On Tuesday, July 27th, at 17:00 CET, the HR person in five words pulled the stable foundation away beneath my feet. After nearly two years of working alongside them, I was quickly reduced to a human resource, measured in the cost that could be saved by getting rid of it, as quickly as possible — presumably to make shareholders happy and not stir emotions in current team members — with the least human touch. Of course, those who made the decisions would hide behind HR, none of them offering co...

On Tuesday, July 27th, at 17:00 CET, the HR person in five words pulled the stable foundation away beneath my feet. After nearly two years of working alongside them, I was quickly reduced to a human resource, measured in the cost that could be saved by getting rid of it, as quickly as possible — presumably to make shareholders happy and not stir emotions in current team members — with the least human touch. Of course, those who made the decisions would hide behind HR, none of them offering co...