Agreed. My loyalty seems a bit low right now.:-) Oct 17, 2007 is my early retirement date. I may put that one in my day timer.:-)
Although it may work out, i'm not terribly optomistic. Dave On 1/28/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The short answer is: no. > > I gave up on company loyalty years ago, shortly before I was first > made redundant. The job I have now is going quite well, but we're > still in the settling down phase after we 'merged' with a company > whose assets are 30,000 times greater than ours were. In theory the > new job is great for me, a real result, but in practice I can see no > reason whatsoever why they would want to keep our office open for 5 > minutes longer than it takes them to suck our brains. I'm handing out > straws. > > The best we minions can do is live with it, expect it, and prepare for > it. > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of David J Brooks > > Sent: 28 January 2007 23:54 > > To: Pentax Discuss > > Subject: OT: Does company restructuring ever end?? > > > > Well, i did see the writing on the wall a while back, but thought it > > would boil over. > > > > For the past 33 and a bit years, i have been employed in the survey > > depart of a large Eng/Survey/Mapping/etc Company. > > > > We did some restructuring in our division, and i went from the field > > to a job as a GIS mapping tech recently. > > > > Last Tuesday, i was told we have no work past April 8, which i > > fiqures, looking at the job boards.:-) > > > > So,,, to keep me working, or as i look at it, get rid of moi, i m > > being transfered to an electrical/mechanical engineering firm, that > we > > bought in 2004. > > > > What i find odd, is that i have 33 years of survey experience, and 3 > > months of Microstation Gis, but i seem to be quite shy on electrical > > and mechanical experience.<vbg> > > > > My soon to be ex boss said look at it as an adventure. I view > > adventures as trying to keep up with Mark Roberts whilst driving to > > GFM.:-) > > > > I look at it as, he'll get pissed off andf quit, then we dont have > to > > buy him out. > > > > Yes i know its a job, but i'm not looking forward to this change. > > > > The worst part is it has to be at the hardest place to get to in > rush > > hour traffic. Torontonians will know this area, Hwy 401 and the > Allen > > expressway. > > > > Hwy 401 is our most travelled road, and has a reported 22,000 > > accidents a year. Lets hope i don't add to the stat's. > > > > Sorry for the rant, but the Nikon BB told me to P***s off, when i > > tried to post this.:-) > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > Equine Photography > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > Ontario Canada > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
