.. the expression 'going forward.'
.. the expression 'going forward.'
I’m still here.
I still don’t have a job of my own.
The office restack work was completed by the end of October, so I was declared surplus (again) at the beginning of November. Since then my boss has been giving me ‘meaningful tasks’ to do while the office reorganisation is under way and it’s surprisingly easy to keep occupied. One task I have been assigned is managing the vacancies in my division, drawing up job descriptions for new posts and arranging interviews for candidates. The irony of this is not lost on me.
As part of our job cutting exercise we’ve had another early retirement/severance scheme and I did consider applying for that, but in the current economic climate I have no illusions about how difficult it might be for me to find another job, and I would need another one even though I could have been on a full pension if I’d been successful. Sixty one staff from a complement of about 350 applied to go and 40 have had offers, but not all of those will actually go. Even so, there will be more job opportunities once the jumpers have jumped.
The other encouraging factor is that another government agency is moving here from London, and as not all their staff want to come up here there will be quite a lot of new jobs available with them.
In the short term I’ve just been offered a temporary job for a couple of months to fill in for a manager who’s leaving in a few weeks. His job will go into the vacancy pot, so having the opportunity to test drive it will give me an idea about whether I’d like to do it permanently, and the divisional boss a chance to see if I’m suitable from their point of view. I’m just waiting for a start date, but I’ll probably get a month’s hand over with the outgoing guy, which is unusually good.
What's on your "To-Do" list today? What are you most looking forward to and what are you most dreading?
If you had to write your autobiography in 6 words, what would you write?
Submitted by mitzie.
What could we do to create a world with less violence?
Toast.
That's what we need.
Get people to sit down together and eat toast, along with a beverage of their choice.
Let's face it, no government has succeeded in reducing violence (and quite a number of them are the main protagonists) but it's hard to get argumentative with someone with whom you share a few minutes to consume hot buttered toast.
God knew exactly what he/she was doing when he/she created toast.
Who was the meanest teacher you had in school?
What did you do for fun when you were a kid? How is it different from what you see kids doing now?
Submitted by jaklumen.
Grumpy old English man.

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