What bums!!

Posted By: wvm on 2007-12-21
In Reply to: My best friend and fellow editor laid off this close to Christmas! sm - NCQA

I hope the effects of their actions comes back to them 100-fold and SOON!

You do the ethical thing by these companies and are treated like dirt under their shoes! That company should be named so that everyone can see it in its true colors.

I just can't get over how heartless that is!! At least they could have kept her through her surgery and given her some notice so that she could prepare, if that's possible.

I don't pray in the true sense but will definitely send her supportive energy and thoughts.

Complete Discussion Below:

marks the location of current message within thread

My best friend and fellow editor laid off this close to Christmas! sm - NCQA
- Thread locked; see my post "MONEY". NM - Goldbird (Moderator)
- Sorry to hear that - xcopper3
- This happened to a group of us - Winnie
- Check out the COBRA - jude
  - jude is right. Cobra may not be cheap, but it's cheaper than the surgery. - Cobra should pay if not cosmetic. nm
- things sometimes work for a reason; maybe surgery would have gone bad - - NM
  - I completely concur. - TIMING is EVERYTHING.
    - yes it is. - no msg
  - Cataract surgery routinely does not "go bad" these days. - In the know
    - I think the difference here is surgeon quality - Me
      - He is a Mayo Clinic doctor - he does a ton... - She is in good hands.
    - I transcribe about 30 of these a week sm - OphthoMT
      - this is interesting and good to know - NM
- While I am sorry for your friend's situation... - ...
  - Spoken from the true heart of a company owner (inside) - Piedmont
    - so true - jlynn
    - No, you just make YOUR attacks and then say - don't respond. What is that about???? nm
      - Look, I am as tired of everything as everyone. My heart breaks for MTs who cannot buy present for t - Piedmont
        Enabling so oftened masked as helping. Dont - hurt your elbow patting self on back. nm
        Enabling post not meant for OP, just Peidmont. - nm
        You are certainly entitled to your opinion, no one would accuse you of enabling. - Piedmont
        But just because people are not willing to financially help doesn't make them any less helpful th - MtMom30
        No, no, I didn't mean that, please, I did not mean that. MTs are the most generous people in the - Piedmont
        Oh please. - NM
        "take one line from a post and use it against the person" - read your own quote - you are doing this - no msg
        off on a tangent huh company owner? - Piedmont
- Are you talking about MK? If so, - Country MT
  - Never mind, Sorry, just saw - Country MT
    - Yes, MK and I work together. - In the know
      - Really really stinks to fire someone in a conference call for gosh sakes. nm - anon
- Really a nightmare. How awful. - Could be any of us.
- What bums!! - wvm
  - What a kind person your are. - Piedmont
  - see inside - the company
  - Yes, it is just awful. Someone did the same to me last year. - NCQA
    - Happened to U but are you now employed, - better company, better situation? nm
    - The one lesson from this is - wvm

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu

Other related messages found in our database

I'd say, I'm glad I'm not alone, but I'm not. That bums me even more... SM
to here that MTs are losing their jobs all over the place.

Nope. We are all lazy bums living off welfare.
n