Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

[Harold falcon]



Crapitty crap crap! Crap! Officially announced today that my company, where I have worked for 15 years, will be folded into our parent company as of January 1 and then will cease to exist. Pretty certain my office will be closed. Wonder if I will still have a job?
Stress level just tripled.

Sorry to hear that, fella. Got a current résumé?

 

[Alter]



Sorry to hear that, fella. Got a current résumé?

Yep! I knew this was coming so I have been feeding my resume out over the last few months. But I want to see what falls over the next few weeks before making any move. Still..crap!

 

[lasbar]



Yep! I knew this was coming so I have been feeding my resume out over the last few months. But I want to see what falls over the next few weeks before making any move. Still..crap!

Good luck..

 

[Harold falcon]



Yep! I knew this was coming so I have been feeding my resume out over the last few months. But I want to see what falls over the next few weeks before making any move. Still..crap!

Good on you for preparing for it. Any chance of a sweet severance or golden parachute?

 

[acidboy]



Crapitty crap crap! Crap! Officially announced today that my company, where I have worked for 15 years, will be folded into our parent company as of January 1 and then will cease to exist. Pretty certain my office will be closed. Wonder if I will still have a job?
Stress level just tripled.

goddammit! sorry to hear this, E. hope something comes up as soon as ******* possible.

 

[Alter]



Good on you for preparing for it. Any chance of a sweet severance or golden parachute?

Unfortunately, no. I am not far enough up the food chain for them to care. But I do plan to see what they put on the table. It may be a worthwhile offer, it may be a position in the farthest outpost in rural Japan with the assumption that I will quit, which I would. I am in wait and see mode.

goddammit! sorry to hear this, E. hope something comes up as soon as ******* possible.

Yep...exactly. But I am not panicking yet. Change is good...right?

 

[globetrotter]



Crapitty crap crap! Crap! Officially announced today that my company, where I have worked for 15 years, will be folded into our parent company as of January 1 and then will cease to exist. Pretty certain my office will be closed. Wonder if I will still have a job?
Stress level just tripled.

sorry to hear that. really sorry

 

[Douglas]

Sorry Alter, that's not good news. Best of luck to you.

In my world, still no power. And it is pretty freaking cold at night. Open-hearth fireplaces are worthless, btw, if anyone was wondering. I didn't shower or anything, what with no hot water... I guess I could have heated some water on the gas stove and taken a sponge-bath in the 52-degree morning, but F that. Then, adding insult to injury, a shoelace broke on the beater shoes i was putting on, and I didn't feel like hunting down something better, so Ipulled on some old white tennis sneakers with the jeans I am wearing today and I look like I'm dressed as Jerry Seinfeld for Halloween.

AND this ******* terminal lag is going to be the end of me.

 

[Piobaire]

What else? Stuff that matters to other people.

Was talking to a management consultant on Saturday and she was saying that no meeting should ever take more than two hours

My rule is 90 minutes.

Alter, sorry to hear this, brah. Hoping for the best for ya.

Douglas, is your Scottish blood so weakened you can't take a cold shower?

 

[Douglas]

No, my Scottish blood figured a day without a shower wouldn't stink so much as to justify the cost of the water.

 

[in stitches]



Crapitty crap crap! Crap! Officially announced today that my company, where I have worked for 15 years, will be folded into our parent company as of January 1 and then will cease to exist. Pretty certain my office will be closed. Wonder if I will still have a job?
Stress level just tripled.

fak. that is horrible news.

i hope you are not terminated, leaving you the option to stay, if you want to. best of luck, alter.

Sorry Alter, that's not good news. Best of luck to you.
In my world, still no power.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

And it is pretty freaking cold at night. Open-hearth fireplaces are worthless, btw, if anyone was wondering. I didn't shower or anything, what with no hot water... I guess I could have heated some water on the gas stove and taken a sponge-bath in the 52-degree morning, but F that. Then, adding insult to injury, a shoelace broke on the beater shoes i was putting on, and I didn't feel like hunting down something better, so Ipulled on some old white tennis sneakers with the jeans I am wearing today and I look like I'm dressed as Jerry Seinfeld for Halloween.
AND this ******* terminal lag is going to be the end of me.

srsly, you can stay by us. we have plenty of room.

 

[Thomas]



Crapitty crap crap! Crap! Officially announced today that my company, where I have worked for 15 years, will be folded into our parent company as of January 1 and then will cease to exist. Pretty certain my office will be closed. Wonder if I will still have a job?
Stress level just tripled.

damn Alter, sorry to hear and I hope something comes up quickly!

Sorry Alter, that's not good news. Best of luck to you.
In my world, still no power. And it is pretty freaking cold at night. Open-hearth fireplaces are worthless, btw, if anyone was wondering. I didn't shower or anything, what with no hot water... I guess I could have heated some water on the gas stove and taken a sponge-bath in the 52-degree morning, but F that. Then, adding insult to injury, a shoelace broke on the beater shoes i was putting on, and I didn't feel like hunting down something better, so Ipulled on some old white tennis sneakers with the jeans I am wearing today and I look like I'm dressed as Jerry Seinfeld for Halloween.
AND this ******* terminal lag is going to be the end of me.

Man, that Jerry Seinfeld business is insult to injury. FWIW, cold showers are blessings from heaven on running days. Even 52- degree ones.

No, my Scottish blood figured a day without a shower wouldn't stink so much as to justify the cost of the water.

Okay, this works for me.

We lost power at our office for 30 minutes, just long enough for me to have to force the servers down and then deal with all the issues on everyone coming back up at the same time. feh.

 

[Rambo]



Crapitty crap crap! Crap! Officially announced today that my company, where I have worked for 15 years, will be folded into our parent company as of January 1 and then will cease to exist. Pretty certain my office will be closed. Wonder if I will still have a job?
Stress level just tripled.

Sorry to hear this. Hope you land on your feet ok. Try not to let it overwhelm yo in the mean time.

 

[in stitches]

holy effiing ish, the representatives for the BB phone lines must be the biggest bunch of useless f*cks in the history of the world. i want to kill someone.

 

[zissou]

That this headline is still so popular after 5 days that it still appears at the top of Google News:

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