air and time and space and light

This is not just funny song title. This is an important step in my career at my current work place.

Today, after 9 days folowing the big speech given by our CEO, 2 people were finally laid off from my department. M gathered us at the breakfast table at 9am and he said there will be 2 people that he is going to contact right after this meeting. Those 2 people will say good bye to us. He is very careful, very considerate of what we have been thinking and feeling. Last week maybe we had more meetings than we should. It was too much to have one more and one more meeting without the real question being answered: will it be me? How many people from our department? He would gather us and say there is no news today. And yet, just because we gathered and the subject is this damn thing, everubody got demoralized. But I appreciate M for his efforts to become transparent and understanding and thoughtful towards us. Thumbs up for my manager!

That was P and K, who had to get the bad news. Actually I heard that K was giong to get retired anyway end of this year.  So I believe it was fair that they picked her. As for P, I think he really reacted very maturely to the bad news. He seemed to be in a good mood today. I appreciate him.

I survied this plane crash. I am happy about it… Truly grateful.. I just started here in Denmark and I do not want to get fired and look for jobs, ask M to give my daily allowance, be home eat and eat endlessly.. I like to coming to my office, drinking my tea, reading my morning newspaper and work then go to lunch… All is good when I am working.. Although I have been recently thinking a lot over my career options in the future and most of the time thinking I am becoming too much of a generalist as long as I am in the sales, still this is a good option I have.  A new, supplementary education would be something I would consider maybe but looking for new jobs, no, I would not buy that.. It is the most annoying life process!

Oh I should not forget to be a member of A-Kasse! I may need it if there would be a second wave of reduction! Hope it won’t be like Ergenekon which has recently produced its 11th wave!

Let’s see what future will bring..  I hope it will be easy for 150 people fired from my company today. I cross my fingers for all of them and I hope the crisis affecting the entire world will not worsen..

For now, I am glad that it wasn’t me!