Takeovers, contracts and you...or me...or somebody

It is interesting how, when the powers that be, decide your fate, they say it's business, nothing to do with you or your job performance. It's just business, not personal. It IS personal to the people losing hours, pay, jobs, etc.

How often do people change jobs these days? Where has the time gone when the norm was to work in one job for 20-40 years? I suppose this is a relic of the 50's. Now, people are lucky to keep a job for 3 years, with all the downsizing, restructuring, losing money, etc. People who have worked hard for those years get tossed aside as if they were just a number. Finding a new job becomes something scary, and your survival depends on it. With all the competition out there clamoring for the few decent jobs, it is even harder.

It doesn't happen only in big corporations, it can happen to any size company, as I've experienced, coming up on two times now. In some ways, it can be good, change isn't always bad. But the uncertainty of where your next paycheck will come from is a panicky unknown. Even if you have a few months to plan...you can't really find a job in that time, because no one will wait for you to be free...it's now or wait until doomsday approaches.