Have Pink Slip, Will Party
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'Tis the season to be merry--unless you're a casualty of the dot-com reality check this year. But that's not deterring the nearly 2,000 laid-off dot-commers in New York's Silicon Alley.
They're throwing "pink slip" parties. They gather at a hip spot in Manhattan, Rebar, on the last Wednesday of the month to swap career advice, commiserate--and mingle with recruiters, who must bring three jobs to be let in. "People like to trade horror stories. It makes them feel a little better," says Allison Hemming, 32, who began the parties in July after getting her own pink slip.