It’s all about attitude January 24, 2006
It’s a much quieter day today, which is kinda good, but when it’s quiet I find it more difficult to be here. I find myself wondering why they don’t just make me redundant already.
My leave next week is not assured. My boss hasn’t approved it yet. When I reminded him about it yesterday he was very cagey and said something about how it might affect my finish date with HR. I think he’s concerned that, if they can survive without me for a week, HR might decide that they don’t need me for the extra time after all. This, of course, falls under the category of his problem, not mine, except that I may not get my week off. He has until tomorrow to work it out.
If he doesn’t approve the leave I’m going to take Friday & Monday off anyway so that I get at least some of what I wanted and I’ll come back to work on the Tuesday. This would mean that we won’t get to go away, but I want to avoid getting myself in a situation where they could terminate my employment without the redundancy. I’ve heard stories, which have made me a tad nervous, about people being defined as ‘refusing to work’ after they’ve been told they’re going to be made redundant and their employment being terminated on this basis without a payout. I’m sure there’s more to the stories (if they’re true) than I’ve been told, but I would prefer not to add any angst to the situation that doesn’t need to be there.
there probably is more to the stories but it is food for thought alright. It’s a good thing it is only a few more weeks to go.
You still have to tread carefully, don’t you?
yes, once upon a time I would have said with confidence that it would only happen in an extreme case, but I no longer have that level of confidence.