OT - life stinks ... I'm sooo pissed, I hardly can tell ... |
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OT - life stinks ... I'm sooo pissed, I hardly can tell ... |
Gustl |
Jun 27 2008, 07:28 AM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,516 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
About 14 years ago I was one of a couple of guys who founded a little company. We did all the computer thing for doctors (medicals), including a self-made management software for their business, all hardware, training, support and so on. At the beginning I was just an ordinary hardware technician, but with the years I stepped up to the chief technician for Austria with sales and little management agendas. Not very spectaculare, but quite a nice job - always interesting and varied. No top-income, but enaugh for me and my teener-passion.
We had a good position in the market, but the goings went tougher, so we looked for a strategic partner with a bigger finacial background. This was back in 2001. This company realized that we didn't really fit in their portfolio after a couple of years, so they sold us to a big German company - where we should fit better. So far so good, this was at the end of 2007. As it turned out, the German company is only interested in commercial numbers, all this financial things - and they don't care about anything else. Well then, our new owners found out that we are not soo profitable, so the ordered to fire some employees ... and about 1 hour ago they fired me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) perfect timing ... additional side not: check this out Gustl |
ericread |
Jun 27 2008, 12:21 PM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
Just remember, life is good. Job's suck from time to time, but life is good.
A few years ago when I had a similar situation, one of our largest customers called me to talk. His discussion went something like this: "Eric, God put people on the earth. Some of the people God put on this earth are stupid. And as we all know, stupid people sometimes make stupid decisions. In my opinion, letting you go was a stupid decision. Just don't beat yourself up over this, know that it doesn't reflect on you as much as it reflects on them. Now go out and find a non-stupid company to work for." Probably one of the more bizarre conversations I had, but certainly, coming from the CFO of a Fortune 500 company, it was very uplifting. So go out Monday, and look for non-stupid clients. Goood luck, and Happy Birthday! Eric Read (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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