Carole_Martin]_Perfect_Phrases_for_the_Perfect_In

being in the wrong job at the wrong time. I’d done my
homework and had researched the company before I
accepted the offer, but the company being acquired by
another company was something I hadn’t foreseen.”
■“I consider myself lucky to have survived eight previous
rounds of layoffs. The company has been going through a
difficult time for the last few years, and it is doing whatever
it can to keep afloat. I guess bracing myself every time I
heard that there was going to be another layoff prepared
me for ‘my turn.’ There is almost a feeling of relief that I am
moving forward to new opportunities ahead.”