and so it ends

[rone]

Dear Ronny,

As a result of Adobe Systems Incorporated's acquisition of Macromedia, Inc., we regret to inform you that your employment will terminate because we simply don't have a clue as to how to integrate a company your size; therefore, we would rather move on with as few employees as possible to give each of them a vibrant new opportunity to work 70 hours a week, and thus give those of you we're laying off the chance to laugh at our ingenuousness.  I mean, ingenuity.

This is an actual quote:

There will be no bumping rights in connection with this reduction in force.

What the hell are "bumping rights"?

Comments

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that. Even if you're happy to be out of there (I think I'd be), I know how disruptive to your life this can be. I'm glad to hear you got good severance.

For what it's worth, the grapevine of tech firms around Boston says that laid-off people are getting hired more quickly than they were a couple of years ago. I hope it's the same over there.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

It does seem to be the same over here. I wonder how many people in ex-Allaire (our Newton office) got the axe (besides a couple of managers).