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crogman1 Registered User (3/30/03 3:45 pm) Reply	"Please don't abandon us!" – SRF Nuns As most of you know Mother Center announced layoff plans in late November 2002 but kept putting them off. This is not unusual since the place is so disorganized but still it dragged on and on. About 12 men finally got the axe over a month ago. At the time they said there would be more layoffs. On the ladies side they were also told they layoffs would be in January 2003. This didn’t happen and was put off then put off. Some of you have read here how the nuns got cold feet and formed a committee of lay members to decide what lay members should be laid off. What a kind and gentle thing! Of course this is just par for the cult; a fear based solution is the norm for them at the headquarters! The stress for all the employees has been a struggle for them and women where starting to find other jobs or do other things with their lives. The nuns recently had a meeting with many of the women up there and said: *Quote:* SRF Nuns in Meeting: Please don’t abandon us! It may be months or even years until the layoffs happen and we really need you until then! There are so many things warped about this I can’t even begin to list them. They really need the people up to the time they are laid off? Are the nuns looking bad with so many leaving? Since they cut these people off with no medical insurance, no cobra plan, and no unemployment benefits doesn’t it seem selfish to expect people to wait around until they are fired? (I call it fired because without benefits what else is the difference?) The problem is that the nuns don’t even see how this looks. What selfish self-centered people SRF has for nuns. Where is the love? Where is the caring about the futures of these lay members? Where? Edited by: crogman1 at: 3/30/03 3:46:35 pm
True Enuf Registered User (3/31/03 10:43 pm) Reply	Re: "Please don't abandon us!" – SRF Nuns Crog, perhaps donations from some large givers are down, stock prices are down, interest rates are low, the economy stinks. But if SRF never touched the 22,000 shares of Kansas City Southern that Rajasi gave before his passing, just gathering the dividends, it split so many times that the value today would be astronomical. The obvious solution would be for the nuns to work 16-20 hour days forever if necessary, like Durga did. Ha!
True Enuf Registered User (4/1/03 11:51 am) Reply	Re: "Please don't abandon us!" – SRF Nuns Support Your Employees - It's Good for the Heart NEW YORK(Reuters Health) - New research suggests that workers who feel supported by their supervisors have lower blood pressure during work hours than others, particularly during periods of stress. "The data suggest that when employees feel that supervisors care about them, they are less stressed on the job," study author Dr. Elizabeth Brondolo of St. Johns University in New York told Reuters Health. "I would like to see employers aware that perceived support makes a difference," she added. Greater social support in the workplace was linked to lower blood pressure during work hours, Brondolo and her colleagues found. "Social support, according to our findings, acts as a buffer against the effects of stress," Brondolo said. She added that blood pressure tends to skyrocket in response to certain challenges, particularly ones that appear unpredictable or uncontrollable.... Having the support of supervisors may help reduce the fears surrounding potential incidents, Brondolo said, thereby preventing a spike in blood pressure when these moments arise. "The chronic vigilance necessary to ward off a potential attack is very tiring," she noted. "Knowing that someone is available and will try to be there and listen and treat you fairly can make the outcome of the confrontation less uncontrollable." story.news.yahoo.com/news...rkplace_dc Hint, hint...

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