More work thoughts. Sorry if these are getting annoying, but it's a Current Event that's getting plenty of airtime in my brain...
While on the phone to
aeliel, I realised something about work. I'm now going to treat the rest of my holiday pay as pseudo-long-service-leave, extending beyond the end of my current contract :) I'll be getting paid it in one big lump sum, but it's essentially the same as 35 days of pay... or three and a half months of leave @ half pay. It's a nice amount to have sitting in the background, quietly increasing in value as I've had pay advances over the past five years.
My supervisor is still confident that I should have a contract until December, although there is no word from HR. Technically they've already given me my notice, so they don't need to give me a new contract (if it's coming at all) until next Friday. Despite the optimism of other workmates, I'm not starting any new tasks until I know that I'll be around to finish them. If I haven't heard anything by the middle of next week, I'll clean up my office and pack my bags... I have some breathing room while I continue looking for other work, and there will be no point stubbornly working beyond the 30th in the hope that I'll be reimbursed for it.
I wonder what I'll be up to on October 3rd? Will I be at work? Unconscious? Dead from explosive decompression/sudden lack of stress? After my contract and UniCon are over, I don't have anything on the radar. There's a Singularity on the horizon...
To do list:
Mon 19: shopping... more food & drugs to battle the 'flu
Tues 20: UniCon meeting
Wed 21: Flyers for Mind Games discount weekend at UniCon
Thur 22: free?
Fri 23: Sleeping Beauty @ the Arts Centre for
aeliel's birthday
Sat 24: Back to Somerville
Sun 25: Off to Blackwood for
aeliel's birthday
Mon 26:
mousebane's playtest
Tues 27: UniCon meeting
Wed 28:
bishi_wannabe's playtest
Thur 29: Last day of work?
Fri 30: UniCon starts. Venue setup, trivia night
Sat 1: UniCon Warmachine tournament
Sun 2: UniCon: the end
While on the phone to
My supervisor is still confident that I should have a contract until December, although there is no word from HR. Technically they've already given me my notice, so they don't need to give me a new contract (if it's coming at all) until next Friday. Despite the optimism of other workmates, I'm not starting any new tasks until I know that I'll be around to finish them. If I haven't heard anything by the middle of next week, I'll clean up my office and pack my bags... I have some breathing room while I continue looking for other work, and there will be no point stubbornly working beyond the 30th in the hope that I'll be reimbursed for it.
I wonder what I'll be up to on October 3rd? Will I be at work? Unconscious? Dead from explosive decompression/sudden lack of stress? After my contract and UniCon are over, I don't have anything on the radar. There's a Singularity on the horizon...
To do list:
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Date: 2005-09-19 05:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-19 06:12 am (UTC)Ordinarily, they would be full of training - the China trip is in progress at the moment though, so I had to find something else to keep myself occupied. I'd hate to be sitting around looking for things to do ;)
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Date: 2005-09-19 06:38 am (UTC)