There is no doubt that I was quite distraught when both of us were first sent home from the zone controlled Heating, Ventilation & A/C of the office.
Of course, I’m talking about the start of the pandemic.
I was extra distraught because our corporation has been struggling for years. So when the pandemic sent us all home to work for my own central a/c, I honestly wondered what would happen. It did not take long for the layoffs to began, but for at least a year prior, the corporation had been reorganizing in order to put a more attractive face on the corporation to sell it. There were plenty of salary dumps when it came to the executive level. And there are a lot of forced retirements as well. While I wasn’t necessarily close to retirement, I felt the pressure that I might get split as well; But then, both of us were well into the summer time of 2020 & the layoffs stopped. I just kept doing my work & trying to do the best with my team from the central a/c of my home. But by that fall I was the next 1 to get dumped. I got a bit of a severance package however that was it. After more than 20 years working for that corporation, no 1 even reached out to personally say goodbye. But that sort of lit a fire underneath me. So I had the Heating, Ventilation & A/C corporation come out & install a ductless heat pump in my house office. And I got to work competing against the corporation that had just unceremoniously dumped me. I work as an industry analyst for the competitors of my aged corporation. And it feels unbelievable to enjoy the best residential Heating, Ventilation & A/C in my house office while competing against my own corporation.