Weirdest MSN conversation. Ever.
Mike’s toiled for so long for his company. He’s even gone to the extend of setting up camp in the office. For the better part of a year. Mum would always want to know about he and his relationships, and over the phone, I would sometimes tell her that her second son’s practically married to his job.
Ever since the office burnt down some months back, Mikey’s come back to living in his room. The late night returns and early morning starts meant that the house was like a pit-stop - change of clothes, soap, water, shaver, and all the rest of it. It looks like a pig sty actually…all that’s missing is swill.
Apparently, all those long hours did beget something other than domestic terrorism. The company’s up for sale and he apparently will be getting a cut, despite him not being a partner. It’s a recognition of his loyalty and pure hard yakka, he’s been told.
The offers range between 55million to 200million (Lonely Planet has just been bought over for that amount, so I doubt very much it’s going to be this end of the scale for a Singapore IT integration firm ).
Mikey asked what I thought about it. So I told him.
Worst case scenario - the partners eat their words, and he gets to keep his job with the new owners.
Best case scenario - 1% of the purchase price. Is 1% too much still, that little voice at the back of the classroom asks.
Whatever the case may be, I told him that he should take the money and run with it. Back home. Where the money lasts a little longer. He probably won’t know what to do with the money other than to get a piece of real estate and a nice car. Maybe we can talk about it when this pipe dream becomes a reality.
