Send us Your Story!

Thank you for all of the visits and emails today! It's great to know that Being Pink is getting noticed...

Hopefully, some of you new visitors will send us your layoff stories too! This blog is driven by all of you, it's your stories, your experiences, your happy endings that are the magic. There is definitely hope and optimism in being laid off and your stories are the proof!

Please check out the rules at the right and send us an email of your story!

Press: Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2009

Special thanks to Alina Dizik who gave us a mention in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal. Her article in the Career Journal is entitled "Windows Into Lives After a Layoff" - Being Pink is given a mention in the column at left under "More Blogs from the Laid Off"...

I must say, it is indeed exciting to wake up and find an email from the Wall Street Journal in your inbox. Thrill me! As a well-seasoned blogger I'm used to getting random emails from people, but this one definitely made my morning coffee taste especially delicious.

Ms. Dizik's article talks about how many different layoffees are using blogging to network, find new jobs, or to simply vent. Other Buddy Blogs are also mentioned, like Jobless and Less, 405 Club, and Miss Pink Slip...Congrats gang!

Read the full article online: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123663711376676437.html

Oddity: Terrell Owens

I'm not a fan of Terrell Owens, most people are not, in fact. But given that he was recently "released" from the Dallas Cowboys, with the expected ensuing macho sports-star-just-got-publicly-castrated behavior: alligator tears behind bling-y sunglasses on the sports highlights reel, I'm intrigued.

Just how did Terrell Owens get to be such an entitled jackass, and how are the mighty fallen? I'm sure it would make an excellent story. I wonder if he'd submit to my lil' ol' blog?

Does anyone know how to get in touch with The T.O.?

Buddy Blog: The 405 Club

So the 405 Club isn't exactly a blog, per se, there's a lot more to it than that! This site dubs itself as New York's Official Unemployment Collection Club, The Fastest Growing Club in New York. The "405" refers to the $405 that is the maximum unemployment benefit for New York State...

This site is full of humor, resources, and other projects that encourage you to share your stories...oh, and they sell some hilarious t-shirts too! Go check it out...

The 405 Club

Buddy Blog: Unemployment Haiku Weekly

Did you ever think that your layoff was haiku-worthy? Like me, you probably never thought about it, but there are a pair of bloggers that create some very funny single-frame cartoons with haikus that are all about being unemployed. Their site is called Unemployment Haiku Weekly - using the classic 5-7-5 form of Japanese haiku, and mixing it with some rather irreverent humor! Definitely worth a visit...

Unemployment Haiku Weekly

Story 5: A Layoff A Day...

By: Pink Lady, San Francisco, CA

Soon after my layoff I went to the doctor for my yearly checkup. I only have COBRA for a few weeks, so why not get it over with? When I filled my doctor in the latest news, she considered for a moment and then told me this story...

"You know, back in the days of the dot-com bubble, about eight years ago I guess, I had a lot of patients coming to me with stomach issues. I mean, a lot of patients... It seemed like I was diagnosing IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) at least three or four times a day, and refering others for more internal exams for possible ulcers.

Then, the bubble burst and the layoffs started to happen. All at once, the IBS and other issues seemed to fade away. It was all the stress and craziness going on in that economy that had created all of these stomach issues, and once it was over, all of that was gone.

I even had one of these patients tell me that she thought getting laid off was the best thing for her health. I remember her saying to me: 'I think getting laid off has actually saved me from myself.' "

Buddy Blog: Letters to Your Former Employer

Did you ever just want to give your boss a piece of your mind? Well, read the blog called Letters to Your Former Employer - you'll get just the dose of employee-on-boss vitriol you'd love to say in person, without actually saying it in person. Letters are wildly funny, uncouth, and odd - just like the site mascot Mr. Burns.

Letters to Your Former Employer