I made it through three major RIFs [reduction-in-force] at a Fortune 5 company before it went through a big merger.
At one of the facilities, employees were lined up alphabetically, A-L in the morning, M-Z in the afternoon.
It was supposedly all confidential. However, when the lucky employee exited ‘the room’, they either turned right to go back to their workspace or left to go to HR…
At another office, someone created a ‘Black Friday’ flow chart that started with ‘Step 1 - does your security badge still work?’, ‘Step 2 - are there empty boxes outside your cube’, etc.
I work for myself now. Longer hours, lower pay, no benefits, lower blood pressure … all the perks.
Just got home from the polls. We live in a VERY small county, total population around 10K. Our voting technology has a ballot counter and 67 had voted in the first 10 minutes. That was just one polling place and didn’t include advance voting. Turnout is expected to be 70 - 75%. Even though I don’t agree with how my county will likely break for the prez, I’m still proud of our little rural community.
Our littlest pup, who weighed in at 2 lbs, slept curled under my chin for the first week. If I got up in the night, I carried him with me. When my cranky old cat was a kitten, I slept on my stomach with my arm hanging over the bed and him under my hand for over a week. Gotta love it!
What dypak said. He has the stripes (literally and figuratively) and I agree 100%. I was against the war from day 1. I argued for hours with neocon types about WMD and offered a bet of their favorite bottle of liquor when WMDs were found. To date, I’ve not had to pay off yet. Here’s to election day tomorrow and the one over-riding reality. If you don’t VOTE, you can’t KVETCH!
C’mon Elly, no one has ever died from puppy piddle. If it were fatal, I’d have been dead years ago. Now, when Farley puts on a few pounds, there will be something a bit more … um … toxic to deal with. So, enjoy him while he’s tiny!
I went for high end electronics, 50% off online on Black Friday with free shipping. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la [whatever]