Random Bullets from my head
My life has been … not so much turbulent as full of changes at my periphery and disquiet in my mind. Here are some random thoughts:
- Today is the last day at my company of the woman who sits across the aisle from me. She started with the company about 3 months before I did back in 1993. For the last almost-year we’ve sat across from each other and been very happy (we both like quiet, we enjoy each other’s company). I’m really gonna miss seeing a beautiful, intelligent, and friendly face every day.
- Also at work: the CIO has realized that morale within the IT group is not particularly good. We’ve had four voluntary departures in the last month (out of a group that was about 45 people). He’s holding lunch meetings with a smattering of people in each (everybody goes to one of them) to talk about issues. I took the initiative to meet with him this past Monday. I scheduled the meeting for an hour and his questions drew my list of issues out to an hour and 45 minutes. It was a good session and minor happenings since show that he listened to what I said. The problem is that many of my issues are outside of his direct control – they are company-wide.
- Between what is happening with my church work (on an upswing) and what is going on at work (on a downswing), I’m wondering if I’m in the right career. That’s right – not just right job but right career. Any assistance for someone undergoing a mid-life career discernment questioning period would be appreciated – leave a comment or use the e-mail link at left.
- This weekend I should be going flying for the first time since the end of March. My blood pressure broke free of control back then – my doctor changed my dosage and I’m now stable again. Actually I’ve been stable since early May, but I’ve been too busy to fly.
- Also this weekend I’m a bachelor. Carolyn is headed up north to go to a garden show with her parents. She’ll stay overnight Saturday and come home on Sunday. My bachelor amusements will include lawn-cutting, bill-paying, and laundry.
- Sunday at church we have the Annual Congregational Meeting. This includes the usual reports and election of officers. I’m not on the program (either giving a report or being elected), so I will probably attend. If it’s too hot (and it’s looking that way) I might just grab a copy of the annual report and check out if they have a quorum. You see, our church isn’t air conditioned ….
- I’m waiting for Verizon to finish installing FIOS in the neighborhood. They ran the underground conduits 2 weeks ago. So far the box in the ground had nothing in it but mud (or high water when it rains – I don’t know if they’ll actually be able to use the box). I’m looking forward to getting FIOS Internet service and dumping Cablevision completely. I might get FIOS TV as well (it’s available in my town) but I’ll have to see how it stacks up against DirecTV. I’d like to keep my HD Tivo, but DirecTV is switching technology for HD programming and a Tivo will not be an option soon. I can do a Tivo Series 3 with FIOS, but I lose video on demand and pay per view. Decisions, decisions.
- The cats are fine, but increasingly geriatric at age 11. Sometimes they still run around like maniacs but those episodes are few and far between.
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Good Weekend – bad work
The weekend was pretty good.
On Saturday Carolyn and I headed up to Camp Johnsonburg for the annual alumni reunion. We saw lots of folks that we don’t see on a regular basis, we had some quiet time for ourselves, we hiked a bit in the woods. Dinner was excellent as usual. We also dropped off Carolyn’s old car as a donation – it’s apparently going to be the Health Center “drive the kid to the hospital” car this summer.
Sunday was quiet at home – church and evening relaxation.
Monday we visited a friend that we haven’t seen since the birth of her latest child a few weeks ago.
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I found out in a short period of time that the woman who has the cubicle across from me is leaving. (Actually, it’s more like we share cubes – they are really tiny and essentially open on 3 sides.) She’s a really talented person who had gotten stuck in a rut here due to the company’s failure to have another person share her job and allow her to grow into a bigger one. We lost another similar person a few weeks ago. The good people are leaving my department (and the company as a whole) far too quickly. I’m about out of reasons to stay.
I’ve recently been asking myself (and a few others) – how can you tell the difference between needing to look for a new job, or needing to look for a new career? Any thoughts? The need to answer this question is getting more acute.
Layoffs Update
I’m still here.
I have 12 names of people who were laid off, but one or two are uncertain. Supposedly there are either 15 or 30 in my building (5 or 10%) and others in other buildings.
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Not a good day. One person that I lost is my “church buddy” at work.
Layoffs in progress
Layoffs are in progress here at my employer and location.
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Bad Day Tomorrow?
Here at work, all signs point to layoff tomorrow.
The company changed the vacation policy at the end of last year. They used to grant an entire year’s vacation on January 1 and if you left the company you’d get paid for unused time. Your time was “earned” last year. After the change, you get 1/4 of your time every 3 months. They grandfathered us this year by allowing us to take vacation ahead of schedule but having to “repay” it if we left having used more than we were granted.
It’s the end of a quarter. If people are working here Monday, they get more vacation.
Our Minnesota office had layoffs last Friday.
We’ve been told that all departments had to cut their salary budgets 8-10%.
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I should be OK – in my department the highest paid two employees have left in the last 6 months and their salaries will apparently cover our needs. The restructuring consultant responsible for IT has said to all of us that we don’t have to worry.
However, I’m looking at 10% of my non-IT co-workers being shown the door tomorrow.
I hope I’m wrong – but all of the tea leaves point to this happening tomorrow.
UPDATE: Nothing happening as of lunchtime. It appears that this rumor isn’t true. I do know that the company recently negotiated a deal with lenders, so maybe they won’t be doing layoffs after all.
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My Wife has a New Job – Sort Of
Back in February, I asked you for help in finding my wife a new job.
On Friday, she accepted a new job with her current employer. This job is a Project Engineer job – similar to the work that she was doing 3 years ago before being promoted to Manager. It’s a step back – she’s going down a grade level and will be at the top of her grade rather than at the bottom of the higher grade, affecting future raises. On the other hand, it stops the “out of work” clock.
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Update: Wife’s Job Search
First, thanks to those of you who have e-mailed me directly with job search assistance for my wife. We’ve followed all of those leads.
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Outsourcing Minimum Wage Jobs
McDonald’s is apparently considering outsourcing drive-thru order taking. Reuters Story
That’s right – the person behind the clown’s mouth (though McDonald’s doesn’t really have those anymore) might be several states away. Probably in a cheaper job market. And they won’t have any idea whether or not your McDonald’s is out of Apple Pies or not. I can’t see how they’ll be accountable for mistakes either. (“Sorry, I know you ordered a Big Mac but the girl in Cleveland typed in McNuggets by mistake. If you’ll just pull over here we’ll fix it.”)
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How long before they outsource the jobs to India? Not only will we have trouble understanding the Dell tech support folks, but now we won’t be able to order American food from an American restaurant without talking to a foreigner! (OK, to be fair, that’s already true in some parts of the country.)
Diversity Beans
My wife recently ran a “Diversity Celebration” for her company at two locations. As part of the celebration, she used Diversity Jelly Beans from iCelebrateDiversity.com.
Diversity Beans are regular jelly beans, except that the flavor doesn’t match the color. A black bean might be cherry or lemon. A yellow bean might be licorice. The whole point is “This candy is just like people–you cannot determine what is on the inside by simply looking at the outside. These beans remind us to experience people one at a time and enjoy their unique qualities.”
The colors and flavors are random – it’s not like they just switched the colors.
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(Note: This is a little like the “Every Flavor Beans” from Harry Potter, except without the nasty flavors.)
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