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  • L Lost User

    Just point out to your current employers what happens when you leave places, and suggest it might be best if they make sure you don't want to leave there.

    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. Shed Petition[^]

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    wizardzz
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    My boss said "Maybe, we're next!" His last job was at refco [^] which collapsed while he was there, he left and got 2 offers. One was for the place we currently work, the other was for the place I worked at, that collapsed this week.

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    • W wizardzz

      They did pay nice bonuses though. Where'd the money go? Gold. Mostly in gold, the rest was squandered on strippers, hookers, hotels, jets, etc.

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      GenJerDan
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      wizardzz wrote:

      Gold. Mostly in gold, the rest was squandered on strippers, hookers, hotels, jets, etc.

      Where does the squandering come in?

      No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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        wizardzz wrote:

        Gold. Mostly in gold, the rest was squandered on strippers, hookers, hotels, jets, etc.

        Where does the squandering come in?

        No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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        wizardzz
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        When it's other peoples' money. The President was the type of guy to go to strip clubs and claim he "lost" thousands. Yes, he would say he "lost" a roll of money there.

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          When it's other peoples' money. The President was the type of guy to go to strip clubs and claim he "lost" thousands. Yes, he would say he "lost" a roll of money there.

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          GenJerDan
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          wizardzz wrote:

          When it's other peoples' money.

          But you should never ever spend your own money. As Shakespeare said, That way lies madness. :)

          No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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          • G GenJerDan

            wizardzz wrote:

            When it's other peoples' money.

            But you should never ever spend your own money. As Shakespeare said, That way lies madness. :)

            No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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            wizardzz
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            Yeah, I was along for the ride. I thought I was enjoying his money when we bought $1600 bottles of wine, $100 plate dinners, etc, knowing it was likely others' brings about some guilt.

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            • W wizardzz

              Wow, so, if I wasn't laid off last fall, I'd be without a job today and missing a paycheck right now. It looks like I got a better severance package than everyone else (just 2 weeks) is getting now (minus 2 weeks). Any who, a lot of (just now) former employees are going to the media. I hope they tell some of the good stuff so I don't have to do it myself. Maybe I'm a curse? My company 2 jobs back laid off half the workforce a year after I left. My last employer collapsed within 8 months of my leaving. Should my current company be worried? Am I a company killer?

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              Lost User
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              wizardzz wrote:

              Maybe I'm a curse?... Am I a company killer?

              Don't take this the wrong way... but I hope I don't see you around.

              Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.

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              • W wizardzz

                Wow, so, if I wasn't laid off last fall, I'd be without a job today and missing a paycheck right now. It looks like I got a better severance package than everyone else (just 2 weeks) is getting now (minus 2 weeks). Any who, a lot of (just now) former employees are going to the media. I hope they tell some of the good stuff so I don't have to do it myself. Maybe I'm a curse? My company 2 jobs back laid off half the workforce a year after I left. My last employer collapsed within 8 months of my leaving. Should my current company be worried? Am I a company killer?

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                kid sister
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                Please join my school, I don't like my current one :laugh:

                xoxo
                Kid sister :rose: There's no place like Lounge - Me

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                • W wizardzz

                  Wow, so, if I wasn't laid off last fall, I'd be without a job today and missing a paycheck right now. It looks like I got a better severance package than everyone else (just 2 weeks) is getting now (minus 2 weeks). Any who, a lot of (just now) former employees are going to the media. I hope they tell some of the good stuff so I don't have to do it myself. Maybe I'm a curse? My company 2 jobs back laid off half the workforce a year after I left. My last employer collapsed within 8 months of my leaving. Should my current company be worried? Am I a company killer?

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                  BillWoodruff
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                  Perhaps you were rocked to sleep in a golden parachute whilst still a wee tad ? In any case, congratulations on your good fortune ! best, Bill

                  The glyphs you are reading now: are place-holders signifying the total absence of a signature.

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                  • R R Giskard Reventlov

                    wizardzz wrote:

                    Am I a company killer?

                    Does sort of sound like it. Perhaps you should stick to comedy.

                    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                    S Houghtelin
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                    mark merrens wrote:

                    stick to comedy.

                    You what they say, a good comedian kills the audience. :-D

                    It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                    • W wizardzz

                      Wow, so, if I wasn't laid off last fall, I'd be without a job today and missing a paycheck right now. It looks like I got a better severance package than everyone else (just 2 weeks) is getting now (minus 2 weeks). Any who, a lot of (just now) former employees are going to the media. I hope they tell some of the good stuff so I don't have to do it myself. Maybe I'm a curse? My company 2 jobs back laid off half the workforce a year after I left. My last employer collapsed within 8 months of my leaving. Should my current company be worried? Am I a company killer?

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                      Lost User
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                      The last 4 companies I"ve worked for ...After I left half the IT department or better was laid off .

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                      • W wizardzz

                        Wow, so, if I wasn't laid off last fall, I'd be without a job today and missing a paycheck right now. It looks like I got a better severance package than everyone else (just 2 weeks) is getting now (minus 2 weeks). Any who, a lot of (just now) former employees are going to the media. I hope they tell some of the good stuff so I don't have to do it myself. Maybe I'm a curse? My company 2 jobs back laid off half the workforce a year after I left. My last employer collapsed within 8 months of my leaving. Should my current company be worried? Am I a company killer?

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                        Roger Wright
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                        You're not alone! The first three major jobs I had in life were with large companies which ceased to exist within a year of my leaving them. It's made it tough to list references ever since...

                        Will Rogers never met me.

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