Employee Worst moment: '00 tech bubble implosion. I had dropped out of college, was working for a major company (ask.com) and survived three rounds of layoffs

Employee Worst moment: '00 tech bubble implosion. I had dropped out of college, was working for a major company (ask.com) and survived three rounds of layoffs. Watching FuckedCompany.com and seeing the rumors come true made me phyically ill. I saw friends lose their jobs and I rationalized it by telling myself they were the lower-skilled employees, not really adding value (that's true, they weren't). Then it was my turn to be cut. I couldn't help applying my rationalization to myself. It was bad for me. High point: I had a manager try to coerce me into signing an agreement to stay with the company for the next 2 years. I was interviewing at the time and quit a week later. When I gave him my resignation he said "I have a lot of friends in Silicon Valley, and you better stay at this job for a long time because it's the last one you're going to get." 2 years later I get an internal reference check email. I wanted to try to sub in for the on-site interview, but I'm glad I took the high road and just gave the hiring coordinator my history with him.