Ah, the sweet scent of change.
The ever-present constant of chaos.
Financial security -- gone.
Automobile industry as we know it today -- gone.
Three coworkers and friends -- gone.
At least if you are going to have layoffs, it helps to have managers and coworkers who are compassionate, sympathetic, etc. I didn't really get it until I was a manager: you don't have any control over things like layoffs. It's all decided by the feudal kings, not the underlords.
What I want to know today, though, is where gallows humor fits in the change cycle?
We have an email going around: our team's expense list, for helping our mates recover psychologically, and also clean their cubes.
- Goodbye lunch, at the restaurant in the building that just happens to serve absinthe
- Fire hose
- Blow torch
- Bobcat
After all, we heard the Veeps say, we should help our [former] coworkers with the transition!!
. . .
I have always wanted to drive a Bobcat ...