Handed in notice a couple of weeks a go to take up a contract. Only a short term one, and the market is looking a bit scary, but I had wearied of working in a big company and I'm young with no responsabilities and money in the bank.
The company was "shocked" and they ended up making me an offer I can't really refuse so I am going to stay.
The very same week a guy I work with. Late 30s,married, two kids, company man through and through was made redundant out of the blue. Poor blighter loved his job, was devoted to the firm but the technology he worked with was being phased out and he was being cross trained. Six months in to his cross training they decided he was no longer needed.
He was the kind of guy who would bleed for the company. He exuded this aura of knowing his place in the world and the scheme of things. Then next day he is out of there.
I'd been having dinner with the guy the week before. I was generally moaning and pointing out the craziness of working your butt off for some company's profit margin and jumping through corporate hoops. He explained to me how it worked in the company and if you put in the effort you get rewarded. Sure he missed a lot of his young family growing up, and hey he has to do work at weekends... but he was happy as can be.
Depressing.
The company was "shocked" and they ended up making me an offer I can't really refuse so I am going to stay.
The very same week a guy I work with. Late 30s,married, two kids, company man through and through was made redundant out of the blue. Poor blighter loved his job, was devoted to the firm but the technology he worked with was being phased out and he was being cross trained. Six months in to his cross training they decided he was no longer needed.
He was the kind of guy who would bleed for the company. He exuded this aura of knowing his place in the world and the scheme of things. Then next day he is out of there.
I'd been having dinner with the guy the week before. I was generally moaning and pointing out the craziness of working your butt off for some company's profit margin and jumping through corporate hoops. He explained to me how it worked in the company and if you put in the effort you get rewarded. Sure he missed a lot of his young family growing up, and hey he has to do work at weekends... but he was happy as can be.
Depressing.
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