I'm 54 and have lost my job 4 times in the last 5 years. I have always
managed to find something esle, because of my experience and willingness
to work. I don't have the anti-corporate attitude that you do, and that
maybe your downfall. Your negative attitude circumvents anything else
you do. Other suffer similarly without the theatrics and move on. Why
can't you?
Chet Gardiner wrote:
> Same here - my job has been taken from me at least 6 or 8 times in
> just the last 30 years.
>
> It never gets easier though...actually, the older you get, the HARDER
> it is.
> Also, there IS age discrimination. It's a hell of a lot harder to
> find employment as one gets older.
>
>
>
> Ted Roche wrote:
>
>> On Feb 28, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Chet Gardiner wrote:
>>
>>>> TR: 3500 people lost their jobs.
>>>
>>>
>>> CG: I HATE that term. These people didn't "lose their jobs".
>>
>>
>>
>> They lost their jobs, just as they would lose their wallet if it was
>> stolen, or lose their lives if struck by an airplane. I don't feel
>> the phrase is a matter of political correctness, like "being made
>> redundant" or "RIFfed." They were fired, laid off, terminated and/or
>> forced to relocate when the parent company closed down this business.
>>
>> They lost. I lost my job.
>>
>> One of the best things that ever happened to me, btw. Hope yours
>> turns out similarly.
>>
>> Ted Roche
>> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
>> http://www.tedroche.com
>>
>>
>
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