Chapter 12 Down and Up Downsizing is a very unpleasant topic to discuss and painful to recount so let us stop it and budge a bit on that awful subject with this chapter. Some of the terminated manage to land on their feet quickly. Some never land at all and are destroyed and may endContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 12; (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
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Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 11: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 11 Downsizing: Prospective employers: The toughest act to conquer Perhaps the most important actor in the Theatre of the Downsized is the employer you must convince to hire you. Depending upon your reaction to the Blessed Event undertaking a job search is either the first or last activity you are in the mood for.Continue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 11: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 10: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 10 Downsizing: See who your friends are As they say in times of trouble you will notice who your real friends are. Some whom you thought were your friends quickly scatter and avoid contact with a fired employee on the premise it is bad luck. Some are gloating as they feel they are inContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 10: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 9: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 9 Downsizing: A dirty hit to your family Your ego may be somewhat bruised after your firing. However, on top of that you must communicate the Blessed Event to your family. It is a difficult and often a humiliating endeavour. My teenage daughter Lexia was in shock wondering how “they” could do this toContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 9: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment International: Chapter 8: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 8 Will the Doberman lawyers be needed in your “downsizing”? So, you have a termination package in your hand. There is a line for you to sign before the law will consider it binding. Never sign anything on the spot! The first thing you should do is to determine how long largecorp’s offer isContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment International: Chapter 8: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International; Chapter 7: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 7 Your new friend the outplacement counsellor Largecorp and the in its pocket management faculties have obliterated the word “fired”. A gentler term to use is “downsized”. This gentle term was no doubt invented by some management faculty whiz years ago. It has been so effective that in addition to the Human Resources DepartmentContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International; Chapter 7: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International; Chapter 6; (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 6 Welcome to the theatre of the “downsized” I knew something ominous was imminent when I received a call from Felicity Poker’s assistant that our 3 o’clock meeting had been switched from Poker’s office to an office in the Human Resources Department. Instinctively I knew It was going to be my own Blessed Event.Continue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International; Chapter 6; (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment International: Chapter 5: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 5 The lament of the lost Martini lunch OK, we have moved along at a good clip here so perhaps let us take a bit of a rest to digest the Blessed Event and get a bit sidetracked. Sometimes it takes the passage of time to determine the true nature of events and theContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment International: Chapter 5: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 4: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)
Chapter 4 My reaction to the Blessed Event and what yours should be! Most victims of the Blessed Event exhibit a whole series of emotions that kick in, most of which are potentially self destructive and unhelpful. Now, if you have been around long enough at largecorp countless of your colleagues have been “downsized” becauseContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 4: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”
Albert Camus “The Plague”: The new order
“Through this sudden setback of the plague was as welcome as it was unlooked for, our townsfolk where in no hurry to jubilate. While intensifying their desire to be set free, the terrible months they had lived through taught them prudence. and they had come to count less and less on a speedy end ofContinue reading “Albert Camus “The Plague”: The new order”
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