So today is another dreadful day at my company. I come to work early in the morning to find an email in my inbox flagged of High Importance. There was a mandatory meeting at 9:30, and that this meeting would take precedence over all others. It was definitely one of those emails everyone dread to receive. During the meeting, it was announced that some of the corporate functions located here will be, once again, relocated to another part of the world. The team that was let go was one that I was most close with, one that I was friends with, and one that I once belonged in. A handful of people were offered relocation opportunities, but majority of them would be let go by March 2004. This really hits home!! I am truly saddened and disturbed by the news. I can't seem to get my head straight and my mind focused.
In this world full of ambiguity, I can't help but wonder if we should all live each day by the day. Being raised in an Asian family, I was taught to prepare for the future, to be forward-looking. But things change so fast that all those morals seem meaningless. So you spend zillions of hours to improve business, to plan, to look for opportunities in the future, but yet, all in one day -- all on one dreadful email, your work can become meaningless. Again, it's depressing and disturbing.
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