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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 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: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)

Chapter 3 Back from vacation under the control of Felicity Poker It was a beautiful July day in Toronto and I could see the harbour below with the sun shimmering off the placid waters of Lake Ontario. Beautiful puff clouds switched the sun off and on like some psychedelic light show. Terribly refreshed I feltContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: (A serialized novel by Robert K. Stephen)”