“When the sea clashes with the rocks, it is the clams that suffer.”
As a Tribune reader of over sixty years and over twenty years as a subscriber.
Then things started to change, Royko was fired(?) demoted(?) in the late 1990s and I dropped the subscription.
The only Trib employee that caused me any concern at that time was a young delivery girl who once personally handed me the paper in a deep snowstorm.
Part of my job description for many years was to tell people they were being laid off, a most distasteful event.
As soon as I knew, usually weeks ahead I would personally tell them what was coming. Surprises of this nature are disgusting.
To let go of a good employee was not as difficult for me as the marginal employee, The good ones will quickly find another position and usually send a note or call.
One that still bothered me after many years was kind of a legacy to me from a senior director I had known.
The director used this man as a permanent aid and he did it well, he was grossly overweight and perhaps mildly retarded. They were connected from their church and he sheltered him for many years.
One day out of the blue the director’s wife wanted a divorce, he was crushed and took a transfer to NJ.
I kept the big guy on as long as possible.
That was the worst of the worst.
You survived the Zell years and you will also survive this event.
Godspeed on your journey, you will do well.
I have never heard that quote. It is fitting.
In my twenty years of management, I have only have to inform one employee of their impending layoff. It was distasteful because he was a good employee. I was not allowed to lay off the individual of my choice as he had a "lifetime job." How quaint. Unfortunately, when layoffs have happened here, the affected parties get no advance warning - management fears sabotage.
Thanks for the encouraging words. God will provide.