I guess I could go over all the stuff that happened to me at Hallmark, because I didn’t leave, (both good and bad), but that could lead to a lengthy post. I’ll just add this. In 1997 I got to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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After I left Hasbro in 1989 I still had a lot of friends working there. But, with every acquisition of another toy company, (Kenner, Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, Tonka, etc…) there were numbers of redundant employees, so Hasbro would just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because I’ve worked for large companies in the past and have at times, been on the hiring/interviewing end for those companies, I know from first hand experience that these “personality tests” are bullshit. IMO, anyone who has to stoop to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had hoped to have a chance to talk to the office manager. Not in connection with my past job or the layoff, no, nothing to do with that. I was hoping to ask him if he had any connections[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s difficult to put into words and pictures just how much of a shock and then how down I felt after the rug was pulled out from under my, and all the other graphic designers, feet last Thursday. Compiling tonight,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a bit unsettling, when you’re speaking with someone for the first time, trying to get to know them, that all they talk about is, well… suicide. Now, I can understand it, if she’d been working on this book, this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s still difficult to understand. I woke up early, even though I really didn’t have to. When the phone rang and it was that PA Turnpike job Product Manager I’d forgotten all about the meeting we had planned today. By[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just like that. Sure, I guess if I was reading the tea leaves I could have suspected something with all those new procedures they’ve been shoving at us since the end of 2020. But to get through all of 2020,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It felt good to have a fully functional laptop back. Even though I never really needed the sound in order to get any of my graphics done, still, it’ll be so much easier to sit through our Teams meetings by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, I’m old enough to have worked at companies and studios that, if my computer was down, or if I didn’t have access to one, I could still function in my daily tasks and complete designs or drawings for my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…