Today’s magic number is 10 percent. Back in the day they used to write “10 per cent”, with “per cent” as two separate words, because it really is just that if you think about it. 10 per cent means 10 per one hundred.
I wonder if they still write “per cent” in other English speaking countries. I’ll have to look into that when I finish this blog entry.
10 per cent. That’s the other shoe that dropped today. Yesterday it was a workforce reduction. For those that remain, it’s 10 per cent. Not a reduction in pay, mind you, but a reduction in the number of hours per week. And yes, I am paid an hourly rate (which is a very good thing when it comes to on-call!)
It’s not as bad as the rumour mill predicted. But then again, rumours are usually wildly inaccurate. So in that sense it could have been worse.
Am I happy about it? Nope. But it could have been worse.
We do what we have to do.
People all over the world are losing their jobs, their investments, their homes and the security of their future because of mistakes that have been made. A select number of greedy individuals have impacted the lives of millions. I believe the line from “Angels in America” is “Life will be unbearable for a long time before it becomes impossible”.
It’s a good thing I’m a survivor.
I’ve actually found being laid off and unemployed not as bad as I had expected…I like to think of it as a forced change in direction. I may not have such a positive outlook when the unemployment checks are getting close to ending, but at the moment, I’m finding a 101 things I missed in my life when I was always working.
Thinking of you …. and the other 90 per cent, or should that be 100 per cent, or percent….. of the workforce. Man, am I mixed up now.
Glad you dodged this bullet. Employment is good!