“Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night.’” – Charles M. Schulz Prime Parking Available I was just in time today to see absolutely nothing happen at Circuit City’s headquarters. The parking lot didn’t look [...]
Entries Tagged as 'dead company'
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 [...]
Eulogy to A Dead Company
February 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Humor
ODE TO THAT WHICH IS NO MO’ The winds of change have mustered strength and slammed us from high above, They’ve swept the land of all we knew, life changed with a mighty shove. A top company gone, best of the best, we scratch our heads – much puzzled, Wanting to rant, blame and curse [...]
