WFR

The company's into another on-going exercise code named WFR.
Three letters that spell fear, joy or relief because they gotta announce Which Farker Fellow to Release!

Man, if you're on this Work Force Reduction head-roll call, you'll probably start shedding tears (yes, I heard from HR that some guys actually wept when handed their letters in previous exercises) if you belong to one or more of the following categories:

• got wife, children, father, mother, dog, cats to feed (last 2 at least can give away);
• loan instalments to pay off;
• long-term medical bills;
• 101 other monetary commitments;
• skills that can't cross over to other sectors;
• jobs suited to your skills have thousands competing for them;
• not easily retrainable;
• of that age that ageist employers deem unemployable;

On the other hand, you would be secretly gloating or openly grinning from ear to ear ('cos the 'goodbye' package is among the better ones in the industry) if you belong to one or more of the following groups:-

• already planning to leave anyway;
• working for a boss from hell;
• suffering from burn-out;
• already planning for early retirement;
• have no straggling financial commitments;
• best of all, already have a job offering elsewhere;
• don't even need to work in the first place (lucky devil, u!) (then again, why were u depriving someone more in need of a job then?)

A blessing in disguise, you would say, and can't wait to blow that corporate goodbye kiss.

When has the world ever been fair?