YIKES. This was the prescient license plate of a former investment broker who can’t afford the car anymore. It’s my G-rated exclamation when I read about the growing stacks of worthless stock certificates, old employee IDs and the latest additions to the club. American pastimes closed indefinitely Closings have gone way beyond what you read [...]
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Too Many Members
April 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Coping, Losing a job, New members
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” C.S. Lewis I was shocked and saddened by the number of companies I added to the Memorial Garden (below) during routine blog maintenance today. What has happened to all these former employees? What about their families? Their sanity? Mortgage payments? Health insurance? The extent [...]
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Repeated Failure Lands A Job
February 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Humor, New members
To the Editors The Dead Company Club Dear Sirs: Please consider me to be a writer for your blog. I am perfect for the job. Here’s why. 1. I was a corporate chameleon at a company that was the icon of its industry when it was suddenly shut down by the SEC and Department of [...]
