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# It begins
And so it begins. Sixteen days left of working at $company and the vultures have already started circling. The 19” LCD monitor that I have, one of only three or four in the office, has been claimed and a counter-claim followed soon after. I’ll have to make sure to just stand back out of the way when the pack draws near.
When I first told management I was leaving I was told they would be outsourcing any active development I would otherwise have been working on, at least until they could find a replacement. I was pleased, because it meant there was a good chance my replacement would be competent. Yesterday I was told instead that they were going to hire someone ASAP, preferrably by Monday. This coming Monday that is.
Short of going down to the street grabbing the first person they see with a laptop and a lack of fashion sense, there is little more $company could do to ensure that they replace me with a no-hoper mouth-breather than to say to an agent, “We need someone to start in three business days.”
And I get to train whoever this person might be.
I can’t really blame the guy who is handling this, the solution architect/IT manager. He is really doing the best with a bad hand. I have to spend the next sixteen days telling myself that so I don’t get pissed off when he is frustrated. I’d like to leave with prospects of a good reference in the future.
Update: Received a phone call just now. The “manager” who was sick is coming into the office sometime before 14:00 so that he and I can review a resume ahead of an interview at 14:00. I just reached behind my ear to flick the “Give a fuck” switch to the OFF position.
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# Links for 2006-07-27
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