Excerpt for an article I came across today:
Posted on: August 19, 2008
Adam Brown
While on vacation this previous week, I had the opportunity to take a hike with a current employee of Freddie Mac. As much as I could tell she wasn’t looking to have a conversation about work in the middle of Vermont’s green mountains, I could not help but push the subject. As we chatted, she filled me in on some of the details of the past few months. While she didn’t cover much I did not already know, one thing did surprise me. Finishing our conversation, the woman looked at me and said, “I’m not sure I’m going to have a job in six months.” She then continued up the mountain unperturbed, as if the information was nothing new to her. I was left to ponder this incident for the remainder of my vacation only to return home on Monday and see Fannie and Freddie back in the headlines.
While on vacation this previous week, I had the opportunity to take a hike with a current employee of Freddie Mac. As much as I could tell she wasn’t looking to have a conversation about work in the middle of Vermont’s green mountains, I could not help but push the subject. As we chatted, she filled me in on some of the details of the past few months. While she didn’t cover much I did not already know, one thing did surprise me. Finishing our conversation, the woman looked at me and said, “I’m not sure I’m going to have a job in six months.” She then continued up the mountain unperturbed, as if the information was nothing new to her. I was left to ponder this incident for the remainder of my vacation only to return home on Monday and see Fannie and Freddie back in the headlines.
