I am now one of the unemployed

[Captain Ice]

Yay!

 

[May 20]

Congrats! Being employed is a good thing.

 

[Unicron]

Glad to hear you're re-employed, Antony.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Glad to hear it, boss!

 

[Snaploud]

Congratulations. Good luck on the new job!

 

[ByrdMan]

I give it a week....


I kid! I kid! Congratulations and good luck!

 

[AntonyF]

Great news! How long is the commute?

About 1hr 45 mins - 2hrs each way. Depends on how it all goes what train etc. I keep myself amused for quite a bit of it. Today I've watched an episode of Monk, Friends and three podcasts.

But it means I'm out of home for 13 hours a day. And that's quite a change after doing nothing for six months!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Congratulations. That's quite a commute, but hopefully they'll make it worth your while; perhaps enough for you to eventually move closer.

 

[TheBrew]

Great news! How long is the commute?

About 1hr 45 mins - 2hrs each way. Depends on how it all goes what train etc. I keep myself amused for quite a bit of it. Today I've watched an episode of Monk, Friends and three podcasts.

But it means I'm out of home for 13 hours a day. And that's quite a change after doing nothing for six months!

Ouch: I am out of home for 11 hours each day, but 13 is rough.

 

[Nomad V]

Yah, last year everyone over 40 pretty much got sacked for lack of billable hours. So much for no age discrimination from gov't contractors. Luckily I found another job and was working again in a week.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

Congratulations on the new job!

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Yah, last year everyone over 40 pretty much got sacked for lack of billable hours. So much for no age discrimination from gov't contractors. Luckily I found another job and was working again in a week.

That's a common story in this recession. Over-40s tend to be getting paid the most, have families, higher medical expenses, etc. etc. Age itself isn't really the issue, but rather the overall cost to the company. Like it or not, people over 40 tend to cost more than employees in their 20s, and you can't quantify 20 years of experience on a balance sheet, so they are often the first to go.

That's what happened at my last job. They had a few token under-40s get canned, too, but out of 126 sacked, maybe 10 were under 40 (including me, yay!)

 

[Deckerd]

Yah, last year everyone over 40 pretty much got sacked for lack of billable hours. So much for no age discrimination from gov't contractors. Luckily I found another job and was working again in a week.

That's a common story in this recession. Over-40s tend to be getting paid the most, have families, higher medical expenses, etc. etc. Age itself isn't really the issue, but rather the overall cost to the company. Like it or not, people over 40 tend to cost more than employees in their 20s, and you can't quantify 20 years of experience on a balance sheet, so they are often the first to go.

But the redundancy on 20 years' service will be huge.