I was a go get'em employee. I had my regular product responsibilities and then there were special projects. The regular daily grind stuff took most of the average day and special projects commenced after that. I LOVED working on special projects, pushing the bleeding edge of technology, developing solutions that saved the company millions and other smaller projects. To answer your question, I saw 31 layoffs at our facility in my 25 years of semiconductor engineering, but I was never laid off. I always thought being a go-getter helped to keep me employed. The Director of Engineering used to tell me I was an [engineering] animal. They loved the stuff I came up with. They were pissed when I quit.