My wife's company just annouced that they will chop off 5000-6000 pple worldwide. This coming week she will know her fate. Anyone retrenched here? What's your thoughts and plans for the future?
I heard of a story that occured very recently, don't know if it is true, of a guy in a local bank who got retrenched just after joining the bank for a month or so.
i've heard worse -
of someone here (london) in a bank going for lunch, come back, his card won't work, because they had just retrenched him over lunch. his belongings came down in a cardboard box.
welcome to the brutal world of finance.
this is actually very normal with banks in london.
I remembered years ago a small company I worked with its only major client closed door. Overnight the boss fired 5 of the 7 staffs. I was one of the two remained. We took a huge paycut and never knew when the company was going to fold as there was nothing much to do at work.
The more shaky the company was the busier I got with photography. It kept my sanity and let me forget about my predication. I made use of the opportunity to build a large enough collection and a presence in the net. It gave me a kick at my butt that I needed to so something myself. Didn't know that was the beginning of the road to self-employment in photography.
I think it's the mind that is problem as some may have the resources to last throught the long winter. Keep occupied and do something useful.
A friend who lived with his parents when he got retrenched he was afraid to tell his parents. He just pretended to go to work everyday. I thought I read such story in the papers but it was played in front of my eyes.
Don't suffer alone. Look for support among friends or even spiritual support.
I remembered years ago a small company I worked with its only major client closed door. Overnight the boss fired 5 of the 7 staffs. I was one of the two remained. We took a huge paycut and never knew when the company was going to fold as there was nothing much to do at work.
The more shaky the company was the busier I got with photography. It kept my sanity and let me forget about my predication. I made use of the opportunity to build a large enough collection and a presence in the net. It gave me a kick at my butt that I needed to so something myself. Didn't know that was the beginning of the road to self-employment in photography.
I think it's the mind that is problem as some may have the resources to last throught the long winter. Keep occupied and do something useful.
A friend who lived with his parents when he got retrenched he was afraid to tell his parents. He just pretended to go to work everyday. I thought I read such story in the papers but it was played in front of my eyes.
Don't suffer alone. Look for support among friends or even spiritual support.
I heard of a story that occured very recently, don't know if it is true, of a guy in a local bank who got retrenched just after joining the bank for a month or so.
this is the one of the few times i see you post something serious! :bigeyes::bigeyes:
but still :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
My wife's company just annouced that they will chop off 5000-6000 pple worldwide. This coming week she will know her fate. Anyone retrenched here? What's your thoughts and plans for the future?
The more shaky the company was the busier I got with photography. It kept my sanity and let me forget about my predication. I made use of the opportunity to build a large enough collection and a presence in the net. It gave me a kick at my butt that I needed to so something myself. Didn't know that was the beginning of the road to self-employment in photography.
I think it's the mind that is problem as some may have the resources to last throught the long winter. Keep occupied and do something useful.
Don't suffer alone. Look for support among friends or even spiritual support.
this is the one of the few times i see you post something serious!
but still :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
I was about to post "it's the first time i see you post something serious!"
Ya, thumbs up to the buaya mascot!
Hur really ah....i still in my probation period. Anyone heard of people retrenching pple who were still in their probation period? To save the compensation given out during retrenchment.
Die lah...i still in debts.....
First in, last out. That's a typical HR mantra. They don't have a nice cushy job as many of us would believe but still, it's tough news. As sion said, keep yourself busy if you're retained, redevelop yourself, enhance your skills, upgrade yourself, whatever.
Recession is actually the best time to rearm, reorganise and ready yourself for the next growth.