Comments on: The floor is sticky with blood http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/ A daily look at life on the job by TIME's Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: nicolemason http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-244 nicolemason Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:43:28 +0000 http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/?p=636#comment-244 Fascinating. I come from a country with labour laws and it takes six weeks of counselling and consulting before we are even allowed to mention the word retrenchment, then another 30 days before we can notify people that they are possibly going to be retrenched and then 30 days more notice on top of that once they have been informed. Not to mention the severance packages and financial and psychological counselling we have to offer. By the time this is over we have people begging in the aisles to please be axed to spare them all the process and procedure. But there is very little blood and people get to cry at home. OK, the office is hugely depressed for two whole months but the shock factor is not there. I don't know which is better, dying slowly or being murdered. Fascinating. I come from a country with labour laws and it takes six weeks of counselling and consulting before we are even allowed to mention the word retrenchment, then another 30 days before we can notify people that they are possibly going to be retrenched and then 30 days more notice on top of that once they have been informed. Not to mention the severance packages and financial and psychological counselling we have to offer. By the time this is over we have people begging in the aisles to please be axed to spare them all the process and procedure. But there is very little blood and people get to cry at home. OK, the office is hugely depressed for two whole months but the shock factor is not there. I don't know which is better, dying slowly or being murdered.

]]> By: Brew http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Brew Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:06:10 +0000 http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/?p=636#comment-178 Lisa, when is your last day? We'll miss you dearly! Lisa, when is your last day? We'll miss you dearly!

]]> By: nycjared http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-177 nycjared Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:11:14 +0000 http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/?p=636#comment-177 All the best to you and your family, Lisa. I have found your blog a pleasant break from my day and rather informative to the world around me, outside these walls. If you start a new blog on your own please let us (or, at least, me) know :-) All the best to you and your family, Lisa. I have found your blog a pleasant break from my day and rather informative to the world around me, outside these walls.

If you start a new blog on your own please let us (or, at least, me) know :-)

]]> By: ladawncp http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-176 ladawncp Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:10:58 +0000 http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/?p=636#comment-176 Oh Lisa....you will be missed. Please keep in touch! Oh Lisa....you will be missed. Please keep in touch!

]]> By: darcydeleon http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-174 darcydeleon Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:40:31 +0000 http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/?p=636#comment-174 Lisa, Good for you for opting out of the tremendous stress that comes with the bloodbath of layoffs. All the best, and I hope you enjoy this precious time with your young family, especially your new baby! I just resigned from my job a month ago myself and am staying home with our son, 4, and daughter who turns 2 tomorrow. We really can't afford it. Me resigning cut out 50-60% of our income, but I had to make a decision for my health and our family. We've cut expenses and are using all the resources we have to make ends meet. It's scary, but I know I did the right thing, and that we'll be okay. You'll do fine too. As a working mother, new stay-at-home mother, former journalist and whatever else that I am, I have so enjoyed reading your blog. I link to it from my blog because it's one of my favorite things to read on the Web. You are hilarious, honest, such a good writer, so descriptive and a person people want to get to know. Your blog is something that I have looked forward to reading because it is always entertaining, insightful and fun. It is inspiring and so are you. Please keep writing a blog of some kind for your readers to follow. Let us know where to find you online. Again, all the best to you and your family. Lisa, Good for you for opting out of the tremendous stress that comes with the bloodbath of layoffs.

All the best, and I hope you enjoy this precious time with your young family, especially your new baby! I just resigned from my job a month ago myself and am staying home with our son, 4, and daughter who turns 2 tomorrow. We really can't afford it. Me resigning cut out 50-60% of our income, but I had to make a decision for my health and our family. We've cut expenses and are using all the resources we have to make ends meet. It's scary, but I know I did the right thing, and that we'll be okay. You'll do fine too.

As a working mother, new stay-at-home mother, former journalist and whatever else that I am, I have so enjoyed reading your blog. I link to it from my blog because it's one of my favorite things to read on the Web. You are hilarious, honest, such a good writer, so descriptive and a person people want to get to know.

Your blog is something that I have looked forward to reading because it is always entertaining, insightful and fun. It is inspiring and so are you.

Please keep writing a blog of some kind for your readers to follow. Let us know where to find you online.

Again, all the best to you and your family.

]]> By: cagekicker http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/2008/12/05/the-floor-is-sticky-with-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-173 cagekicker Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:10:12 +0000 http://workinprogress.blogs.time.com/?p=636#comment-173 Lisa, I've been a somewhat long time reader of your blog, "Work in Progress". I've followed your posts every day and when you took your extended leave to go tend to your mother; I constantly checked back to see if you had posted anything. While I am saddened at the thought that one of my only blogs that I read consistently is going away; I wish you the best in life and a lifetime of happiness. Hopefully you will pick up a column somewhere so we (your readers) can once again enjoy the writings of a great blogger. Best of luck! Lisa,
I've been a somewhat long time reader of your blog, "Work in Progress". I've followed your posts every day and when you took your extended leave to go tend to your mother; I constantly checked back to see if you had posted anything. While I am saddened at the thought that one of my only blogs that I read consistently is going away; I wish you the best in life and a lifetime of happiness. Hopefully you will pick up a column somewhere so we (your readers) can once again enjoy the writings of a great blogger.

Best of luck!

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