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[jonesy]

Yeah, I'm putting "My previous workplace is going out of business" as reason for looking for new job because it certainly seems like that's the direction it's going in. I think she wanted me around to finish training the other people on what needs to be done. I was there yesterday briefly to drop off my keys and pick up something of mine and people were needing help that the other person wasn't sure what to do with. I don't think that person is going to be happy with her position. I could see that person not lasting long.

Sounds to me like you were more important to the business than they realized. But it also sounds like they didn't have all that many choices and are going down. When you end up with a position in the company that keeps getting replacements because the people doing the job don't know how to do it it starts eroding everything connected to it. I used to work in a place where they had one particular position in the mail room that kept getting replaced in a continuous stream of people, because they'd fired the person who'd made the position critical to the running of the place and no-one could figure out how he'd done it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A buddy of mine got laid off a couple years ago. They hired a new guy who was significantly cheaper & younger...and relatively untrained.

So they hired my buddy back as a training consultant on a contract basis to train his replacement. He was making twice the salary but didn't get any benefits- which he wasn't using before- and he still got his severance pay, too. Good gig for a few months.

Then he got a better job.

May you be as fortunate.

 

[Scott DeWar]

A buddy of mine got laid off a couple years ago. They hired a new guy who was significantly cheaper & younger...and relatively untrained.

So they hired my buddy back as a training consultant on a contract basis to train his replacement. He was making twice the salary but didn't get any benefits- which he wasn't using before- and he still got his severance pay, too. Good gig for a few months.

Then he got a better job.

May you be as fortunate.

ditto this!

 

[Relique du Madde]

JXVN Congrats on both. I haven't got one yet. Apparently they are boxed xm (1000 xm x LVL).



-Sent via a cybernetic device.

 

[Scott DeWar]

insomnia! Weeeeeeeeeee!

 

[jonesy]

Not the sound effect I would have associated with insomnia.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Not the sound effect I would have associated with insomnia.

I know - just a bit wound up I guess, it was another hour before i got sleepy.

 

[Dog Moon]

Well, there was a little negotiation with the boss. I will be going back to work. However, I'm definitely still going to be job hunting in the meantime. I'm not really happy with the work currently, but at least I know I don't have to worry about how I'm going to pay for the bills, which was my main concern.

Apparently, she hadn't meant to just let me go; she just hadn't explained herself very well before we were interrupted and then I had to go.

But as I said, I'm only going back now to make sure I can pay the bills while I continue searching for something better.

 

[Scott DeWar]

that is the smart move

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A quest!