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have i told you...?
Have I told you that I am going to be out of work next week? The local authority that I where I have worked for the last three years have decided that I am too expensive and they are 'letting me go'. I am not surprised, really, I think I would probably have done the same thing in their place. I am very expensive. I set up a central placements team for them and have saved them an absolute fortune. It all a bit sad, really, because now that I am leaving, the team is disintegrating. Others are leaving too, and soon, if it works out for everyone, the team will be left with one worker, my deputy, and she is looking for new work too. I can't help but feel responsible for this in some way. Maybe if I had set things up differently? But local authorities are strange beasts. The way the team was set up and the work that I did was entirely dependent on the strengths that I was able to bring to the job. Someone else would have done it very differently. It would probably make more sense if they had decided what it was they wanted someone to do rather than just let them get on with it.
The good news is that I can now leave. I have wanted to leave for a while but the money was too good. I am available for work, if anyone is interested. I had a conversation with someone today, and when I told them I was leaving they offered me a job, earning even more money...so maybe it will all work out okay...still have a few contacts to try...
In some ways it doesn't matter what I do over the next year or so, so long as it pays well. I feel as if I am on the final stretch of a marathon. I am nearly finished my psychotherapy training and recently I have got together with some people I know to begin to set up our own consultancy and training service...It is all very exciting...I can't imagine where I will be in a year. It is also a bit anxiety provoking...How will we pay next month's mortage...fortunately, for me, Mrs McMuffin has a well paying job!
mr mcmuffin on 4 Feb 2004 @ 07:29 PM ✲ Permalink
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So sorry to hear about your impending job loss. But it sounds like you have others very interested in your skills! That's wonderful :-)
Posted by: Carrie | 4 Feb 2004 19:40:32
Dearest McMuffins,
Just wanted to tell you that I read a book about blogs and blogging and, according to the book, you're supposed to introduce your readers to blogs that you like by putting a link in a sentence. For instance, you would say "Check out the whacky day that Retro Girl had today..." and then have Retro Girl be the link. But of course that is just one book's suggestion. I think you can do it however you would like. :-)
Posted by: Norah | 4 Feb 2004 22:26:05
McMuffins:
Today we live in a world of change. Actually, we always did but it makes us feel more important when we think that we are the first generation in the history of civilization that had to deal with difficult circumstances. I'm sure you will emerge better than before, if you just stay positive. Attitude is everything.
"Let no feelings of discouragement overcome you, and in the end you will succeed." Abraham Lincoln
Posted by: Machete of Truth | 5 Feb 2004 00:34:53
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your job. Hopefully something else will come along and you'll find yourself liking that even better! And yes, I do have a rather whacky world, don't I? ;)
PS--John Edwards is one of our democratic candidates running for presidential office. :)
Posted by: Retro Girl | 5 Feb 2004 19:28:40
