis (jet ski accident/coma/amnesia - Village School)

Superintendents:
1. Joe
2. Kourosh
3. Greg (fired on b-day - Village School)
4. Bud (stomache cancer - Village School)
5. John (retiree - Village School)
6. Ed (heart attack/stroke/now blind - Village School)
7. Randy (2 days - Perez)
8. Tom (fired - Village School)
9. Drew (quit-couldn't handle Dean)
10. Leon (visit to Canada & never came back)
11. Mauricio (overpaid, undermotivated - Village School)

Accountants:
1. Dionne (gave month notice)
2. Don (wife sick)
3. Jay

I don't list this because I'm angry or justify why I got laid off. This is the first time I've been able to share this list outside of the office without effecting my employment status. Everyone in the office knows I've been keeping this list (several have even helped). The comments in the parenthesis is a synopsis of why or how the person left the company. "Village School" is the project the person was working on at the time of termination.

I shared this list with my boss one time, and let's just say he wasn't all to pleased.

Well... another (not licensed) architect in West LA is on the market again. Any takers?