Comments on: What it feels like being retrenched

By: I miss Macau

I miss Macau — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:55:10 +0000

I understand how you feel. I was retrenched overseas (in Macau). Sianzzz…

By: yuming

yuming — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:30:37 +0000

Hey hmmm, thanks a lot for the encouragement. Nice way to put it though — “diminished financial independence”.

By: hmm

hmm — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:48:45 +0000

Hey hey. Was not keeping up with your posts but i’m back now after 2 months. Sorry to hear about the retrenchment. Oh heck…welcome to the other side – the side of dimished financial independence. Keep your head up and believe in good things. Only so will good karma follow you

By: yuming

yuming — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:42:27 +0000

Aw, that must’ve been awful. Sympathies but I take it a year later, you are doing fine. Life goes on after retrenchment. People think you’ll be tossed out of your apartment with no food or water — it kinda feels like that in the first few seconds but it is really a matter of finding the next gig and winding down the present with the time frame you have. Good time to re-evaluate your lifestyle and ambitions, too. Thanks for dropping by!

By: Cedric Solidon at Write Like a Rock Star

Cedric Solidon at Write Like a Rock Star — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:58:05 +0000

Hi, Yuming! I know it’s almost been a month now but I’m sorry about what happened to you. My writing team suffered the same fate a little over a year ago. There were five of us writers until three were retrenched which only left me and my supervisor in the team. I disagreed with the management’s decision so I decided just leave the office as well.

I’m glad you’re taking it in stride. Keeps you sane.

Anyway, good luck! And I look forward to more of those ‘Japanesey’ things.

By: yuming

yuming — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:20:51 +0000

Thanks for your kind words, Heidi. It’s all good

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:03 +0000

I love your honesty and how you write. I think we all wonder about where we are going and what we are doing each day. You are right that regardless of the circumstances anytime we are let go from a job it does hurt but just remember when one door closes another one opens. To this day I am grateful for all those closed doors.