On Being Laid Off (a retrospective)
Over 15 years ago I was laid off from Nortel, and even now I still feel the pain of this important event in my life. In the end it was a good thing.
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On Being Laid Off
On being laid off is my feelings the day after being laid off from my employer of 20 years Nortel. A little raw but the sentiment is real.
Christmas is Coming, Christmas Lay Offs, Electric Fees, Commie Pope and #FreeFormFriday
Celebrate Christmas with more online shopping – BMO and many other companies announce layoffs during the Holiday season.
The Olympics, Topless Spelunkers, and #MoneyTalk
Let the games begin! Today the Rio Olympics start, and hopefully it will all go off relatively well. Speaking as a Montrealer that lived through the 1976 Olympics and the financial aftermath, hopefully Rio has not written a cheque that will take decades to pay off. I still remember seeing Lasse Viren running up Rockland Road during the Marathon.
I am on vacation this week, so I have been watching with a high level of confusion what is going on in the U.S.A.. There are even pundits claiming Mr. Trump might actually be trying to throw the election? Seems far-fetched, but I believe the main-stream media wants all of this, and would relish a Trump Presidency, just because folks would be watching the news every night! All we have in Canada is a shirtless PM wandering around caves, and then surfer PM appeared as well? #WTF?
Sometimes we forget the importance of taking time off, and as I get closer to retirement, I am starting to figure out, I am going to need to figure out how to enjoy myself, and not think about work. I learned when I got laid off, that nothing is that important at work (since the things I was worrying about the week before I got canned, didn’t matter 5 minutes after I got laid off). Learn to enjoy, and take time off, I am still figuring it out (maybe I will take up surfing?)
My Writings for Week Ending August 5th
I am on vacation this week, and I finally wrote my review of the one financial tool I keep using, even though the developers seem to have abandoned it, and I vent my frustration in Quicken 2016 Canadian Edition Review . Don’t buy it. Investor Junkie has a much more positive view on things in this review, but give this year a pass (unless you must get it).
A Money Thought
As usual Kerry from Squawkfox hits the nail on the head with this tweet.
The Worst Place to Lose Your Job?
The worst place to lose your job? Anywhere, really, being laid off is rarely a very good thing, and worst, is relevant.
