Bye Bye Old Friend

[brtnstrns]

Welp, went an ever so slightly different direction...

[Lonestar77777]

Should have got a Ford but enjoy your new truck!

LS

[brtnstrns]

Originally Posted by Lonestar77777

Should have got a Ford but enjoy your new truck!

LS

Haha, Ford doesn't have any options that fit in a garage and get 27 MPG! This GMC is crazy nice though.

[TKat13]

Looks good.

[DSG2003Mach1]

nice truck!

[brtnstrns]

Originally Posted by TKat13

Looks good.

Originally Posted by DSG2003Mach1

nice truck!

Thanks! Plan to wash it and seal it this weekend. May find time to do a proper photoshoot. Or it'll be too **** hot and I won't do ****...

[DSG2003Mach1]

I know that feeling, its been brutal around here

[ASH302]

nice looking truck, if your happy that is all that matters, even though you mach was very nice. Enjoy yourself

ASh

[ASH302]

Originally Posted by DSG2003Mach1

I know that feeling, its been brutal around here

i'm with yall on the heat, I added my red letters to the rear bumper the other night, got my red SVT emblem and oval overlay decal to go on, but to darn hot outside right now. just got back from Huntsville at the Park and Sam Houston stuff is. was nice in the shade, but out in the sun was not fun. maybe get on it later or do some mowing.

ASh

[DSG2003Mach1]

the neighbor has a landscape company, I gladly give him $60/month June-August lol

heat index has been well over 100 the last week or two, cant bring myself to go out in the garage and wire stuff up

[brtnstrns]

Originally Posted by ASH302

i'm with yall on the heat, I added my red letters to the rear bumper the other night, got my red SVT emblem and oval overlay decal to go on, but to darn hot outside right now. just got back from Huntsville at the Park and Sam Houston stuff is. was nice in the shade, but out in the sun was not fun. maybe get on it later or do some mowing.

ASh

Pretty much doing anything more than walking 100 yards in it is pretty terrible.

Originally Posted by DSG2003Mach1

the neighbor has a landscape company, I gladly give him $60/month June-August lol

heat index has been well over 100 the last week or two, cant bring myself to go out in the garage and wire stuff up

Dang, $60/month? Mine is $30/week.

I mowed my parents lawn since I could walk then mowed my lawn since I graduated college and when I moved down to Houston I decided I would not ever do lawn work again. I absolutely ****ing hate it and honestly the $30/week is worth it's weight in gold for me to not have to even think about edging and trimming a yard. I have better things to do with my time.

Back on topic: a few better pics

[ASH302]

Originally Posted by brtnstrns

Pretty much doing anything more than walking 100 yards in it is pretty terrible.
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I got my emblems on later in the day,
very nice looking truck, enjoy
when I went into philly the other day we rented a 2015 chevy 1500 4door, was really nice and enjoyed it

ASh

[brtnstrns]

****. Just found out today that my company is laying off 40% of the engineers at my office in August. I really love this truck and it's going to suck to have to sell it a month after getting it if I'm in that group (not an insignificant chance that I am - doing mostly conceptual design work; aka not really value-added in the current climate).

Oh well, can't do much about it if it happens. Luckily my wife has her job and we've done a decent job of preparing for the worst...

****...

[TKat13]

Sorry to hear; 40% is a pretty big hit. Nice of your company to warn the team, many just wait until they tap you on your shoulder. I'd start looking for a new job now if it was me.

[brtnstrns]

Originally Posted by TKat13

Sorry to hear; 40% is a pretty big hit. Nice of your company to warn the team, many just wait until they tap you on your shoulder. I'd start looking for a new job now if it was me.

Oh no, it's not a warning. Haha. An email was sent to managers. Not sure how upper management thought the word wouldn't spread around though. It's basically a "rumor" that's not a rumor (my buddy in the cubicle next to me talked to his manager about it). Each manager essentially got a list of people they're going to have to lay off in August - I don't think we were actually supposed to know about it.

Luckily I updated my LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago so I've got a good basis for my updated resume. I'm going to wait until after July 7th to start pondering about new jobs though since I'll have my Hydraulic Fluid Power Specialist Certification by then.

[TKat13]

Originally Posted by brtnstrns

Oh no, it's not a warning. Haha. An email was sent to managers. Not sure how upper management thought the word wouldn't spread around though. It's basically a "rumor" that's not a rumor (my buddy in the cubicle next to me talked to his manager about it). Each manager essentially got a list of people they're going to have to lay off in August - I don't think we were actually supposed to know about it.

Luckily I updated my LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago so I've got a good basis for my updated resume. I'm going to wait until after July 7th to start pondering about new jobs though since I'll have my Hydraulic Fluid Power Specialist Certification by then.

Gotcha; as a long time Engineering Manager, the worst days I have ever had were the ones where I had to lay people off. I imagine those that get laid off have it 10 times worse than me but it is just a horrifying experience. I have had to lay off close friends; those are some bad nights.

[DSG2003Mach1]

Originally Posted by brtnstrns

****. Just found out today that my company is laying off 40% of the engineers at my office in August. I really love this truck and it's going to suck to have to sell it a month after getting it if I'm in that group (not an insignificant chance that I am - doing mostly conceptual design work; aka not really value-added in the current climate).

Oh well, can't do much about it if it happens. Luckily my wife has her job and we've done a decent job of preparing for the worst...

****...

very sorry to hear that, hopefully youll be the one of the ones they hang onto or youll land in something as good/better quickly

[brtnstrns]

Originally Posted by TKat13

Gotcha; as a long time Engineering Manager, the worst days I have ever had were the ones where I had to lay people off. I imagine those that get laid off have it 10 times worse than me but it is just a horrifying experience. I have had to lay off close friends; those are some bad nights.

Oh yeah I don't doubt that. I totally respect my manager. He's been out of town this week but I know he'll be pissed when he finds out that he's got to lay people off without having any say in it whatsoever. I'm not going to hold it against anyone if it happens.

Originally Posted by DSG2003Mach1

very sorry to hear that, hopefully youll be the one of the ones they hang onto or youll land in something as good/better quickly

Yeah, we'll see. I mean, it happens to people every day. There's no reason why I should be be any less vulnerable than anyone else in this world. Fortunately, I'm blessed to have been raised by financially savvy parents and a wife that has the same financial views as me so we'll be fine.

I've only been in the working world since 2011 but the thought of waking up one Tuesday morning and not having anywhere to be is pretty frightening. Can bet your *** I'll be hitting the ground hard getting something else set up though.

[ASH302]

I will keep you and your family in my prayers, i'm sorry that news had to come at you, whether you just got the truck or ever.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
(Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV)

ASh

[brtnstrns]

Originally Posted by ASH302

I will keep you and your family in my prayers, i'm sorry that news had to come at you, whether you just got the truck or ever.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
(Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV)

ASh

Thanks man.

Like I said though, this happens to people every day and I'm in a much better situation than a lot of people that it can happen to. Hell I might not even end up getting laid off. Not fun to think about but it'll work out one way or another.

[Mach351]

congratulations on the new truck. looks awesome.

after having been on both management and non-mgmt sides of "down-sizings", the worst for me was knowing who was going to get let go and not being able to tell them before-hand what was happening. I absolutely hated people getting blind-sided with this kind of event when the executives have it planned for months. unfortunately, budget and the "finance guy" have more say in who stays and who goes than the managers working with the people.

just know you will always land somewhere better than where you left.