Comments on: Pink Slip Party http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/ Learn How To Retire Early Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/#comment-812 Laura Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:13:04 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/#comment-812 So wait... is this about your contempt for young people having a good time, or is this about retirement? While 20 and 30 somethings may have not been through this before, does that make it any easier? Does that even matter? What makes you think any of them are ready to retire?!?! Why would Hutchins, who was not the sole presenter, be responsible for telling that to the attendees? LaidOff camp was a perfectly legitimate workshop for people looking to further a successful and satisfying career inthe wake of job loss. Then, at the end of an 8-hour day of networking, learning, and solidarity, some people had some drinks, listened to music, and continued their conversations. It wasn't a frat party. There were no naked douchebags doing body shots and no drinking games; it was a social gathering for people going through a common lifestage. Riddle me this: How is that an irrelevant cause? I completely fail to see why anyone could possibly have a problem with LaidOff Camp, why it warrants any sort of criticism, or why the Titanic analogy is remotely appropriate. You're "running for the life boats" and not joining in the Pink Slip Parties is all well and good, but you admittedly planned to attend this event.... but really, to talk to a bunch of people with babies and mortgages about retirement??? Good thing you didn't go, hmm? So wait… is this about your contempt for young people having a good time, or is this about retirement?

While 20 and 30 somethings may have not been through this before, does that make it any easier? Does that even matter?

What makes you think any of them are ready to retire?!?! Why would Hutchins, who was not the sole presenter, be responsible for telling that to the attendees?

LaidOff camp was a perfectly legitimate workshop for people looking to further a successful and satisfying career inthe wake of job loss. Then, at the end of an 8-hour day of networking, learning, and solidarity, some people had some drinks, listened to music, and continued their conversations. It wasn’t a frat party. There were no naked douchebags doing body shots and no drinking games; it was a social gathering for people going through a common lifestage.

Riddle me this: How is that an irrelevant cause?

I completely fail to see why anyone could possibly have a problem with LaidOff Camp, why it warrants any sort of criticism, or why the Titanic analogy is remotely appropriate.

You’re “running for the life boats” and not joining in the Pink Slip Parties is all well and good, but you admittedly planned to attend this event…. but really, to talk to a bunch of people with babies and mortgages about retirement???

Good thing you didn’t go, hmm?

]]> By: Green Retirement Planning http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/#comment-783 Green Retirement Planning Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:27:52 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/#comment-783 Chirs: Congratulations on Laid-off camp's success, if I have my way, you will be out of business soon. There should be no Pink Slip Parties, no Laid Off Camp, no more layoffs period. I want to go to retirement parties not layoff parties. I am trying to prevent layoffs. I have created a free layoff prevention tool for H.R. mgrs. http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/sorry-san-francisco-layoffs/ I am trying to save San Francisco City and School district employees their jobs. Read here: http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/sorry-san-francisco-layoffs/ And I hope you told all 400 people who attended Laid off camp, that the first thing they should do when laid off, is find out if they can retire. People do not know that they need much less savings to retire, than they are being told by Wall Street, and should not be wasting their savings looking for a job when they could be retired. Go to the Green Retirement Website, use the free calculator, and find out how much you really need to retire. http://www.iplanretirement.com I'm sorry you only had 50 out of 400 people show up to your party , but dude, they're unemployed. Beer Bling is short. Duh! Chirs:
Congratulations on Laid-off camp’s success, if I have my way, you will be out of business soon. There should be no Pink Slip Parties, no Laid Off Camp, no more layoffs period.

I want to go to retirement parties not layoff parties. I am trying to prevent layoffs. I have created a free layoff prevention tool for H.R. mgrs.
http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/sorry-san-francisco-layoffs/

I am trying to save San Francisco City and School district employees their jobs. Read here:
http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/sorry-san-francisco-layoffs/

And I hope you told all 400 people who attended Laid off camp, that the first thing they should do when laid off, is find out if they can retire. People do not know that they need much less savings to retire, than they are being told by Wall Street, and should not be wasting their savings looking for a job when they could be retired.

Go to the Green Retirement Website, use the free calculator, and find out how much you really need to retire.

http://www.iplanretirement.com

I’m sorry you only had 50 out of 400 people show up to your party , but dude, they’re unemployed. Beer Bling is short. Duh!

]]> By: Chris Hutchins http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/#comment-782 Chris Hutchins Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:28:36 +0000 http://www.iplanretirement.com/retirementblog/pink-slip-party/#comment-782 I for one completely disagree. While the 20-30s generation may not have been through this before, its not all about parties. In fact, at LaidOffCamp SF, we had over 400 attendees throughout the day, but only about 50 who came to the party. My takeaway: people are much more interested in networking and learning than partying, but the parties just get more coverage from people misreading the situation and poking fun. I for one completely disagree. While the 20-30s generation may not have been through this before, its not all about parties. In fact, at LaidOffCamp SF, we had over 400 attendees throughout the day, but only about 50 who came to the party.

My takeaway: people are much more interested in networking and learning than partying, but the parties just get more coverage from people misreading the situation and poking fun.

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