Re: [NTLK] OT: I got laid off today

From: Ben Wells (headwerkx_lists_at_iprimus.com.au)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 12:25:41 EST


> getting let go makes a person act funny sumtimes so it is generally
> the practice to show them the door that same day if not that same hour
> and usually with security escorting you until you go.

Indeed, when a web development company I worked for went into voluntary
administration, and our owed pay and entitlements in doubt, all I could
think about was "should I take the Mac" ;-)

In the end I didn't, rather just helping myself to a box of ZIP disks
and a spare Ethernet hub. I considered that suitable compensation for
having to wait 374 days to receive the 10G they owed me. Other people
did far worse things though.... kinda reminds me of that Simpsons
episode where Bart and Lisa produce the 'Angry Dad' comic strip for a
web cartoon company... when the dot com bombs the 20 something CEO
states "it's not about shares, it's about how much cabling you can
steal from the walls..."

Ben.

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