‘i’m outta this hell hole’
that’s what one of my friends wrote in her farewell message back in the dot-com days. years later, we still laugh about it. it must be why this article caught my eye–the “i got laid off” memo to co-workers and friends is all the rage (it’s even bigger than the ‘25 things’ thing on facebook). here’s what i mean:
- in “so long, suckers! i’m out!”, ex-googler jason shugars said farewell to 5,000 of his nearest and dearest colleagues recalling how he shoved cake down his pants, dressed up like a girl and sang him some britney, and stole an $8,000 couch.
- after the partners at law paul hastings, a law firm in san francisco decided to relieve 7 year associate shinyung oh of her duties less than a week after she miscarried, ms. oh responded with stinging note to the partners and 1,000 of her colleagues. she said “if this response seems particularly emotional…perhaps an associate’s emotional vulnerability after a recent miscarriage is a factor you should consider the next time you fire or lay someone off. it shows startlingly poor judgment and management skills — and cowardice — on your parts.”
it’d be reckless not to remind you that there are dangers to this type of farewell. alison doyle, a job search expert on about.com said “you can have all these feelings but you shouldn’t necessarily share them…and don’t go on about how terrible this is, and ‘i don’t know how i am gonna buy the groceries.’ err on the side of too little information rather than too much.”
to this i say, whatever lady. ms. oh above, turned the lemons into lemonade by switching careers and starting a writing business (she’s also expecting a baby). if your job sucked so badly that you were thrilled to get canned, or your layoff came out of left field, let loose (don’t forget to pepper it with that lingo we all know and love). by the time they figure out how to fix this mess of an economy we’re living in, they will have forgotten all about it and you’re slate will be clean until the next time some jagaloon comes up with a way to make money fast and you lose your job again.
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Great headline sb
. Not for nothin’ that people usually DON’T let the door hit them on the ass in the way out.