nursinglawbandit

This is what's needed in healthcare environments and law firms. A "no gossip" policy. If you are a nurse then you know what gossip can do in the workplace. Nursing is a female dominated profession and alot of the esteem and self-worth issues the profession has stems from this in my opinion. The law firm environments I worked in were no better with the gossip. I don't like to bring my personal life to work so it was easy for me not to provide TMI but for some their entire life and the lives of their co-workers are an open book. See this article in the NY Times and try practicing "no gossip" in your workplace. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/jobs/15pre.html?ex=1274245200&en=4ed581eee5d6aff0&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=JO-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M124-ROS-1109-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click

I read this article in the WSJ last weekend and I have been thinking about this article all week. Its Life on Severance and what is being referred to as the Severance Economy. I know alot of us are just one paycheck or illness away from losing it all but for whatever reason this article hits home on so many fronts. See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125780714976639687.html

I am looking forward to the remainder of November and December 2009. I am going to spruce up my blogs, twitter account, and law firm facebook account and start a virtual law practice complementary to my traditional law practice.