Sign of the Times

Joe called me at work yesterday afternoon to me that he will be laid off starting Monday. He said he almost felt sorry for Jason (GM) and Liz (HR) who were so emotional about it. I was panicked because of the health insurance - but they are letting us stay on the company's health insurance, and only pay the portion that we would normally pay out of Joe's check - as long as he is on unemployment - or for 4 months. So - there will be some decisions to be made soon.
If my company doesn't get group health insurance at the beginning of the year - I will have to move on. Otherwise, if he isn't back to work in 4 months, we'll have no health insurance at all.
Sigh ...