A friend came by that I hadn’t seen in a while and while hanging out she asked me if she could put some make up on me. I agreed and when she was done I felt attractive for the first time in a long while. That was a nice experience. :)
I played my first official league game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and it was a great experience. Not professional gaming or anything, just hobby gaming in the lowest league. But I always wanted to do that and finally found a group of nice people to do it with.
My friend, an immigrant to my country, was laid off two weeks ago and wasn’t able to land a new job. She was 4 months away from getting her PR, but without a new job, she wouldn’t qualify. After many stressful nights of crying, doing resume review and interview practice, she YOLO’d and sent the CEO of her old company an email asking to be employed until she got the PR, and the CEO simply said “Sure”.
Absolutely crazy, and rare to see that sort of compassion. I’m super happy for her, even though it might be awkward, but getting over this cusp will lock her in on her new life.
In this context, the question really boils down to “Do you want to ruin your former employee’s life to save a bit of company money?”. Which should not be a hard decision, but there’s way too many people who would disagree here. Kudos to the CEO to realize this and do the right thing, and good luck for your friend.
