Pertussis outbreak = no good. Jeebus, Amy.
My nose is runny and I feel like shit. But it's finals week and I have to be here every day. Yay for forced stockpiling of sick days?
Oh! If I take two more sick days, then I have to retire a year later.
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Kat - Jan 31, 2012 11:37:34 am PST #19367 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Zenkitty - Jan 31, 2012 11:47:18 am PST #19368 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh! If I take two more sick days, then I have to retire a year later.
...what? Are you serious?
Jesse - Jan 31, 2012 11:55:26 am PST #19369 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, what?
sumi - Jan 31, 2012 12:00:52 pm PST #19370 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
That's just bizarre, Kat.
How does that work?
amyth - Jan 31, 2012 12:05:16 pm PST #19371 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Kat, that's messed up.
Burrell - Jan 31, 2012 12:17:15 pm PST #19372 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I wish I was surprised Kat, but knowing your employer, I'm not.
I think--I hope!--I just successfully talked a student out of writing a paper comparing medical residency to comedy writing and/or sex. Oy vey!
P.M. Marc - Jan 31, 2012 12:40:34 pm PST #19373 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Zenkitty, here is my bookmarked Pick-Me-Up link. [link]
billytea - Jan 31, 2012 1:00:26 pm PST #19374 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Tom, I was in a very similar position about three years ago. I'd been with my company for fourteen years, the job had turned somewhat toxic over the last few, I got laid off in the wake of the GFC, and thanks to my length of service, my severance was enough to take stock for a bit. I don't know how you're feeling about it right now (my reaction turned out to be relief), but in any case, I hope that when you find your next job, you look back on this as a positive occurrence.
One thing I'd suggest, either in addtiion to or in lieu of the headhunting idea - you might find it helpful to talk to an outplacement firm. I found it very helpful in sorting out just what shape I wanted my next career move to take, and what I could find in the job market. (One caveat - my firm arranged for outplacement services for everyone who was laid off, so I don't know what it'd cost out of your own pocket.)
Sheryl - Jan 31, 2012 1:07:55 pm PST #19375 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry about the layoff, Tom.
Gudanov - Jan 31, 2012 1:13:13 pm PST #19376 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Last year I got laid off after 10 years at the company. I got a 10 year anniversary present in the mail a week later with a card saying 'Congratulations'.