Is that four weeks PAID?
Yep. It's important to both of us. We also cover 100% of health care.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Pix - May 16, 2013 5:03:53 pm PDT #202 of 30002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
SuziQ - May 16, 2013 5:17:44 pm PDT #203 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
For granite? Oy.
Cass - May 16, 2013 5:20:21 pm PDT #204 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
You really shouldn't take things for granite. It is quite scratchy.
Steph L. - May 16, 2013 5:36:01 pm PDT #205 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Speaking of jobs, and mine, I maybe don't need to worry about using vacation time for jury duty.
My company is probably going to be bought by another publisher. And the staff, as usually happens, will be redundant.
Now. It's not a done deal -- as Big!Boss said, right now the potential buyer is "kicking the tires" to see if we're a used car worth buying. We'll probably know within 3-4 weeks if we're a bargain worth buying. And if we are, well, he didn't give us any idea of when we'll be out the door.
They might not decide to make an offer, of course, but I think that if Big!Boss thought it was important enough to tell us all about, then it's more likely than not that we'll be bought. (And it was kind of him to give us advance notice; he certainly didn't have to tell us anything until it was a done deal and we were well and truly fucked.)
I was not expecting this. Right now I'm so full of beer that the sheer panic hasn't set in. But tomorrow should be fun.
I imagine I'll need a lot of advice in the coming weeks, because it's been 18 years since I've looked for a job or interviewed and I'm pretty sure I'm entirely unemployable (okay, I'm panicking a little right now). And I didn't really want to look for a new job while I was planning a wedding, GOD DAMN IT.
Crapsticks.
le nubian - May 16, 2013 5:55:57 pm PDT #206 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh Tep.
Oh dear.
WindSparrow - May 16, 2013 6:01:10 pm PDT #207 of 30002
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 just sucks, Teppy.
smonster - May 16, 2013 6:02:36 pm PDT #208 of 30002
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Tep, that is a total pisser. Oy.
Ginger - May 16, 2013 6:02:45 pm PDT #209 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oh, no, Teppy.
You are so not unemployable.
Steph L. - May 16, 2013 6:06:55 pm PDT #210 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm trying to be objective about this. Big!Boss can do whatever he likes with his company. He said -- no one used the terms "fired," "redundant," "out of a job," or the like -- that he intends to "help us all as much as [he] can."
Despite how weird that place can be/has been, I actually believe him on that. He has done quite a lot for the employees over the years, and I have no reason to believe he'll shaft us on severance.
Wow. I am actually talking about getting severance.
Tim made a very good point tonight, which is that the company has been in dire financial straits for a while. If Big!Boss *didn't* sell, and just let the company limp along until he had to shutter it for good, he might not be in a position to give us decent severance, even if he wanted to. But if he sells the company, that might put him in a better financial situation to do right by us.
So there's that.
And I've been really burned out on editing for...well, for quite a while now. This is certainly a way to push me into something else. I just don't know what it might be.
Tim is a little thrown by the fact that I'm not flipping out, but, to be fair, I've had a LOT of beer. And a potato.
askye - May 16, 2013 6:19:02 pm PDT #211 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
Tep I'm sure there is lots of time to flip out.
And the whole thing is so full of unknowns that you reallly don't need this so close to your wedding (as added stress).
But, I'll play Pollyanna a bit - if this happens - no annoying co worker that annoys you. You can look for another job that you won't be burned out on. And in the future you'll be able to look back as The Year of Big Ass Changes that Were All Good!