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I’ve worked for some fine people over the course of my career. One of the best was my old manager from my past employer, Chuck Reedy. I worked for Chuck for two years. He was a good manager, treating everyone with dignity and respect. He was dedicated, hard working, and pragmatic. Unfortunately, Chuck was laid-off in [...] I missed last week’s post. I’m in danger of missing this week’s as well. There’s so much to do… When I was laid-off in February, I didn’t anticipate how busy I would be in unemployment. In the last two weeks, I spent a day’s time applying for food stamps and almost two days reapplying for financial [...] "Graduation Cake Guy" image by CarbonNYC. Click image to see his entire photostream. Earlier this week, I heard a news report stating the last time the national unemployment rate was this bad was back in the early 1980’s. I graduated from college in 1983, at the height of the Reagan recession. I had no [...] You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him find it within himself. — Galileo Galilei It’s now two weeks since the layoff. What a wild ride. Each minute is an adventure. Following is a short story from earlier this week. I’m going to do my best to share more of these stories as they [...] Image by _gee_'s photostream. Click on the picture to see more images from him. The rumor mill was buzzing at work when I arrived there on Wednesday: layoffs were beginning again. Coworkers were gathered in small groups, speaking in hushed tones. As the morning dragged on, I overheard anxious and tearful clips of conversations [...] The news out of Wall Street and Washington over the past week has been grim. We’re on the verge of an economic meltdown. Congress needs to pass a record $700 billion bailout package or we could see the US economy grind to a halt. When the House of Representatives failed to pass their version of the bailout bill [...] |
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