So Sad......

Exactly 2 weeks ago today I found out-quite abruptly-that my company was filing Chapter 11. It started off on a random conference call that my boss had set up, but was not even sure of the content that she was to share with all her store managers until 9am-the precise moment the call was to begin. As she proceeded with the call she told us all to remain on the line and she would be calling a few of us to speak with us individually before we continued with the actual content of the call. Then BAM!!! One of my colleagues says, "Whoa!....uh guys?.....I just received an email titled: Stores Closing.".......all of our chatter instantly came to a halt. Before we could even proceed with a professional call with our boss about the impending store closures and as to why they were closing, a bone-head secretary had prematurely sent a fatal, and all-be-it, tacky email. When my boss resumed the call with us, we all began speaking at once telling her how upset we were and that we knew what the call was all about. My heart was in my stomach and I didn't know what to even think as my boss read the sad little script that corporate sent her to read. When she ended I was the first to blurt out and say, "So you're telling us to be hopeful during this Chapter 11 crisis-yet we've never heard of a company actually pulling out of a restructure successfully. Wouldn't it be wise for us all to update our resumes and start looking for jobs? I don't want to be on a sinking ship then all-of-a sudden find myself at the bottom of the ocean when I really should have jumped." Now, I was definitely way more heated than anyone else on the call, and my store is NOT one of the company closures, but who's to say mine won't be next?

So my question to all who care to answer is....you know of anyone who is hiring? Or possibly any other careers out there that seem like a good change for someone like me? I've got the teaching thing, but I'm off for the summer (in a few more weeks that is) and I've worked for other retailers.....I'm just so sick of working 12-15 hours days without a day off most weeks. I'm willing to take on plenty of suggestions.