It's heartbreaking for me to have spent so much time trying to get this jobs (2 years+), just to come in one day and be told at the start of the new year that I won't have a job. I fall under the category of TEs that did want to get into a career position, and I hoped starting here that it would lead to higher positions. I heard that Battery Exams will soon be given, but even that doesn't guarantee me a job, specially if the careers will be given the openings first. It's very depressing because about this time last year I was laid off by another job that I started in hopes of finding a home and career. I have strong beliefs that there was more to it than what is public about our closing. I know we were meant to be a temp service, but at our orientation, it was bragged upon of how Chattanooga had been so successful and long lasting. The awesome economy had to have an effect on it, as the USPS wants to save money by using technology over manpower. My biggest complaint here is that how can a government related company or whatever choose NOW as the time to cut 500+ jobs? Then they say they will assist us in finding new jobs...the job market is awful, not to mention that without a college education and a great deal of experience or great connections, there is NOWAY we will find a job that pays 14 an hour. And for an even more depressing note, nothing makes you feel more awkward than coming into work everyday knowing that you're soon to laid off...again in my case.