Kim, I'm glad you're feeling better about this, and everyone's responses here have been wise. When I first starting reading, I thought of my own situation in my previous company and at the time I never even considered suing. Then, after the fact, a friend of mine was talking about it and brought up the question of why wasn't I bringing a lawsuit of discrimination against my employer? I seriously thought about it, because it's a fact that they didn't have to lay me off when they did (last May - so it's been 1 year and 5 months now). It was a "political" thing because the "people in power" didn't like me because they didn't like my dad or the fact that I was a woman. One of my colleagues was laid off (he was vietnamese) and another one of my colleagues (who was a woman in an upper management role - bad combo) was also laid off before I was. I was so mad at the time, and I think I will always be bitter because why is it that the a$$holes get away with crap like that and make a ton of money??!!
Anyway, I have since found another job in the tech industry and am doing really well. I also had some sweet victory at hearing that my previous company finally bit the big one! I don't feel sorry for them, and I hope the jerks that caused the company to go down get their just reward.

Think of it as a good thing...you're better than them, they didn't deserve you and you are so much better off being away from that situation. Who knows what lies ahead? You just may come across something even bigger and better. I know I did!
**hugs**
Karen

P.S. Not sure if these apply, but my company has jobs available!!!

http://egain.com/about_us/job_listings.asp