They say it is a recession. Every time someone goes away from the office and sends out a bye-bye mail I feel a little tingle. The layoffs were a jolt. It feels weird when you are expecting to speak to someone for lunch and realize that you won't see him the next day.
It's only fair for the business. It doesn't feel so good somewhere near the soul though.
The silent whip has left a welt on the backs of the collective minds. My mind at least. I see people crowding more urgently near their PCs. Scurrying harder around the floor. Working more for less to be spared of the scythe.
A vacation does not seem so settling anymore. The glint in the eyes of the project managers are fiercer. The uncertainty is hanging like a shroud and stifling the sheer joy of working. All 'large' process driven organizations seem to work like this. I still don't see how many people really love their work anymore.
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