#retrenchment — Public Fediverse posts

Well. Whadayaknow*

I arranged for a lunch on the bay with a family member today. It turns out that it was their Retrenchment Day. As I arrived they received a phone call from their employer (on their day off) to tell them that they were retrenched and that yesterday was their last workday. Others were retrenched this morning too.

So I turned the day into a Retrenchment Day where the retrenched person gets to do whatever they like. It turns out our lunch plans at Port Melbourne were perfect for the occasion followed by short walks and sits and chats.

This person had given me a similar Retrenchment Day on my last day of work a couple of months ago. The idea of the day is that "it is nothing to feel ashamed of" and "we did what we could and gave the best that we could". The retrenched person gets to talk as much and as little as they want on whatever topic they want. The point is that the other person is there for them and wants to make this day as pleasant as it is possible in the circumstances. The other person affirms that the retrenched person is a great person.

If you know someone who is being retrenched, give them a Retrenchment Day. It is good for the soul.

* What do you know

#RetrenchmentDay #Retrenchment #Redundancy #Melbourne

Today was my retrenchment day. I had my last day or work in the office last Wednesday surrounded by people who brought joy to my working life. Last night I went to a social meetup of women in IT and met some great women.

Today I handed in my laptop and sign-in card, then had coffee with more colleagues who made my work there worthwhile. I owned it and as someone said last night "quit like a queen".

Pictured are flowers from my daughter that greeted me when I got home. The card is from my mother from last Christmas.

Wishing for peace on earth has been said over and over, but I kept the card this year as it is so poignant and heart-felt. I extend this wish to all the people who are working in offices that are teeming with micro-aggressions and other negative behaviours. Peace starts in our homes and workplaces, in every interaction we have.

#retrenchment #redundancy

ShopBack lays off 195 employees in push for #sustainability
" #Temasek-backed cashback & rewards #platform #ShopBack has reduced its employee headcount by 24%, or 195 roles, "to become more focused & self-sustainable as a company""
Was "sustainability" ever part of their strategy before the #retrenchment? An equivalent CEO in Japan would have resigned to take #responsibility, but not in #Singapore 🇸🇬where such #Mammonistic #leadership #culture is horrendously entrenched.💸😔
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/shopback-lays-195-employees-push-sustainability

#LetterOfTheWeek
Strengthen #employment laws to protect retrenched staff
"The recent high-profile #retrenchment exercise at Lazada has exposed a weakness in #Singapore’s labour & workplace #laws – these laws r geared twds supporting companies, not employees .. Britain & Australia .. hv workplace laws tt protect employees who r retrenched .. common practices in many #developedcountries .. Singapore shld update its #EmploymentAct to give more legal protection to employees"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/letter-of-the-week-strengthen-employment-laws-to-protect-retrenched-staff

Well, fuck.

#SUNY #Fredonia has been waiting to hear that funding will be wildly, after the same happened at SUNY #Potsdam (departments cut, #layoffs, #retrenchment, etc.).

President just announced an all-campus meeting tomorrow.

SUNY has been systematically underfunding teaching-focused universities for years, while demanding we fix "structural deficits".

Whether tomorrow is the hammer or not, it all feels like a #setup, and I'd love to leave academia, now, please.