what i will do when i am retrenched....

eyes glistened with tears (awww...), the boss announced that come tomorrow, they will roll out the retrenchment plans announced in a memo sent last week. we had come to this point, even though they have already taken measures such as cutting our pay by 10%. 25% of us will be affected. that means, there will be 1 retrenched among every 4 of us. oh well, what has to come will come. and i guess i will embrace whatever fate i belong to since it's really beyond my control. 

and i'm surely going to enjoy my free time! besides the typical sending out resume or going for interview kind of activities, this is a list of things that i will do to keep myself busy (of course, with some financial constraints):

budget

go swimming everyday 

buy toto/lottery (should i?) 

live the work-while-backpacking dream in europe

free activities

go jogging everyday

go for my prepaid massage/facial packages

go library to read

doing household chores (and make my parents happy) 

redeem credit card points to go shopping 

sign up for trial memberships at gyms/spas 

drive my father's car (oops) 

 

......

do you have any more creative suggestions? 

hit by recession

cut in benefits
frozen bonuses and salary increment
and finally it was announced earlier this week our pay will be cut 10%

Great. i can understand the situation and outcome. but i am very disappointed that the news was delievered to us in bits, and through email! it feels like getting dumped via the SMS! how insincere. Furthermore, the emails were always sent at few minutes past 6pm, our knock-off time and the management acts like nothing has happened. Typical traditional Chinese behaviour - avoiding the embarassment. Speaks much about our organisation and management style.

Unfortunately, the situation has affected the general morale and some ppl's behaviour. Worse still, some colleagues are still subjected to some unkind and unfair remarks from the managers and co-workers even though we continue to work very hard for the business.

I don't really care about their assessment anymore. Just trying my best to focus on my long-term goals as much as possible, while balancing the weight of the present circumstances.

To all my friends reading, let's all stay positive and unbeaten through this challenge! Don't forget to have fun too!