3
Feb
Posted in Runty Rants | No Comments »
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Getting fired (or laid off) or perhaps even quitting voluntarily really rejiggers your work perspective. Take it from me, I was a typical type A workaholic person for years…and then my company laid me off, and I started to change.
For one thing, I stopped wanting to work so much. It’s a bit like being in a bad relationship—when you finally get out, you’re loathe to start something up again because you know what happened the last time. You stop trusting people so much.
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Tags: bad companies, bad jobs, bad men, choosing to quit, firings, from a layoff springs new opportunity!, layoffs, living to work, working to live
19
Oct
Posted in A Layoff Story | No Comments »
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It’s a sad day at the New York Times today. The announcement was made that 100 people in the newsroom (currently 1250 folks) will have to accept a buyout by the end of the year—or there will be layoffs to reach that number.
Somehow appropriately, editor Bill Keller was out sick (this whole thing would make me sick, too) and so delivered the news by email, which you can read here.
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Tags: 100 to go at NYT, bill keller, flu, gray lady, internal memo, john geddes, layoffs, managing editor, new york times, observer, restructuring, swag-bag tequila, voluntary buyouts
