Last (wo)man standing January 12, 2006
My favourite colleague received his retrenchment paperwork on Tuesday. His finish date is the end of January. He goes on leave tomorrow and is going to Africa for a month, so tomorrow will effectively be his last day. 4 years (I think) of working together on and off will be over. It all seems so sudden. He’s probably the only person at the monolith I will really miss. We already had an expensive lunch planned for tomorrow, just in case. Now it will be for real.
I gather that there are 2 waves of retrenchments in the next few weeks. A group of people will finish on the 17th of this month and another group on the 31st. Because I’m (supposedly) staying until the end of February, I will be the last to leave.
If I knew where the switches were I’d turn off the lights on my way out.
it’s a bit sad when your friends leave the workplace.
well just be sure you get his number and email tomorrow. It is sad when people leave before you especially if they turn out the light as they go.
It makes it all seem less theoretical doesn’t it? But there’s no reason why you can’t stay in touch after you both leave.
we’ve been through wave after wave of retrenchments, it’s hard being there while people leave, but at least you’ve got something to look forward to.