A friend who was a supervisor at the community mental health agency that we both worked for was called into the office last Thursday, and was told that "because the program had been losing $ for the last two years", his position was being eliminated, effective immediately. He was the Intensive Case Manager and Peer Support Director, with almost 20 years of service to the organization, and is age 59, and had an exemplary record. Here is the text of the email that he sent to me: "At the end of the day today I met with (redacted) and (redacted). My position was eliminated and I was severed from employment. I no longer work for (redacted). I will call you soon and give you my new phone number. I will also set up a personal email account. Money was the reason given -- the program has been losing money for the past two years. But I haven no friends in corporate. They wanted to get rid of me. Big blow but I'll survive and move forward. Of course tonight I cannot sleep." (Sent Friday, March 17, 2017 at 2:48 am). Yet, I checked their employment website, and the same position that he was "severed" from is being advertised, albeit under a different title, but with the same job responsibilities. I find all of it highly suspicious, given his age and experience. I left their employment about a month ago after 14 years, and glad that I did. Some things were going on that I didn't feel comfortable dealing with, and before I made that decision, I spoke with him. He told me that "it would be a shame to lose me as an employee, because I was loyal and dependable", but something (I have a second sense about things), told me it was time to go. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that this would have happened to him. Luckily for him, he only has a few months to go before he is 59 1/2, and he can tap into his 401k. When we do speak, I have a friend who is willing to re-tailor his resume(s) so that he can seek out other employment I wish I could do more.