Hear no evil...

Every weekend, the papers are filled with stories of how to cope with recession, the no. of job cuts worldwide, gloomy economic forecast & who's who hit by the financial meltdown. Seriously, apart from those couple of days where Obama graced the front covers of the mainstream papers, almost every day is gloomy news gracing the front pages.

From where i am seated in my new office, i seemingly can hear stories of who's been asked to go, which boss has been kind to request for better compensation, which country teams should restructure etc. I hate to hear such stories... Makes my heart flutter & adds more gloom to the day. A colleague currently on maternity leave texted me today to share that some of her ex-colleagues from DBS were asked to go last week. They generally had young families to support and well, the news hit them hard & stunned.

It's hard not to be affected by such news. From the Singapore office, there have been talks of restructuring announcements for weeks but to date, everyone's still kept guessing. I try to concentrate to do my work but the news are just everywhere. Especially here in this new team, i find that everyone seems to know how to play their cards so well. Meetings are in abundance & i have never had a more robust outlook calendar, constantly updated with meeting invites and reminding me to attend this meeting & that discussion. People massage one another's egos so much that sometimes, i take whatever comments with a pinch of salt.

I wonder what tmr will bring... More hearsay thru the walls maybe....