You are fired !!!!

One of my colleagues Gin was 'ask' to go ...sigh... for those of you who think that we make lots of money, that's the financial world for you. No one is safe these days.  One day you were raking in tons & the next you are out! It's like a sudden death.

Last month she had a sense of things to come & had ask me, do I think she's next? She wants a big sent off with champagne, if it comes to that. "Buried or cremation", we joked - She didn't care how her being is being disposed of, she said. 

Later Gin text me this message: Bury me, freeze me, deep-fry me like KFC & send me to a giant corporate building with a giant corporate sign that reads SCIENCE. Nothing I did here in this company would have any bearing on the path I take in the next one. I sealed my fate 8 years ago when I took up this job! Sealed it & spat on it & locked it in. I never did have much of a sense of direction, but I knew that when I go, I would not be going to any more financial corporations!............ I know she's kinda dramatic, but that's our beloved Gin !!! It could have been me in the future, who knows....

Last night we did give her a big sent off party. What she intend to do now? Well she has a big mortgage, bills to pay,  life goes on. She has experience, & many contacts so it might not be that bad. I hope not. She's a good friend.