In all candor - I probably should not be up to my sarcastic antics during this time of lay-offs and economic recessions - we all should be happy we even have jobs - whether we like them or not, right?!
As I personally witness massive reorganizations and job-restructuring as those viewing from the top like to call it - my feelings are bittersweet. From those who can finally leave their unfulfilling jobs with severance packages and buy-outs allowing them to reconnect with their childhood dreams and goals of opening up that bakery or custom auto shop or finally being able to release all that pent up literary frustration and becoming that romance novelist that you've always wanted to do, or simply just traveling the world or spending time with the grand kids - I cheer them on with excitement eagerly awaiting the roll out of their life's ACT 2 or even 3 or 4 - who knows.
Then there are those who lived to work, giving numerous years or maybe numerous months or hours, manual or mental labor, ideas and loyalty to a company all to find themselves without warning being asked to leave, with only a couple minutes to pack up their belongings and no time to inquire about COBRA benefits or unemployment.
I can remember being laid off from my first job out of graduate school - I was a victim of last one in - first one out. I was disappointed and caught off guard, but I can remember my mother telling me, as I was then a very green workforce novice, "this is what happens in the real world. You are experiencing this sooner than most in their working careers, you'll be fine." Fine - I thought, I just graduated grad school, I didn't defer my student loans, I don't have any income - Hel-lo!! I'm broke!
Just like a book is filled with many chapters - so are our experiences. So although hard to hear, embrace and try turning the page to the next chapter with optimism that these next pages will hold even bigger and brighter contents than the chapters before.
A "tongue-in-cheek" perspective on the corporate world, careers and office behavior.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Welcome Back!
Happy New Year!
It's been a long time! I must admit, I got lost in the infamous 'RAT RACE' during the latter part of 2008. But I have emerged in 2009 like a phoenix from ashes, a result of the flames it ignites itself. All done so that it might be reborn to live a new life yet again. In my case to face another year of corporate america, with new goals, new experiences and of course new blog entries.
Well, I start the new year with a new blogspot name ~ Power Suit. I can remember as a little girl watching my mother go to work in this "Power Suit", that had "power" shoulder pads and "power" lapels. The suit itself gave her power in my mind. The power to wake up at 5am each morning, commute 45 miles to the office and to work hard rising up the ladder in the information technology industry. I was in awe!
As suits evolved, from the 1980's boxy and basic black to sassy skirts and delictible colors I was drawn to this styling, opting to change my career aspirations from being a pediatrician, to psychologist, to finally a corporate phenom, only so I could don this transformational "power suit".
I acquired numerous so-called "power suits" over the years, as I interviewed for internships, sorority membership and of course jobs. But it wasn't until I thrusted myself into corporate america in my many versions of an updated "power suit" that I realized that - as long as your power item = confidence whether it is a "power blouse", a "power tie", "power pair of shoes" or even a "power smile" you will always make it to the next level.
So welcome to "Power Suit" ~ enjoy!
It's been a long time! I must admit, I got lost in the infamous 'RAT RACE' during the latter part of 2008. But I have emerged in 2009 like a phoenix from ashes, a result of the flames it ignites itself. All done so that it might be reborn to live a new life yet again. In my case to face another year of corporate america, with new goals, new experiences and of course new blog entries.
Well, I start the new year with a new blogspot name ~ Power Suit. I can remember as a little girl watching my mother go to work in this "Power Suit", that had "power" shoulder pads and "power" lapels. The suit itself gave her power in my mind. The power to wake up at 5am each morning, commute 45 miles to the office and to work hard rising up the ladder in the information technology industry. I was in awe!
As suits evolved, from the 1980's boxy and basic black to sassy skirts and delictible colors I was drawn to this styling, opting to change my career aspirations from being a pediatrician, to psychologist, to finally a corporate phenom, only so I could don this transformational "power suit".
I acquired numerous so-called "power suits" over the years, as I interviewed for internships, sorority membership and of course jobs. But it wasn't until I thrusted myself into corporate america in my many versions of an updated "power suit" that I realized that - as long as your power item = confidence whether it is a "power blouse", a "power tie", "power pair of shoes" or even a "power smile" you will always make it to the next level.
So welcome to "Power Suit" ~ enjoy!
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