I know most of us have been with this company for a very long time (9+years ) and although what they have done to all of us is not right, we will be in the long run, better off. Can any of us really say we were truly happy working for Verizon? A company that doesn't value it's best employees. Where you exist merely to live to work and not work to live? Can any of us say we truly felt fufilled? The answer for most of us, if not all of us, is no. You can't always choose the things that happen to you in life, but you can choose how you react to them. I know right now that you think this happened TO you, but know that this happened FOR you! I say all this not because I didn't need the money or because I have a significant other to rely on, which at the moment, I don't have. I say this because I know there is someone who needs to see it. Someone who need's to know that this is a blessing not a cusre.
I encourage all of you to use this opportunity you have been given to your advantage. Take this time to focus on what you really want and go after it. Change what seems at the moment to be a negative into a positive. Life is too short. We have all been given a second chance at a better life beyond Verizon.