Several months ago the most pressing issue I was dealing with was finding chunks of time for peace and quiet. Wow, did I get what I wished for. Life is full of issues demanding our attention; family, money, career, bills, friends. All require investment of time and demand more time and energy; evaporating those small but remarkable jewels of peace and quiet.

Well, I’ve a new issue to deal with; job loss. December last year, after nine years of dedicated, loyal service to a company, my position was eliminated. Does anyone else out there that has mistakenly poured the bulk of their waking hours into a career that suddenly is yanked away?

What the hell happened to valuing workers who give copious personal time at the expense of their family and friends for the success of a company’s bottom line; all in the hopes that all of that effort prolongs the extent employment and profit??? Gone are the days when employers WANT to hang on to employees that have acquired a ton of experience and knowledge in a company. Today, it’s the realization that skilled (or maybe ignorant) people are a dime a dozen and an employer knows they can replace a highly skilled, well paid employee with an idiot willing to work 90 hours a week for 25% less pay. No wonder we can hardly compete with Asia!

I’m sickened by the “new mentality” of corporate America… They’ve been infected with the disease that everything is replaceable; even people. Hell, even the general populace in America operates daily on the ridiculous assumption that if it breaks or maybe costs too much, go get another one someplace cheaper…

The point is, I gave nearly all of my energy to benefit a company because I thought it would help make it successful and thereby making me and my family successful too. Well, I’m sure I helped in some small way to make it successful but it sure as hell didn’t make me successful in the long run.