Making Light of Layoffs
I’ve mentioned previously that my employer’s among those laying off thousands because our finance nerds were caught as flat-footed as most others during the mortgage crisis. We back-office peons were tipped off that the next few thousand sackings come tomorrow and Wednesday. Naturally, the atmosphere’s grim and everyone is anxious. The office is rife with rumor, spreading quickly among workers with no incentive to produce anything today. I’ve taken advantage by initiating this corporate chat with several colleagues, clinching with a funny link found via Tumblr:
Me: So, get a load of this
Me: Apparently someone in HR goofed and the post-layoff org chart for our division is already making the rounds.
Colleague: reaaallllllyyyy!?
Me: Yeah, check it out!
So far everyone has gotten a laugh out of it - mission accomplished.