http://shine.yahoo.com/tag/jobless http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/are-you-a-mac-or-a-pc-356558/ <p>If you work for one or the other, right now you’d rather be a Mac. </p> <p>Yesterday, Microsoft made official its intention of laying off 5,000 employees, including 1,400 who lost their jobs yesterday. The stock market responded instantly with Microsoft stock falling 8.5%.... nospam@example.com () http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/are-you-a-mac-or-a-pc-356558/#comments http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/are-you-a-mac-or-a-pc-356558/ http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/was-i-had-by-homeless-fraud-355312/ Last weekend I was out shopping, not something I’ve done a whole lot of lately. But one of my nephews has just had a baby, the first of the next generation for our family, and I ventured into the world of commerce to buy a gift to welcome the arrival of this new life. <p>Just before... nospam@example.com () http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/was-i-had-by-homeless-fraud-355312/#comments http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/was-i-had-by-homeless-fraud-355312/ http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/life-after-the-company-christmas-party-336528/ <p>With two different holiday parties to attend this past weekend, I got to thinking about the party I wasn’t invited to this season.</p> <p>I was sacked the week before my company held their annual holiday soiree. To be honest, my days of delighting in corporate parties -- or embarrassing myself at them -- are behind me. There’s something about not remembering how I found my way home that I’ve outgrown. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to be invited.</p> <p>It’s like being the kid in the class who didn’t get invited to the cool kid’s birthday party. Even if you didn’t especially like that cool kid, no way did you want to be the one left out.</p> <p>Everyone knows school is a powerful social setting for kids and teenagers. So is work for grown-ups. We might think we work for a paycheck, or to feel a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment, but how many of us talk about the people we work with as ranking high on our workplace checklist? nospam@example.com () http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/life-after-the-company-christmas-party-336528/#comments http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/none/life-after-the-company-christmas-party-336528/