I was in the same boat , but all the cost cutting measures couldn't save our company and just hurt me in the long run with unemployment :hunf:
I had worked there for 16 years and the company I worked for before this one is no longer in business ( it was a bank that got bought and sold several times) , After they closed I called a couple of people I had contact with and they were more than willing to help me out with references :lol: Just be careful that any customers you talk to will be discrete so the current company doesn't find out the wrong way.
As for no education, what do you call the 15 years of working ? That is better than a school education, you have practical hands on training ! That is very valuable
GOOD LUCK !