What will you do if a friend left you hanging?
By bluangel628
@bluangel628 (383)
Philippines
April 14, 2009 1:25am CST
What will you do if a friend, you never thought will leave you, just left you hanging just because she found a greener pasteur?
This happened earlier this month. We have a family business and my mom runs it. Like all other business we have our take of ups and downs. Currently we are at our lowest point in our business. My mom just found out that most of her trusted people left her at the down point. I got affected of this information though my mom had told me that it really happens. In the world of business, it's survival of the fittest. If you are in my position, will you feel remorse to these people or act as if you don't really care and contine with how you relate with them?
Any thought? I'm a bit down at the moment and kind of feel like cursing. hehehehe. Just joking. I just feel bad on what they did to my mom. She does not deserve it.
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4 responses
@hxstar (510)
• China
14 Apr 09
Maybe I will.Because it is nature for someone to pursue his future and to better his lift.If he leaves me,it should be my fault,because I can not help no longer.Just work hard and they will come back.When they come back,just pretend as if nothing had happened.For myself,I won't leaeve my friend!
Wish you good luck.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
14 Apr 09
Employees are not friends. Perhaps these people left because they felt that with business taking a turn downward they feared they might not have jobs for very long. Loyalty is a wonderful thing but basic survival can not be sacrificed just because someone is nice. If the former employees have families they will also have to think about what is best for them. Small businesses are often not very stable and there is no job security. Things are tough all over and sometimes people have to make hard choices. The departures were not personal and should not be seen as such.
@bluangel628 (383)
• Philippines
15 Apr 09
Actually they were the ones who started to put up the business. They planned with my mom, the business was their different ideas or views all rolled into one. Yeah, I guess you are right. In times like this, you can't really count on people especially if they have families of their own. I just wished they had the decency to tell it to my mom before they left. I mean we just found out they are with a competitor when we viewed the competitor's website. It should have been nothing personal if they said it formally before my mom even found out. My mom would have understood if they had said it before they did it.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Well, I guess there were some issues and they could have been handled better.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
5 May 09
Thanks for the best response. I hope things improve for your mother.
@kapil_poundarik (960)
• India
14 Apr 09
well i will just move on since i no the fact that no one is urs in the world of business.and now days this thing doesn't happen in only business, but also in real life , the life of love . but now i have seen so many betrayals on myself , so now i just move on .but im very sorry for ur mother.
@bluangel628 (383)
• Philippines
15 Apr 09
That's true. In the world of business, money really talks. Friends become bitter rival. And that's what they did to my mom.
@taki_takaishi (1279)
• Philippines
14 Apr 09
I would actually get mad, but I won't rush straight to their doors and say this and that. I mean, sure they left me, but I still have the business and I will find a way to be strong. So what they left, it shows that they are not true friends. A true friend never leaves you, he or she helps you with problems. Even it is business.
@bluangel628 (383)
• Philippines
4 May 09
My mom told me that in their kind of business, you can never tell who's a friend and who's not. Now being the next in line to handle this business, I will choose who to trust.
