暇を出します。
When one comes to the sudden (and unpleasant) realization that the modern corporate economic environment is fundamentally and fatally flawed, it becomes stunningly obvious that the System is ultimately doomed to fail. Corporations today - once they become publicly traded - inevitably lose their original focus as a business with a mission; and suddenly, they are encouraged (no, required) by their shareholders to produce capital. Their intent quickly moves away from the purposes for which the company was founded, and they suddenly become obsessed with their now inherent greed. Now that money-focused investors and shareholders "own" a piece of the company, these same persons are focused solely on recouping their "investment." They demand of their company that it produce ever more capital - more money for more "investments."
These "publicly-owned" corporations suddenly develop the most severe kind of attention-deficit disorder: They move from project to project, seeking the highest return on investment - seeking at any cost the greatest benefit for the least work. These entities - legally recognized as persons - are willing to cut out their own kidneys for the piddling loose change to finance their next big project: Cutting off their big toes.
Starting today, Vista.com and Credit Discovery are going to be hobbling along, pretending they can still stand, while their parent company, Innuity, Inc., fumbles with that scalpel.
That's right, I was fired laid off today. (ed. Apparently, I used the wrong term here. I don't acknowledge a difference. To me, a "layoff" is a "mass firing" and nothing less.) Along with another experienced and valuable software engineer. The reason? The company "is restructuring and eliminating the Employee's position."
Am I angry? Bitter? Hurt? I'd be lying if I said no. But I don't, and truthfully couldn't, fault my friends there. I'll miss seeing them all each day, no matter how much Larry's snacking annoyed me. :)
No, it's time to move on, though I've been unemployed for only a few hours. I just wish my confidence hadn't gotten in the way of seeing this coming. I loved my job, and I can only hope and pray I can find something that I can enjoy as much.