Rob Hyodo

Unemployment: Day 1 - Keeping Busy

Rob | October 31, 2008

As mentioned in my previous post, I was laid off yesterday from Technicolor Digital Content Delivery.

I’m still coming to terms with this but have tried to keep busy. I’ve decided to chime in here and post a few things while I regroup and seek out new opportunities. As I do this, the nature of this blog will change a bit.

Day 1 of unemployment has been productive. Here are a few things I did:

Visited my 7 yr old daughter 40 miles away to see her march in the Halloween parade at her school
Applied for unemployment
Spoke with a neighbor whom I learned was also very recently laid off
Responded to friends and family members who heard the news and contacted me
Cleaned my apartment (sort of)
Finished my Halloween costume
Laundry and a few other things…

My head still isn’t completely over what happened. I mean, yesterday, I was employed by a company with some people I have been working with for over eight years. By the end of the day, that was gone. After a brief meeting with my boss, I was signing a paper and relinquishing my laptop (goodbye trusty MacBook Pro!!!), phone, keys, etc…

I actually felt very appreciated, though. My boss told me he and other senior staff fought to keep me on board. Immediately following my departure, I received support from many on our team, our guys on the East Coast, the UK, a VP from another business unit and even from one of our partners.

I felt like they all came to my rescue. I was feelin’ the love! I’m fortunate to have worked with so many great people my last few months there.

I’m going to take a hiatus and evaluate my career direction.

Tonight is Halloween and I promised some friends I’d meet up with them at the Blank Club here in San Jose later tonight. Right now, I need to work out some aggression and hit the gym with some loud music! On my iPod Shuffle tonight:

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Laid Off

Rob | October 30, 2008

Hmmm,… I seem to have lost…

my job…

Taking it all in at the moment. More later…

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Career Coach

Rob | October 6, 2008

I got myself a career coach today. I’ve always thought this would be beneficial. I’m new to my role, I’m georgraphically isolated from my division and I tend to do better when I know that what I’m doing is the right thing. Otherwise, I tend to be hesitant and self-doubt can take over, making my efforts seem half-hearted, even to myself.

I was on a call with a peer on the East Coast and he suggested it. “That’s just what I need,” I thought to myself. Someone VP-level or higher and someone in a different business unit. Those were a couple of suggestions of who that mentor could be. I knew exactly who and phoned him. He gladly accepted.

I will continue on with my every-day activities, but be more mindful and take note of things I question. I should have a couple of pages of random thoughts by mid-October! this should be a good starting point for kicking off my career coaching. My mentor and I are having lunch next time I’m at headquarters in Burbank.