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WASHINGTON - For weeks after he was laid off, Clinton Cole would rise at the usual time, shower, shave, don one of his Jos. A. Bank suits and head out the door of his Vienna home -- to a job that no longer existed.
I read this article....its so sad to think some people get caught up in an "appearance" society that they can't admit to being laid off as if it were a badge of shame.
Alot of "keep up with the jones" folks are getting a serious reality check!
Geez, as soon as I found out I was being laid off, even before it was official I began telling everybody and their brother that I was looking for work!
Wow thats crazy...I know my fiancee didn't do that but she didn't try and stay in the work mode like waking up early and heading to the city as if she was going to work to keep the "work routine" going. She didn't get all dressed up though lol
Didn't men do this during the depression? Get dressed and go in on the train as if they still had jobs? It seems like I remember reading about this in the past. They would do it for as long as they could.
I saw that article and was surprised. But then again I knew some people who did this or were let go in a management shift. My former company allowed a guy to come into an office very day for 4 months after his last paycheck to find a job. He didnt tell his wife either...lots of pride and ego.
If I got laid off, I would be telling everyone trying to find a connection for a new job.
I read this; it was so sad. The stigma for some reason still exists that if a person was just really good at what they did they wouldn't be laid off. However there are companies who are experiencing financial conditions that are completely unknown to those making the lay off decisions and in some of these places the decisions appear more random then anything else. In other words, some people who are in the positions of dealing with such foreign economic conditions have begun just grasping at straws at who to downsize. I know of someone who actually laid off his TOP talent (everyone in the group was skilled) because he felt they had better connections to find something quicker and the company was unlikely to be impacted either way in the immediate anyway. I know other places where CEOs have started drawing names at random; the fat was cut a long time ago. And there are still other places which are doing badly because the higher ups have been out of touch for so long and for the first time they are making decisions regarding certain levels of workers they know nothing about.
I read this; it was so sad. The stigma for some reason still exists that if a person was just really good at what they did they wouldn't be laid off. However there are companies who are experiencing financial conditions that are completely unknown to those making the lay off decisions and in some of these places the decisions appear more random then anything else. In other words, some people who are in the positions of dealing with such foreign economic conditions have begun just grasping at straws at who to downsize. I know of someone who actually laid off his TOP talent (everyone in the group was skilled) because he felt they had better connections to find something quicker and the company was unlikely to be impacted either way in the immediate anyway. I know other places where CEOs have started drawing names at random; the fat was cut a long time ago. And there are still other places which are doing badly because the higher ups have been out of touch for so long and for the first time they are making decisions regarding certain levels of workers they know nothing about.
If someone was really god at what they did they would not be laid off they would receive a paycut. A company find a way to keep a SKILLED employee just like I found a way to keep CABLE when I was laid off.
When I lost my job at the age of 16, I was so embarrassed that I drove to DFW airport during my otherwise working hours. It helps that I like looking at airplanes. After a few days, I got tired of that and admitted to my parents that I didn't have a job anymore.
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