I have heard and read loads about how people got retrenched, offered the VSS or unscrupulously forced to abandoned their well loved job because of some sinister reasons, but never have I thought that this will one day happen to my well-loved and respected job. How would you feel when one day you learned that the company you have so loyally served has been bought over by another with an entirely different corporate culture and an entirely contrasting organisational make-up? Well, rich people buy (and dispose) companies (and also all the employees that comes with it, be they assets or liabilities) in the same manner most of us buy our groceries!
Most people may say, well its just a job, so don't get too personal about it. True, but when you spend close to 10 hours everyday at work, then work inadvertently becomes part of your life, if not the whole of it. So, when work sucks, your life sucks at well. And trust me, you will feel lost when one day you realise that what you have been so proud of all along doesn't seemed to appreciate you as much as you have appreciated it. You will then learn that organisations are indeed faceless and hearltess, and the same can only be said about the people at its helm.
So, to my 400+ comrades out there who are affected by the 'merger' (actually its a buy-out', merger's just a politically correct term used to diffuse the cruelty of the business act), be strong and the moral behind this story is - don't get too emotional about an object that has no feeling for you at all. It is so hard to say this, but let's face it, it is just not worth it.
The sun may just never rise again.....
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