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Witness to departures

In Texas, employment laws are not as stringent as those in Europe. There's such thing as "hire and fire." Despite being protected by her UK job contract, she still felt the shocks of the sudden departure of her new found friends.

One guy found himself out of a job when he visited the personnel office to enquire about transferring to a different department. They escorted him out of the building.

Another woman knew something was awry when her boss stopped talking to her. After he was promoted, he went away for the week. The personnel office asked to see her. They told her she was fired. She wasn't even allowed to return to her desk. They told her that they would mail her belongings to her.

It was not a friendly or respectful way to treat employees whom the company had courted after a dozen interviews.

She shuddered at the thought of how her own career with the company would end. But she reasoned: as long as she didn't get fired, she wouldn't get treated like this.

How wrong she was!

6 December 2001 Thursday

part one
Dream job come true

part two
A generous beginning

part three
Witness to departures

part four
Make the deal, restructure later

part five
Mark your salary to the market

part six
First mover advantage

part seven
Believe in the dream

part eight
Intelligence over wisdom

part nine
Into the lioness' den

part ten
Options translated

part eleven
Forward learning curve

part twelve
Land of the big egos

part thirteen
Click with the clique

part fourteen
Endron