Fred Jones Part 2 — HR Song of the Week
Ben Folds sings about a man in an industry that was already being hit hard even before the Great Recession started. Fred Jones is a newspaper man who, after 25 years, is being laid off. It’s a beautiful, poignant song. “He’s cleared all his things and he’s put them in boxes . . . A man’s here to take him downstairs, and I’m sorry, Mr. Jones, it’s time . . . And life barrels on like a runaway train . . . You get off; someone else gets on, and I’m sorry, Mr. Jones, it’s time.” Ben Folds and the West Australia Symphony Orchestra perform this week’s HR song in the video below.
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Great choice! There are a lot of songs about how much work sucks, but this is one of those rarities that deals with how important our job is to our self-worth.
Thanks, Frank. Sometimes we just think about how bad it is to be unemployment from a money standpoint. Self-forth is even more important.
John