On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:22 +1200, "David Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a > lot which is probably a good thing. > > It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The > owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the > same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a > while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is > going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and > they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going > to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our > existing client base. > > I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously > that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's > going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving > the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on > one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about > my career. There are interesting things happening in the local > electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. > > Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend > visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to > post when I get around to it.
I was going to say 'that sucks' but you seem to have a positive outlook. I hope things work out the way you want. I haven't heard any further reports of quakes - so I suppose that's a good thing... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
