  So I got my Mikey's Funny this morning. It's an email humor list through Youth Specialties. Mikey sends out an email to say YS is restructuring and he's been laid off.
He was very gracious to YS, saying he had loved his job and appreciated the 12 years he'd worked for them. Really, that just stinks. Mikey's Funnies was a great contribution, and I'm sure Mikey was too.
But restructuring is restructuring right? The answer should be WRONG! How many of us have give 12 years or more of our lives to a job and then been laid off without anywhere to go? I doubt YS is this way, but in corporate america it has become the norm to lay off people who have been there too long and who the company has to pay too much to do the same job. It's not cool. They bring in the young people who haven't lived long enough or worked long enough to know how to properly run the business simply because the cost less.
It really isn't fair, is it? Mikey, Godspeed. My prayers are with you, and I know you'll land on your feet and continue running long after this. 
