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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Lloyd Robertson retired.
Here’s my experience in 35 years in the workforce.
* Retire after long tenure: Lunch where company bigwig makes a speech, cake, gift.
* Voluntarily leave: 10-20 colleagues go for drinks and appetizers at pub. Manager picks up the tab.
* Laid off or fired (regardless of tenure): Here’s your severance. Get out.
So is my experience atypical? Or do we just expect these things to work differently with a high-profile media personality?
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Yes, and justifiably so.
Your colleagues aren’t in the living rooms of millions of people, not a part of their evenings, aren’t the source of reason and order in the face of chaos and despair. Almost without exception, someone like LaFlamme has a more intimate relationship with more Canadians than Mike from Accounting.
It’s hip to harp on media, because most of it sucks. Even more important then to treat the few bastions of quality with the integrity it deserves.