DISQUS

brip blap: death by a thousand cuts

  • retiredsyd · 1 year ago
    I love Donny Deutsch's show. If you ever get a chance to watch him interview Ann Coulter, you gotta see it. Such a nice guy interviewing a such a not so-nice woman; he really does the best job out of anyone on that tricky interview. I can't not watch it no matter how much I dislike her.
  • deepali · 1 year ago
    My last job was in corporate America, at a start-up that got too big for itself. So they underwent some restructuring that pretty much sucked (very similar to above). I left for non-profit. I'm at a big enough place now that we could see some restructuring, but everyone is so well-connected that nothing like this would happen.
  • Tap Water · 1 year ago
    I can't agree with you more about Donny Deutsch's show. Most of what runs on television is dull and uninspiring. This is the kind of television I want to see more of.
  • Dividend Growth Investor · 1 year ago
    I love Donny's show. I don't really have too much time to watch it however..
  • plonkee · 1 year ago
    I can't speak to the show, but on the 1000 cuts, I think that one of the best ideas is never to become your job. And since that guy isn't going to leave, and isn't going to do much for the company either, they're just shooting themselves in the foot. Markets aren't always efficient when the companies are so big.
  • Curmudgeon · 1 year ago
    I've always been willing to leave a job situation that is untenable; too willing, according to some of the pundits who advise waiting out a bad situation. Yet events (downsizings, office closings) have borne out most of those decisions.

    I'm sorry, if you let the time to a pension dictate how you respond to an organizational defenestration, then you have truly sold your soul to The Man. Your temporary colleague doesn't deserve sympathy, Steve. He deserves pity.
  • Dividend Growth Investor · 1 year ago
    Curmudgeon,

    Sometimes it is tough to be bold and leave when there are not too many choices in front of you. If that guy has to pay a mortgage and college tuition for 1-2 kids, I bet he'd do anything just to keep working some job and make some decent salary. Otherwise he might not have a lot of options..
  • Curmudgeon · 1 year ago
    @Dividend GI, well, that's why I'm called Curmudgeon. But people put themselves into that position, by placing excessive trust in their employer. I have had similar expenses, yet I have never let myself be dependent upon that next paycheck to make it happen. You don't have options because you've let those options slide through your fingers over the years. You keep up your education, maintain your network, and look beyond your own small world, and you will always have options.
  • Steve · 1 year ago
    I'll chime in here and say nobody HAS to pay college tuition for their kids. It's nice if they can, but if they can't, the kids will have to attend a cheaper school, work their way through college, etc. You can always sell your house and rent to avoid paying a huge mortgage. Etc. You can go out of this life having lived on your knees or standing up. Me, personally, I couldn't take getting dumped on like that. There are almost always options, as long as you have your health.
  • Chief Family Officer · 1 year ago
    Thank you! You put into words what I've always felt about Donny Deutsch's program. I actually don't particularly enjoy it that much (too much non-substantive talking), but I think the concept is a good one, and you articulated why. Good point about wondering how it stays on the air, too.
  • katy · 1 year ago
    well, one day we'll maybe be that that guy close to retirement, going thru the motions to get the pension: if we're lucky. try to put your self in his shoes.