Posted by fi on April 11, 2003, at 14:35:06
In reply to The other shoe (long), posted by noa on April 10, 2003, at 17:07:54
Firstly and crucially, thank you for staying around on the board. Your messages were amoung those that helped me during a very hard time earlier this week. Just today I have started to feel at bit better, and am looking around a bit at other posts.
I agree its very important to be able to keep that basic support function going, whatever else is going on (I'm very out of date, and being very cautious about what I go near at the moment).
I also wanted to say sympathies on these awful ructions at work. The same sort of thing had started to happen in my last job (I left end Jan), with people who did excellent work suddenly finding that their jobs had gone, and the choice was being one of many applying for another different post at the same seniority, or going to more junior posts which would also involve shift work (evening and weekend).
The restructuring was done without consultation (needless to say) and is still causing long drawn out trauma for my ex-colleagues.
I know what you mean about not wanting to be self-employed; I'd be the same. I can only say that I have been incredibly lucky as I have now got a job in a smaller, more dedicated organisation mercifully free of office politics. There arent many jobs that come up which I am qualified for.
So it is possible sometimes to go somewhere better, tho of course I dont know what the job market is like with you.
Thank you again for being there earlier this week.
Fi
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