oh my. 2 people gave notice last week. ANd I just got told that another is giving notice on Monday.

Oh dear. The craziness is catching up, I guess?

It's cold and rainy here. I hate driving at twilight in the rain. Road and sky are pretty much indistinguishable, and the contrast everywhere else is very low. It's a pretty and interesting asthetic, but it royally sucks to drive in.

You want to hear from turnover? My office, not including consultants, has roughly 30 people - sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less. We totted up the number who have left since minion and I came on board, about 3 years.

COO who just resigned is number 60.

ordering dinner in to the office.

18 to 20 people are one ... thing. Twenty people working together with 5 organizational boundaries seems like a recipe for failure.

marketing, customer service, IT, creative, and sales

there are people like me who hover btw 2 or 3 depts. and then people like the acct. and frot deak who have no dept.

18 to 20 people are one ... thing. Twenty people working together with 5 organizational boundaries seems like a recipe for failure.

Well, this is my company's 40-year anniversary, so they've been doing something right.

marketing, customer service, IT, creative, sales, admin

I get seven org boundaries off that, counting the folks who float between stuff -- who are the folks we call 'management' when we are in our cups.

I could easily give accounting its own silo. Call it eight 'departments'. Maybe nine.

Hmmm. I'm going to be holed up writing all weekend, and feel like I should get myself a yummy dinner. Not looking for a total calorie-fest, and something that will reheat well.

Suggestions?

Suggestions?

Chili? non-deep fried Chinese food.

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Is it tacky of me to want to start a pool about how long the new reference person in NY lasts?

Roast chicken? You can vary the sides, roast beans or something with it, convert to chicken soup when the carcass is picked over.