Brand X: Recession Hits Home

He called yesterday to tell me that he had lost his job. It was hard to hear, but even harder for him to voice the words. It has been a couple of weeks, but it is still so incredibly painful for him to say out loud. It isn’t really real yet. This was his Dream Job, the career that he has prepared for all his life, the culmination of years of hard work and study, an uphill climb with as many steps backward as forward….. in an instant it is gone. I hear the pain in his voice, he sounds beaten, defeated/ JanTri , Brand X Ranch. More here .

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Question: Have you or a close friend or a loved one lost a job as a result of the current deep recession. How are you/they dealing with it?

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