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That's what I feel like I'm living through right now. Since February I have had the possibility of being laid off dangled over my head. It receded for a while and seemed like things were looking up. Today in a meeting I was told that the layoff was looking "likely," but "we won't know anything for sure" for "a while."
How likely is "likely"? "Things are extremely grim."
How long is "a while"? "I don't know."
OK, you know that I just raised $50,000 in external grants for my office for this year, does that help? "I'm trying to see if we can keep you on for a year so you can wind things down." (I have a lot of contracts and MOUs with external organizations, so eliminating my office makes things legally complicated.)
ARE YOU [email protected]#$ING KIDDING ME?
Now here's the question: How desperate am I going to be to stay at this job so I can basically dismantle my own ship plank by plank?
Forgive me for being a tad crabby.
How likely is "likely"? "Things are extremely grim."
How long is "a while"? "I don't know."
OK, you know that I just raised $50,000 in external grants for my office for this year, does that help? "I'm trying to see if we can keep you on for a year so you can wind things down." (I have a lot of contracts and MOUs with external organizations, so eliminating my office makes things legally complicated.)
ARE YOU [email protected]#$ING KIDDING ME?
Now here's the question: How desperate am I going to be to stay at this job so I can basically dismantle my own ship plank by plank?
Forgive me for being a tad crabby.