I Am Alive and Here Again
I have not posted for more than eight months. I reached an unsettled time and just didn't feel comfortable blogging in negative terms. During this period I met someone and had a short relationship that never really matured into anything permanent. I boughta travel trailer which is located on a lake within about 20 minutes drive from my son. The trailer had been around a long time and it took most of the summer to renovate the interior into a liveable state. There have been a lot more happen but I will catch up on the things I want to share as time moves along.
So here I am again and summer is over or almost over and there is a chill in the air causing a few trees to begin to change colour. My son and I didn't go camping as we usually do; we did go for one weekend with my buddy and his daughter but that was it. The trailer has added a new dimension but we both agree that we miss being in the canoe and out in the bush so along with the trailer we plan on camping as well next summer.
I may have mentioned in earlier postings that I am an H.R. Manager for a manufacturing company taking care of the employees in two plants. The economy as you will know already has taken a downturn and as a consequence our business has not done as well as it has in previous years. So recently I have been given the duty of laying off a few employees with more likely to be layed off during the next month or two. Honestly I love my job and think that I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with people everyday. I admit that when I began this type of work I was truely terrified when I had to do public presentations. Now more than twenty years later I have come to enjoy the opportunity to get on my feet and talk. Part of my responsibilities in the various companies I have worked with has always included conducting training courses and holding employee meetings or chairing meetings outside of the company.
On occasion the job means that I have to handle discipline or oversee that it is handled fairly and I don't really have a problem with that either. But when it comes down to having to layoff an employee who has contributed to the company and through no fault of their own we can maintain their employment it bothers me, itwakes me in the middle of the night and I truely emphasize with them. Their feeling of frustration and why me, when they have made a honest effort and worked hard. That bothers me and it bothers me even more when the company is continuing to spend money in areas to benefit other employees who don't contribute and share in the companies success. I am frustrated when I feel that I am powerless to change what I see as unfair practices. Enough venting on the first day back.
Besides those things I have come to a place in my life where I am feeling pretty good overall. I have seen some silver linings and regained some of my confidnece in life and living. A few hugs can make the whole worlds seem like a better place. Mind you I am only a couple of weeks away from a major birthday that may cause a temporary blip in the positive perspective but that too will pass.
So here I am again and summer is over or almost over and there is a chill in the air causing a few trees to begin to change colour. My son and I didn't go camping as we usually do; we did go for one weekend with my buddy and his daughter but that was it. The trailer has added a new dimension but we both agree that we miss being in the canoe and out in the bush so along with the trailer we plan on camping as well next summer.
I may have mentioned in earlier postings that I am an H.R. Manager for a manufacturing company taking care of the employees in two plants. The economy as you will know already has taken a downturn and as a consequence our business has not done as well as it has in previous years. So recently I have been given the duty of laying off a few employees with more likely to be layed off during the next month or two. Honestly I love my job and think that I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with people everyday. I admit that when I began this type of work I was truely terrified when I had to do public presentations. Now more than twenty years later I have come to enjoy the opportunity to get on my feet and talk. Part of my responsibilities in the various companies I have worked with has always included conducting training courses and holding employee meetings or chairing meetings outside of the company.
On occasion the job means that I have to handle discipline or oversee that it is handled fairly and I don't really have a problem with that either. But when it comes down to having to layoff an employee who has contributed to the company and through no fault of their own we can maintain their employment it bothers me, itwakes me in the middle of the night and I truely emphasize with them. Their feeling of frustration and why me, when they have made a honest effort and worked hard. That bothers me and it bothers me even more when the company is continuing to spend money in areas to benefit other employees who don't contribute and share in the companies success. I am frustrated when I feel that I am powerless to change what I see as unfair practices. Enough venting on the first day back.
Besides those things I have come to a place in my life where I am feeling pretty good overall. I have seen some silver linings and regained some of my confidnece in life and living. A few hugs can make the whole worlds seem like a better place. Mind you I am only a couple of weeks away from a major birthday that may cause a temporary blip in the positive perspective but that too will pass.
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