{"id":869,"date":"2010-05-19T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T09:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/downsized-laidoff-fired-are-you-still-feeling-the-love\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T10:55:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T10:55:09","slug":"downsized-laidoff-fired-are-you-still-feeling-the-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/downsized-laidoff-fired-are-you-still-feeling-the-love","title":{"rendered":"Downsized? Laid-Off? Fired? Are You Still Feeling The Love?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Or are you starting to climb the walls? If you&#8217;ve been out of work for more than a couple of months, the monotony of sending resumes out, dealing with corporate HR departments, and sitting in front of your wide-screen monitor cruising all the job sites, may be getting a tad&#8230;shall we say, old.<\/p>\n<p>In the last video, &#8220;<strong><a href=\"\/downsized-laid-off-fired-is-this-how-your-mornings-have-been-going\">Downsized In Pajamas<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; our pajama clad job-seeker is starting to think of his &#8220;<em>other options<\/em>&#8221; since the job market is still tight. (<em>Or lousy. It depends on how cranky you are when you describe your current situation<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s visit <strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">Mr. Happy<\/span><\/strong>, and see how he&#8217;s progressing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"364\" width=\"445\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UYb_SrcCi6Y&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UYb_SrcCi6Y&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"364\" width=\"445\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>                           Are you exploring other options, yet?<\/strong> Here&#8217;s one;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/11\/2096284311.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or are you starting to climb the walls? 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