Strange Radiation Archive
Mar 6 07: bookings
Got a lovely piece of work-related news this morning. See, I told the boss last week that unless I could expect a raise soon it was completely impossible for me to stay with Megacorp. We were promised a staff review around mid-February, and without it my financial situation is rapidly becoming untenable. She told me that Megacorp wouldn’t be throwing anybody any ropes—there’s a re-org going on at work, in fact, to cut back on expenses—and that I should start looking for a new gig.
Anyway, this morning’s news. Sometime yesterday Boss told Big Boss my situation. Big Boss, for her part, wants to firm up the budget numbers as much as possible. So she asked Boss to give me a firm departure date. I have, after all, “volunteered” to be made redundant.
If I haven’t already left, my last day at Megacorp will be March 16. I guess I’ll be looking for work that much harder and faster at this point.
So how do I take my mind off the crazitude? I learn things. For instance, there’s that great article in last week’s New Yorker about the arachnologist sampling the ultravenomous spiders at the Goodwill store in Los Angeles. Or, equally fabulous, a five-part history of bookbinding that recently went up on Making Light. Abi Sutherland wrote it. If you think it sounds interesting, then you’re the sort of person who will find it interesting. If you don’t, you might be anyway. Start with Part I and keep reading. (The comment threads at Making Light often contain all kinds of cool stuff. If you don’t already wander through its halls every now and then, consider doing so.)