I guess it was coming. My firm's just announced that there will be layoffs in our future.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
billytea - Nov 19, 2008 2:32:02 pm PST #1858 of 10000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
WindSparrow - Nov 19, 2008 2:41:25 pm PST #1859 of 10000
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.
Well, that sucks, billytea. Much job~ma to you.
Sparky1 - Nov 19, 2008 2:48:42 pm PST #1860 of 10000
Librarian Warlord
Sparky, just applied for another job at your U
YAY! Er, was it actually listed on the HR site? We got the memo freezing all hires last week, but I think it's safe if it is on the HR site. Otherwise, we're all waiting for more direction from above as to what this means to our individual schools/departments. Not to try and quash your ambition, or anything, but we're looking at not getting a librarian replacement and having to cut 5% of this year's budget.
Good luck, bt!
(Note to Perkins: No one should be that hawt when standing next to dusty reporters in the law library. And it makes my students look even worse.)
Gadget_Girl - Nov 19, 2008 3:00:36 pm PST #1861 of 10000
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Okay, I'm going home now. I should grade... but I doubt it. Bye!
Erin is me.
Ginger - Nov 19, 2008 3:10:51 pm PST #1862 of 10000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Dear LUSH products:
An e-mail headed "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LUSH" makes me wonder whether someone is judging my drinking habits and, if he is, how does he know when I started drinking?
I hope you are spared both from a layoff and from having to work twice as hard to make up for the people laid off, BT.
omnis_audis - Nov 19, 2008 3:15:11 pm PST #1863 of 10000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
The problem with having dinner with the boss is, you have conversations that you aren't allowed to share with folks. And of course, me being the nosy one, who can see the writing on the wall, ASKS questions, that he then answers with the caveat "you can't tell anyone, but...".
:: head-desk ::
WindSparrow - Nov 19, 2008 3:24:48 pm PST #1864 of 10000
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.
Poor omnis, you've hoist yourself on your own whatever.
Ooooh, I must be getting better - I cut decided to go easy on the ibuprofen, took only 200mg with the 1000mg Tylenol about an hour and a half ago, so not only has the headache eased up, but also, the throat is still much easier to swallow with than it was yesterday.
Vortex - Nov 19, 2008 3:35:56 pm PST #1865 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
YAY! Er, was it actually listed on the HR site? We got the memo freezing all hires last week, but I think it's safe if it is on the HR site.
yes, and it wasn't on there last week (I do a weekly web search of all of the university HR sites in the area. I want to get the fuck out of here)
Laga - Nov 19, 2008 3:43:24 pm PST #1866 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Laura - Nov 19, 2008 3:45:41 pm PST #1867 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
I spoke with a lovely customer service person today. She was with the Atlanta airport Lost & Found. DH left his cell phone at the gate during his layover. She was pleasant and capable and explained things and gave options. She rocked.
Brendon was supposed to have a layover on his way back too, but he is staying overnight in Atlanta instead. He is coming back from New Orleans and The Runway Lights Stopped Working! So they had to shuttle people to some other airport and he won't get to Atlanta in time for his flight home. I gathered that his experience with the AirTran staff was not as pleasant as mine with the L&F chick.
Good to hear you on the road to recovery, WS.