Letters.(Letter to the Editor)

The Verdict: Greed Is Not Good

Responding to our Feb. 5 story on the recent U.S. job layoffs, many readers fingered corporate America. "You exposed how brutal some managers can be and how 'loyalty' is obsolete in today's business world," wrote one. Another declared, "You can't have sustainable economic stability unless working people get a fair shake." One woman who lost her job shrugged. "There is more to life than 12-hour work-days in which we sacrificed personal lives for the corporate good."

Don't Call Us, We Won't Call You

I feel like my recent life is emblazoned in your Feb. 5 headline "How Safe Is Your Job?" (SPECIAL REPORT). Not very, actually. I was laid off three times in 2000.

Risa E. Bernstein

Vienna, Virginia

I was laid off from Lucent Technologies last month and received a nice package. I am 59 years old and certainly past the prime of new job choices. But I was determined to keep looking for that fun, new opportunity. An online posting site put me in touch with a local headhunter who found me an ideal position. Good salary and stock options, great people and a chance to dive in from the beginning and help build a new, successful company. So keep faith in yourself. Don't panic. Don't spend your package money or pension, don't take the first job offer that comes along. If a silver-haired grandmother can land a terrific new job so soon, so can you!