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At 3:36am on December 1, 2008, Andrea Ferreira said…
Flash? Inside a museum???
I'd never do that...
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Let's agree that was not a masterpiece so I may be forgiven ;-)
At 2:19am on November 25, 2008, Andrea Ferreira said…
Hi John!
I read your blog posts :-(
I hope you find a new position soon. Don't panic! I know it's not comfortable but you will succeed. Hang in there!

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Learning, fitness, family, friends and self awareness
About Me:
Worked for Hewlett-Packard Company for 13 years. Prior to that I worked in a variety of industries, always in the Human Resource field. Now teaching strategic management at Oregon State University.
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlmorris
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My Blog Has Moved!

I'm having more fun with this blogging business than I expected I would. But the blog on the Internet Time Community is limited in features. I have setup a new blog site and will be migrating the posts from this blog over there. Come visit the new site at http://jlmorris.wordpress.com/, where you will not be required to create an account to leave a comment. Yeah! You can also "subscribe" (look over in the right hand margin.) Subscribing doesn't cost a… Continue

Posted on February 3, 2009 at 9:04pm —

John Morris

Proof of Effort

At some point it was suggested my unexpected period of unemployment was also an opportunity. In that conversation I started dreaming about what could possibly be the most wild thing that could happen out of this layoff… Being November and just after an unprecedented US Presidenti… Continue

Posted on January 26, 2009 at 10:36pm —

John Morris

Golden Fleece Award Candidate?

When the Golden Fleece Award was created in 1975 by then US Senator from Wisconsin, William Proxmire, it was intended to point out waste in government spending. I still have memories of hearing about $1000 hammers and $5000 toilet seats on submarines. The award was used to highlight attempts by government officials to "fleece" the public by showing invoices supported by itemized billings, but when examined more closely added up to taxpa… Continue

Posted on January 25, 2009 at 11:44am —

John Morris

What's wrong with this picture?

Although 24,600 HP employees are expected to lose their jobs in 2009 bringing his total "body count" to a cool 40,000 in just three years, 2008 was a good year for CEO Mark Hurd. From the Associated Press via the MIT Technology Review, "HP chief Hurd got pay valued at $34 million in '08". A few clips...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Under three years of Mark Hurd's leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co. has added more than $30 billion in sales, se… Continue

Posted on January 22, 2009 at 9:00am —

John Morris

Still Sitting at the Crossroads

I'm inspired again today by another of Jessica Hagy's Indexed pictures.

Although I might replace the "fast food" label with either "job search" or "Wal-Mart greeter" (my son knows this as my tongue-in-cheek later-in-life alternative to… Continue

Posted on January 22, 2009 at 8:05am —

 
 

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