August 30, 2008 – 1:25 pm
Every other Friday is free franchise-made bagel day at my current job. Normally they are delivered to an office adjacent to my shabby cubicle. Yesterday, the three occupants of that office were gone1, so the bagels went to the hinterland parts of the fire-trap of a building where I work.
Bottom line, is [...]
August 29, 2008 – 6:45 am
One week from now, I leave my shabby cubicle for the last time, to venture off to a new workplace. The work environs and suitability of the new gig are largely unknown at this point. Then there’s moving, selling our house, and acquiring new digs.
Times like this prompt me to ask the question: Are [...]
August 26, 2008 – 8:25 pm
My resignation “letters” throughout my career1 have been more precisely resignation sentences, following this template:
I resign my position with insert company name here effective COB insert independence day date here.
In a dead tree version, I print it, sign it and hand it in. I vastly prefer to send resignations via email: no muss, no fuss. [...]
August 25, 2008 – 8:44 pm
With next Monday being a holiday, I’ve spent my last Monday at my current job.
Even though the current gig has been a good ride, it’s run its course; people who can do aren’t allowed, and those who can’t go to meetings, fill out forms, and generally play the game.
I just want to work.
-k-
August 21, 2008 – 8:43 pm
I got a work mail-o-gram the other day with an invitation. The subject was:
Farewell Lunch for Ken Nelson
Reality sets in; the joy at leaving an untenable-and-getting-worse work situation is sometimes offset, at least in my mind, by the sheer hassle of moving and getting settled in new environs.
But I’m stubborn tough, and committed.
That, [...]
August 19, 2008 – 9:24 pm
As I look forward to removing the Senseo coffeemaker and USB lava-lamp from my shabby cubicle a short 2 weeks away, I’m engaged in explaining to a couple of co-workers what I’ve been doing for the last 5 years. The old knowledge transfer, memory dump game.
I’m tweaking scripts, showing them how the Solaris and Red [...]
August 18, 2008 – 7:36 pm
I passed on the stinking on-call pager to the next guy for the last time at this current gig.
While this is always a call for rejoicing, I’m sure there will be a stinking on-call pager at the next job.
-k-
August 17, 2008 – 12:25 pm
A coworker took exception to his colleagues’ hitting “reply all” in response to an emailed request for information that was sent to our group. Our project manager was compiling a list of exactly who had Microsoft Project and Visio on their Winders workstations.
After the second “reply all” to the mail-o-gram, the coworker sent this to [...]
August 15, 2008 – 10:48 pm
As I ponder moving on, these words from the General inspire me:
-k-
August 12, 2008 – 8:45 pm
New horizons beckon, a job offer has been received, and I have accepted.
Particulars to follow, before I get to that What have I done with my life? phase that sets in with every change of jobs.
A relocation is in the offing with the new gig; without giving away too much, we’ll be [...]
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