So, I get into work, at my normal time this morning, carrying my briefcase on my shoulder, I get to my cube, and try unloading the briefcase off my shoulder, and it seems to be caught on something – but I can’t see what its caught on. I’m struggling to get it off since it’s […]
Career
Life at USPS
A colleague created an enhancement, and it was put in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) Environment yesterday, and he then left for vacation for a week – oh, and it’s scheduled to go into production this Sunday. He asked me to “test” it since the end users didn’t really know “how” to test it according to […]
Part 6: My career at Unisys and the constant fear & threat of layoffs.
Gee whiz, where does the time go when you’re laid off and have an extra 8-10 hours a day?? Well, it’s been a bit more than 2 months since my last “blog” entry regarding Unisys/unemployment/etc. Not much to update, getting a tiny bit discouraged now since my severance “pay” was up a week ago (due […]
Part 5: My career at Unisys and the constant fear & threat of layoffs.
Well, it’s been 2 months since my last “note” (blog entry). Thought I would update everyone. Here is what I wrote as a status update on June 19th: ‘Too wiped out to type anything today, still wrapping things up from yesterday’s news. Will add long winded boring blog entry later. The outsourcing deal was cancelled/denied […]
28 yrs, 9 months. Couldn’t they wait until I got my 30 yr plaque?
I’ve been hinting to some of you since mid February about this day. Originally I had been told I was to be laid off end of first quarter. Turns out it was postponed to end of second quarter. Various people have been really trying behind the scenes to save my job, and, as of Wednesday […]
