[Magdalen] GTS

[James Oppenheimer]

My wife was in a situation where she had a lot of seniority at her
workplace, and the new boss of the enterprise started out by inviting both
of us for dinner, and we had a wonderful evening.  Fast forward a couple of
years, and he is writing very negative evaluations of her, which she sat in
his office, refuting, point by point.  Knowing my spouse, I know she put
heart and soul into her work, and did the best possible.

So when an opportunity opened up at another workplace, she grabbed it.

Her boss seemed pleased when she gave her notice.  She figured that he was
working with the board of trustees in a deliberate act to get the person
with seniority to move on.

And the real sign of her value was when she started to get phone calls from
others at the workplace, not sure how to do certain procedures. Even though
they were specifically given a direct order not to contact her. "I'm the
institutional or corporate memory there," she observed.

It wasn't personal; he simply wanted to move the high earning person out.
And this is why the country is going under.  Sad. And utterly inevitable
now.  Morality has no place in the workplace anymore, except in some
private mom and pop enterprises that have managed to stay under the
take-over-everything-and-ruin-it corporate radar.

So General is just another biz...

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> In addition, I concur with Raewynne that for a trustee to go public like
> this is, at the least, Very Bad Form. The Board seems to have pounced on
> the opportunity to get rid of its tenured profs. As the Crusty Old Dean
> pointed out, this was a really fast upping of the ante.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Oct 1, 2014, at 11:46 PM, Raewynne Whiteley <raewynne1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I think a significant issue here was that the change of worship from the
> > prior pattern meant a change of class times as well, which in combination
> > wit things like daycare schedule (at the seminary daycare) means that it
> > would be very difficult for the seminarians to find a time that would
> work
> > for them to do it in community,
> >
> > I have no strong association with GTS, but I have t admit that I was
> > concerned when we received an email at the church address from the
> seminary
> > defending the Trustees' perspective.  We happen to be in the same area
> > (suburban NY) but this parish does not provide financial support - so we
> > are really outsiders.  I think it was inappropriate to broadcast this,
> and
> > reflected poorly on the trustees and seminary administration.  Better
> would
> > have been something like "You may have heard about some difficulties
> > currently being experienced at GTS.  Please keep the students, faculty,
> > staff, dean and trustees in your prayers."
> >
> > Raewynne
> >
> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:21 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> But it's not as if, by un-scheduling MP, the students were then
> >> not *permitted* to read MP.
> >>
> >> If the students and/or faculty wanted to read MP, they could.
> >> A message on the bulletin board, a facebook page, all user
> >> message, y'all come.
> >>
> >> Thousands of us do this daily, or nearly daily, you know.
> >>
> >> This whining about canceled services is most disheartening,
> >> especially in light of the fact that we're talking about
> >> seminarians. PRAY, dammit! Don't wait for an invitation
> >> or permission or a schedule to adhere to. Sheesh. Pray in
> >> defiance of the rules if you must.
> >> -M
> >>
> >> Compline has something to say to these people, if they
> >> can hear it:
> >> Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls
> >> around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
> >>
>