It’s been coming for a while now, but with no end date or details it’s been hard to really plan for things, except to apply for other things as they come up. On 30 April 2007, the job role of Electronic Production Editor will cease to be and I will have to find alternative employment. Not much else to report. It’s not a surprise because I’ve known this is coming – to be honest I’ve known it was their eventual decision seven years ago when I got the job. To be honest I’m actually pleased that it’s there in writing with dates, and figures and stuff – now I get first dibs (and I think preferential – must remember to double-check the exact wording in the staff handbook tomorrow) on the jobs noticeboard.
Next step is to contact my union rep and see if they are the kind of person that I want to accompany me to meetings, and then to play the equal opportunities card I think. Hey, that aspergers has got to be use for something – I know my current job is done for, but there are other one’s out there in the company that have got my name on it…. 😉
Sorry to hear that! I do hope other work will be found for you… Glad you seem to be taking it quite positively.
Glad you seem to be taking it quite positively
I don’t think I have any other option than to try be positive about it. Do I…?
Yes, you can think what you want about it. But in the end you are probably capable of doing loads of new things and this is a chance to try a few, so inspite of it having an aura of END, it is equally the beginning of something else – you just might know what that is yet.
The ‘consultation’ period now starts where I can put forward my solutions and try to convince them that they can’t make my job redundant. But to be honest I’ve advocated for this change (or something like it) and for once it is actually the right thing to do, so yes, I’m taking this opportunity to be on the first priority list for new jobs, and to try and get a job that maybe, although I could do it, wouldn’t have been given before…
Or indeed to think outside of the box. Which is a little bit more scary, ‘cos it’s a scary world outside of that box.