Nortel Rots My Goat
2 March 2009, 10:02 am
Filed under: Drama, Dwell On Things, Make Lists of Things, Nortel, Overanalyze | Tags: $45 million, bitter and rage-filled wife, demoralizing, demotivation, executives, fat cats, fuckers, job cuts, nortel, rot my goat, unemployment
Filed under: Drama, Dwell On Things, Make Lists of Things, Nortel, Overanalyze | Tags: $45 million, bitter and rage-filled wife, demoralizing, demotivation, executives, fat cats, fuckers, job cuts, nortel, rot my goat, unemployment
So we got a bit of not-unexpected but definately unpleasant news this Friday past — after 12 years, DH has finally been affected by the Nortel cuts and as-of-tomorrow will be unemployed.
We aren’t entirely surprised — though we didn’t really expect his eviction from the sinking ship to happen so soon — and have been preparing for this eventuality by securing our finances and strategizing “gap” plans until he finds a new position. And being the tinhatters that we are, we’ve been stockpiling dried and canned goods for months now — we likely have 6mos worth of non-perishables stashed away in our basement and cupboards. (more…)
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