A job
These last two days, I have been working in a company that is laying off employees. It’s the first time they’ve taken these kinds of measures in their 100 year history and it has been painful for their whole "family".
I’m amazed: People are tough and have resources that go deep. The HR people have been extremely caring and "un"-professional: sharing tears and hugs. By the time the laid-off folks get to the team I’m with, where we talk about the future and processes we’ve set up to help them get a new job, they are worn out but still able to look to the future and see something other than black.
Of the 8 employees I saw yesterday, one had been there 33 years. Another 25 and another 23. They were doing their best even though the foundations got rocked. When our time finished together, I would open the door and there would be standing another of their colleagues ready to take them to their car, or call a taxi, or spend some time talking. It all helped, even if it gave the opportunity for even more tears.
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December 10, 2009@ 5:52 pm
That’s about as real as ministry gets while a person is still breathing. I am glad you are one of the ones helping them see beyond that immediate mountain. To think you put in 33 years with a company only to see yourself out of work must be almost overwhelming. God’s blessings to all involved in this.
December 11, 2009@ 2:12 am
I am SO thankful you were involved in this. Ditto everything Greg said. I’ve just finished praying and thanking God for your servant’s heart and for placing you in a posiiton to help these people, as well as praying for them. God bless you in all that you do to glorify His name.
December 11, 2009@ 5:26 pm
We’re experiencing the same thing here on the “Space Coast” as the Space Shuttle Program is coming to an end.