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comments: 0In the epitome of odd days my employment at EI has essentially ended; at least in my eyes. Officially, I'm still told "We'll see", but unless the corporate gods in Oxford decide that a part time employee is a good idea after firing 2 solid full timers, I'll never work there again. Here's how it happened:
The cook made some steak wraps today, which had some kind of mayonnaise in them. He also made chicken salad sandwiches, which were rather good, and a soup which was glorious. I have gone to work pretty much every day for 2 or 3 weeks, which is really crazy; and I'm starting not to mind going anymore. Sure there's not much for me to do, but at least I don't feel like I'm under the pressure of my poor attendance record.
Bzzz. Bzzz. My phone vibrates atop the Alpha Sigma Phi Alpha Tau's secretaries book, freshly closed from last nights minutes delivery, crushing my laptop under its tremendous weight. I don't recognize the number.. hmm. "Hello?" >> "Hello, Jason?" a female voice replies. Interesting! "This is Rose from EI, are you working today?". Uh oh. You tell me, I think. Getting a call during lunch on your cell phone from the head of human resources is never a good thing.
"Yeah, I'll be in around 1:00." >> "Ok good, when you go in please see Colby." The oddity of this statement would later become clear. Nevertheless, meeting with a boss type on the same level of my boss is probably not a good thing for me. "Sure." At 12:15, I was heading off to work. I couldn't write any python code thinking that my job was essentially over, but not really confirming my suspicions.
So I get to work, and walk into Colby's office; he tells me to shut the door. Strike three. As it turns out, My boss and a co-worker of mine were both let go due to some "restructuring", and my position was so unimportant that it wasn't even regarded during said restructuring. I'm told to hang out at home and not go into work for a few weeks while they figure out what they're going to do with me. Oh well; I thought I was going to get fired last year; and I thought I was going to quit last month, so I guess its no big deal.
The thing is, they tried to phase me out a few months ago, so I doubt they'll decide to keep me around. Funny, as I've technically cost them precisely $0 so far this year (although that will change when I hand in my 3 timesheets.. only for about $300 though). So I'm basically jobless; my hopes for maintaining a position at EI are essentially nil, and even if I do, I'd probably only show up to maintain the friendship's I have with the employees who are left in what used to be considered a division. I want to code, anyway.
This development, while essentially destroying my plans on saving up the next few months to kick off my Euro-fest, will give me much more time to work on things that I want to and need to work on. For the first time since freshman year of college, and before that since like 8th grade, I won't have any work related obligation. I won't have any money; something that I've gotten used to in the last 2 months of not submitting timesheets and not getting paid. Maybe I can actually start on the diet that I wanted to start on.. if only Krupnick would pick up his change so I could stop drinking vanilla pepsi's.
If you're wondering what the title of this post means; for the last few years (at least, during the time I haven't had a girlfriend) I've told myself "well; no girlfriend, but at least I'm employed." Looks like its time to find a groovy girl to spend all of that time I used to spend getting paid with.