Laura makes a good point, brenda. Respect the streak.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Nov 13, 2014 10:00:43 am PST #10407 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Amy - Nov 13, 2014 10:21:54 am PST #10408 of 30000
Because books.
Oooh, what Laura said, brenda.
Congratulations, Gud! Nice to see you, too.
-t - Nov 13, 2014 11:14:00 am PST #10409 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Surprise layoffs today. Not me, but people in my department. Ugh.
SuziQ - Nov 13, 2014 11:25:59 am PST #10410 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Yesterday and today have been layoffs here. They offered voluntary retirement to a bunch of folks last month.
I made it through and most of my team seem to still be here. But my old program manager and contracts manager are gone - one to VR and the other got laid off. Now I'm hearing about a bunch of the accounting folks who are gone - from all levels of that group.
This is only the second time (that I can remember)in 23.5 years that we have had such company wide reductions.
Jesse - Nov 13, 2014 11:52:49 am PST #10411 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I thought the economy was back?!?!?!?
-t - Nov 13, 2014 12:03:50 pm PST #10412 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Retail sales are still soft, and that impacts us a lot. Plus some company specific stuff happened in the last year or two that is catching up to us now.
Man, I feel kind of shaky and terrible. This sucks.
Jesse - Nov 13, 2014 12:04:09 pm PST #10413 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh, sorry.
SuziQ - Nov 13, 2014 12:12:59 pm PST #10414 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I think our company ramped up expecting a bunch of work to come in that didn't materialize and got caught labor heavy. So many of our contracts are multi year, so we are feeling the effects now of the last few years.
brenda m - Nov 13, 2014 12:17:37 pm PST #10415 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oof. That's tough.
Calli - Nov 13, 2014 1:00:31 pm PST #10416 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry -t and SuziQ.