Toast to the Future

CK, Human Resource Manager

The Bay Area economy continues to roar, and we’ve lost two young staffers to growing companies. Both have been offered management positions at new employers.

One of the ladies is an accountant, and the other is a human resource specialist.

They have knowledge and skills that will be hard to replace, but beyond the rational business-speak, they’ll also be missed for their energy and youth.


It’s ageist to utter, but the vibe in the workplace is ineffably diminished if there are too many graybeards like me.

JC, Controller

Experience may be prized, but so are enthusiasm, creativity, and---let’s not discount its value--physical attractiveness.

The office is beginning to resemble the mainstream denomination church I attend on Sundays--inexorably shrinking, an aging population, and uncertain prospects.

We adjourned to a local watering hole to wish them well and toast their future. They've completed their training, and it's time for them to run the show. The world is their oyster.