I'm sorry, Hec. Good luck on the job hunt.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Calli - Mar 20, 2006 9:07:10 am PST #4520 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
DavidS - Mar 20, 2006 9:07:50 am PST #4521 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At least you have the presence of mind to sense it.
I've got a mole in the ministry of information. Though the fact that they've just hired a temp with my job title and a long list of similar credentials is a bit of a hint.
It means nothing, they assured me. Uh huh. They're being so skeezy about it, really.
Atropa - Mar 20, 2006 9:08:10 am PST #4522 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hec, I'm sorry.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2006 9:08:56 am PST #4523 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm going to get pushed before I have time to jump. Sucks, but there it is. I don't think I'll get anything happy in the severence either, except cashing out my 25 vacation days.
Blech, that's no fun. (But financially, isn't it better to be laid off than quit, if you've got time to prepare? At least this way you'll get some severence -- not much of a silver lining, but better than nothing.)
beth b - Mar 20, 2006 9:09:26 am PST #4524 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
ewww. that is sleazy. good luck, David.
WindSparrow - Mar 20, 2006 9:09:41 am PST #4525 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Goooooood job~ma, Hec.
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2006 9:10:20 am PST #4526 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
They're being so skeezy about it, really.
See, they're such assheads that you'll be much better off in a different place. However, things work out much more nicely if you get to leave on your terms, with a job already in hand, so you can say EAT IT, ASSHEADS, on your way out the door.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 20, 2006 9:12:13 am PST #4527 of 10001
What is even happening?
Hec, I am so sorry. I hope it's a push into something you like better. That job's been stealing your joy. Will you be able to collect unemployment?
Fred Pete - Mar 20, 2006 9:14:54 am PST #4528 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Good luck on the job hunt, Hec.
JZ - Mar 20, 2006 9:16:32 am PST #4529 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I think JZ is more stressed about it than I am.
Nuh-uh! Read my email! I've hated those fuckheads and the way they make you suffer ever since you hit the 6-month mark in that job, and whatever the money stress, it'll be more than worth it for your health and emotional well-being to have you WAY THE FUCK OUT OF THERE. I've spent the last year waking up in the dead of night, watching you twitch in your restless sleep, and panicking at the thought of you having a heart attack or stroking out and me losing your love and your life because of that motherfucking JOB.
Compared to that terror, living on a budget? Pah, 'tis nothing. Less than nothing.