Oh shit.
Call from Kris today. Shake up happened at work today, and half the staff was laid off. Kris included.
Contrast our two reactions:
Mine: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Kris': "Eh."
Kris had been working a LOT of hours semi-recently, fewer recently because the big push was over and they were all recovering from the long hours. His boss was forced out two weeks ago, just as the department was ramping up to work horrendous hours again, hours Kris wasn't sure he wanted to work.
He wasn't sure about the long term viability of the company, given the hours they were about to be asked to work. His boss leaving gave them a small reprieve, but ultimately not a full one. Kris had been asking if I had enough hours to keep him busy full time. Mike really doesn't want spouses working together, and I can see how scary the dynamics would be: feast and famine of a small business is scary when all your eggs are in one basket.
One basket.
One very small, burnt out basket.
To say I'm not a bit scared would be lying. I'm nervous. We have health insurance paid until the end of next month, so we're good there.
Kris, I'm with you, just as I before. It's just a fire under the butt to get us going, time to start on our projects, see where we end up. We have our safety net. We have each other. You are my rock. :*