At lunch, he tells me that they had a meeting, and in a week and a half, one person of his four-person team is getting laid off. So now we get to wait for that.
But they don't know who? That's some kind of bullshit.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2012 3:51:33 pm PDT #10554 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Jun 20, 2012 3:53:02 pm PDT #10555 of 30001
information libertarian
I have Open Office and a thumb drive, so I am okay, thanks. (Also, I teach live databases to undergrads, so I have experience with dealing when shit doesn't work at the last minute. I once taught a class how to use L'Annee Philologique when I had a computer but no projector, so I had to describe where to move the mouse and click so they could follow along. Good times.)
Dana - Jun 20, 2012 3:55:27 pm PDT #10556 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But they don't know who? That's some kind of bullshit.
Right? Apparently they haven't decided. Personally, as much as it sucks, I think I would want to find out that second, rather than waiting a week and a half for the axe to fall.
flea - Jun 20, 2012 3:57:41 pm PDT #10557 of 30001
information libertarian
Maybe they are hoping that 3 members of the team will turn on and kill the fourth, saving them the trouble of an exit interview.
It turns out I have no Gmail, but I do have Google Docs. Okay, then.
Zenkitty - Jun 20, 2012 3:59:36 pm PDT #10558 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
This is exactly why I'm apprehensive regarding my workplace's impending move of email to Gmail.
Jesse - Jun 20, 2012 4:05:54 pm PDT #10559 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Personally, as much as it sucks, I think I would want to find out that second, rather than waiting a week and a half for the axe to fall.
Absolutely.
Liese S. - Jun 20, 2012 4:09:23 pm PDT #10560 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
9:00 pm, still totally light.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2012 4:10:00 pm PDT #10561 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, and happy Solstice everyone!
eta: Happened about two hours ago.
le nubian - Jun 20, 2012 4:14:58 pm PDT #10562 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Zenkitty,
our org moved to gmail. so far so good. I was very trepidatious because I had gigs of email they had to migrate over. no lie. GIGs. But that moved just fine I think.
I stil backed up because I'm paranoid.
Amy - Jun 20, 2012 4:17:44 pm PDT #10563 of 30001
Because books.
Oops. Stephen just caught the kids before they got into the popsicles. "No! They're, uh, Mommy's."