The Daily Countdown
The week wore down and so did the Document Management employees of (company name here). During this, the fifth week prior to the department being dissolved and the work out-sourced to "L", associates dug in and concentrated on getting the work done.
Members of the OCR Team on the 7th and 8th floors were subdued and uncharacteristically quiet. One group of ladies from this team decided to get out of the office at lunchtime and met at the nearby Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse where a tasty lunch and animated conversation was enjoyed.
A semi-sarcastic discussion took place regarding the "upbeat", moral-building message board on the 8th floor. It seems some well-meaning but misguided member of middle management did a beautiful job decorating the board with billowing clouds, multi-hued bouquets of flowers, blue skies and a serene countryside. The message reads "Make June A Month For New Beginnings", and below the message are various quotes extolling the virtues of "embracing change." One member of the lunch group was heard asking, "Hasn't the company already made June a month of change *FOR* us? We have no choice but to embrace it." Several snorts and muttered curses were heard in between bites of shrimp, steamed rice and Miso soup.
Then a discussion followed as to the plans of each member of the group for the weeks immediately following June 30. Plans ranged from taking several weeks off to enjoy severance benefits to immediately taking positions with other companies. Some members of the group had made plans to return to school to pursue a degree.
Regardless of the various plans everyone was in agreement that it was a relief that the end was in sight. ONLY FOUR MORE WEEKS TO GO!!!
2 comments:
Maybe the four weeks will go by fast or maybe you are a little sad to see them go by? Thank you for the nice comments from you in my journal. Paula
Oh, my. I have been Layed off several times in my life. Once because they were told they were overstaffed. Once because a new company bought the old company and they didn't need a traffic dept. And once again because someone in a suit told them they were overstaffed. LOL There is a blend of relief, anger, sadness, excitement.....a real ball of emotions that comes with it. - Barbara
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