Heard thru the grapevine that my office laid off a bunch of people today (between 15 and 20). Bummer. I thought we'd be past that point but I guess the recovery is still slow in coming. If the list that I saw is accurate, then it seems that most of the affected folks have been on the bench for quite some time (as in several months) so, while unfortunate, perhaps the company just couldn't justify keeping them around if their skill sets are no longer in demand. :(

On a brighter note, I'll be joining Bob and perhaps another co-worker or two for dinner tonight, to "celebrate" Bob's roll-off from the MSFC project. Hopefully he'll end up on a bigger/better gig very soon!