The Ghost of Employers Present
Humbugs seem to be everywhere this season
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.” — Charles Dickens, 1843
Two weeks before Thanksgiving, a friend texted me. He had been unexpectedly and unceremoniously fired.
No warning, no performance review issues, nothing. Just done.
Another friend in another part of the country shared on social media the following week that he was being let go as well. Same kind of scenario.
And then later that week, the very same thing happened to a third friend.
Right before the holidays. To put it bluntly, that stinks.
But those three are not alone; they’re joined by thousands of other victims of corporate executives, all of whom must be drinking the same Christmas punch, laced with callousness and greed, the two spirits of Christmas Present.
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