The news on the losing o’ the job is pretty grim. The organization I work for is hoping to get the contract letter back from our grant payer by June 1st letting us know whether or not we have until June 30th to make ourselves 50% (or more) smaller or if we have until September 30th. My organization is only promising notification of layoffs two weeks prior to your last day. The coming weeks should be interesting to see who has nerves of steel and decide to wait it out and those who decide the wait isn’t worth it and start interviewing immediately.
We already know we can’t stay in our building because we won’t be able to afford the lease, so if I stay, I’ll probably have to work in the West End of Richmond which is a lousier commute (yes, even though we’re an urban university we have a training center in the suburbs). It also means we need to start whittling away at the huge stacks of paper–how I love to throw things away.
The bigger suck is that if we get a pink slip we’ll hardly have any opportunity to use up leave. Because we’re grant funded all that leave disappears when the grant dies–there will be no extra money in that last paycheck. It makes for an interesting dilema for all involved…how do you complete projects and offer trainings when everyone is concerned with A) finding new jobs and B) using up leave?
You can bet your sweet bippy that I won’t be leaving until at least June 22nd–the day after my summer class ends. I’m just not paying for that class. The cost of the other eight classes I need to take to finish my degree will be enough of a hit to the pocketbook.
Well, that sucks for you too. I hope everything works out, especially getting your degree.
Have a great weekend. I know you will, meeting your new niece.