Business: It’s probably the term derived from the verb, “busy”, which means, at least, to be very wrapped up in work.
I have gone through quite a number of businesses, that is places of work, which happened willy nilly: While studying I had to work my way through it – and took care of my kid.
We all know – or at least some of us do – that “business” is an entirely different matter from being ‘just’ busy.
“Lay-offs” are a term connected to the darker side of it. Since they mean, letting people go in large numbers due to corporate issues.
To think though that you have been hired on false pretenses and also let go after such and such an amount of time, without previous knowledge, yet planned in advance – is still a sort of higher level, rather a low point, not to say, an abyss of falseness and abuse.
I tend to be loyal, hard-working and also have a good and very good quality output. Numerous references say that. I am – also referenced multiple times – a good colleague.
To feel (ab)used this way feels disgusting, actually. Yet, there are a few comforts in all the darkness of this situation:
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- I know a couple of people who haven’t yet handed over the whole of their conscience at the door…
- I also know a couple of people who care about me as a person enough to support me.
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
(Nelson Mandela)