At 05:13 AM 5/6/98 -0400, Brad McCormick, Ed.D. wrote:
>Jim Davis wrote:
>>
>> TEMPORARY BLUES
>>
>> By John Slaughter
>>
>> I have been downsized, effective Labor Day, 1997.
etc
I, too found this piece moving, having been "downsized" in '82 at age 44
However, looking back from here, the cloud had a silver lining
I undoubtedly live a much more modest life now than I did as a middle
manager, and have made a lot less money ...
On the plus side, I am no longer a "wage slave", live with less stress, and
am no longer subject to the incredible degree of indoctrination that I was
as a worker for TNCs -- at least four of them. I have had lots of free time
to pursue my personal interests, and have done a wide variety of "jobs" and
"non-job work" that I would not have had time for on the TNC track ...
I see the world a lot clearer than I could possibly have done as an employee
I prefer the relative independence that I have now
Colin Stark
>>
>> Being downsized is actually a pretty accurate description of how
>> it feels, too. My stature as a human being has definitely been
>> diminished. I am a throwaway, a discard at 58, no longer deemed
>> productive. Not to be outdone, though, I decided to make a career
>> change out of it. I couldn't afford to retire, so I got a student
>> loan, which I will be paying off for the next 10 years, and got
>> myself retrained. I bought all their hype about all the great jobs
>> that would be waiting for me when I graduated.
>[snip]
>
>Maybe you should spell your surname: Slaughtered?
>
>I found this posting personally affecting (I got downsized at age
>49, and it "only" took me 6 months to start to get out of a
>hole I fear I could quickly -- this day? -- fall back into...).
>
>Mr. Slaughter's case, I hypothesize, is another example
>of how our society must have such a surfeit of high quality,
>high performing contributors (I won't call them "workers")
>that it can afford to throw them away.
>
>Well, even if that
>was the case (which I definitely do not think
>it is! And I've never yet hear of any person or
>organization destroying assets except for strategic
>reasons -- like insurance fraud...), I believe one
>Pharoah was convinced to put aside reserves during 7 fat
>years for 7 lean years to come.
>
>"The Sorrow and The Pity"
>
>\brad mccormick
>
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