LegacyDriver
Moving Target
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Well first of all some full disclosure.........
I just got the word that my department is slashing itself in half. Considering I was next to the bottom on the totem pole I had no chance of making it and I knew it.
Still.....................
I'm burned.
I was really hurt last week. Long story short my ex-wife beat the living hell out of me in front of my kids... My gf decided to dump me because she thought being linked with me would make her look bad (GO FIGURE, RIGHT GUYS? HAHAHAHAH! *ahem*) even after spending the night with me the night before she bus threw me (or just pretended not to like me any more--that was kinda' weird)... And my department announced a move from the city I love more than any other to one that I could not possibly care less about. My ex also said good luck seeing your kids if you move, "Because I'm staying here."
Well, that's tough for a dad I gotta' tell ya'.
So I was pretty upset. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I saw the department being mismanaged from my perspective. It may have been nothing more than gut instinct, but I just knew we were waaaaaaaaaaaaay too big and wouldn't sustain that for long.
Well, lo and behold, KABOOM. The chop chop chop and 23 guys on the street (two girls also) most of whom I am EXTREMELY fond of (and the rest upon whom I do not wish this fate).
So...............
Here I am with a job offer in hand and the chance to continue my career.... Yet I find myself saying, "WHY DO I CARE ANY MORE???"
I don't know about the rest of you............. But this is furlough #3 for me (only one of the three I survived) and I'm flat out sick of it. If you can't work for one of the largest companies in the world without some hope of career employment then is such a thing even a reality? Am I going to be continually looking for a new job every so many years until I die of a stroke at 52?
I can't speak for my friends as they haven't given me the nod... But I know they agree with me. I'm sick of this. SICK.
But what else can I do?
Pilots whine that we are underpaid... But where else would I make this salary at an entry level???
Maybe we should create a giant franchise of Subway Restaurants contributed to by pilots as some sort of permanent income fund.
I'm at a loss.
Am I wimp because I'm sick of this?
I guess if I quit that contributes to decreasing the supply of labor in the industry which in theory should at least increase wages, no?
AYE.
I just got the word that my department is slashing itself in half. Considering I was next to the bottom on the totem pole I had no chance of making it and I knew it.
Still.....................
I'm burned.
I was really hurt last week. Long story short my ex-wife beat the living hell out of me in front of my kids... My gf decided to dump me because she thought being linked with me would make her look bad (GO FIGURE, RIGHT GUYS? HAHAHAHAH! *ahem*) even after spending the night with me the night before she bus threw me (or just pretended not to like me any more--that was kinda' weird)... And my department announced a move from the city I love more than any other to one that I could not possibly care less about. My ex also said good luck seeing your kids if you move, "Because I'm staying here."
Well, that's tough for a dad I gotta' tell ya'.
So I was pretty upset. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I saw the department being mismanaged from my perspective. It may have been nothing more than gut instinct, but I just knew we were waaaaaaaaaaaaay too big and wouldn't sustain that for long.
Well, lo and behold, KABOOM. The chop chop chop and 23 guys on the street (two girls also) most of whom I am EXTREMELY fond of (and the rest upon whom I do not wish this fate).
So...............
Here I am with a job offer in hand and the chance to continue my career.... Yet I find myself saying, "WHY DO I CARE ANY MORE???"
I don't know about the rest of you............. But this is furlough #3 for me (only one of the three I survived) and I'm flat out sick of it. If you can't work for one of the largest companies in the world without some hope of career employment then is such a thing even a reality? Am I going to be continually looking for a new job every so many years until I die of a stroke at 52?
I can't speak for my friends as they haven't given me the nod... But I know they agree with me. I'm sick of this. SICK.
But what else can I do?
Pilots whine that we are underpaid... But where else would I make this salary at an entry level???
Maybe we should create a giant franchise of Subway Restaurants contributed to by pilots as some sort of permanent income fund.
I'm at a loss.
Am I wimp because I'm sick of this?
I guess if I quit that contributes to decreasing the supply of labor in the industry which in theory should at least increase wages, no?
AYE.
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