I love what I do as a salesman. My customers love me and I get orders from companies where other salesmen can't. But the last company that recently let me go because of budget cuts was run by morons. I gave them so many suggestions on how to better budget their money, which they didn't listen to. A few years later, every one of the partners lost their homes to foreclosures and are heading towards closing their business altogether.
Which, I'm afraid, will happen sooner rather than later, because I just signed on with 4 different companies in this same industry where I will be an independant sales rep selling products that my old company sold. I get along great with all the people I had sold to through my old company and I've already spoken to most of them and they've told me that they would rather give their orders to me instead of where I used to work because they know when I say I can make something happen, it will happen.
I'm not trying to sound spiteful, but I'm good at what I do and know I will make more money working for myself. So maybe it was a good thing this company let me go. Well, good for me at least, can't say the same for them.