Comments on: RLG: A staff appreciation

By: Duncan

Duncan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:10:44 +0000

27 years is a long time. I was in lots of places that never made it that long. Usually a merger/buyout, followed by layoffs.

Good luck!

By: walt

walt — Thu, 11 May 2006 14:33:07 +0000

John,

Thanks for the comment.

I should stress, though, that this particular post really isn’t about the merger–except that the situation got me thinking about the people at RLG again, and I recognized that I’d never said anything here about this first-rate group. Thus the post: Not drawing comparisons or anything of the sort, just saying that the heart of RLG–its staff, in all of the divisions–is remarkable.

By: John Dupuis

John Dupuis — Thu, 11 May 2006 00:34:00 +0000

Walt, these types of life events can be very stressful, almost as much as moving or getting married or losing a loved one. It’s natural for the rumour mill to be running wild with crazy speculation about what might happen. On one hand, you have to put that kind of stuff out of your mind; on the other hand, recognizing that it is natural is important too. It’s just how people cope with the stress and work through in their minds the various possibilities, both likely, unlikely and totally out to lunch.

In my previous life as a software developer, the company I worked for was taken over twice, once was a fairly positive experience and the second more like a corpse being picked over by a flock of buzzards. The first really encouraged me to stay in a career I was growing tired of while the second ultimately led to my changing careers and becoming a librarian. Often when one door closes, another opens.

John