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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17070 on: February 15, 2017, 10:47:15 AM »
Bloodbath at work today. We lost 6 just from our group, not sure of how many in our office total, no idea of what the total numbers are company-wide.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17071 on: February 15, 2017, 10:51:04 AM »
Quote from: urbicande on February 15, 2017, 10:47:15 AM
Bloodbath at work today. We lost 6 just from our group, not sure of how many in our office total, no idea of what the total numbers are company-wide.


What happened? Walk out? Lay off? Several terminations at once?
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17072 on: February 15, 2017, 03:52:30 PM »
Quote from: MR_PLINKETT on February 15, 2017, 10:51:04 AM

What happened? Walk out? Lay off? Several terminations at once?

Layoffs.  Mainly our office; I haven't heard anything from my friends in other offices.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17073 on: February 15, 2017, 04:36:24 PM »
Urbicande, at least this explains why you've had no promotion despite good reviews. This may have been coming for awhile. I expect business investment, and therefore jobs, will drop off sharply now that business investors have had a chance to observe how the new regime is shaping up.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17074 on: February 15, 2017, 11:15:39 PM »
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17075 on: February 16, 2017, 08:34:05 AM »
Quote from: Róisín on February 15, 2017, 04:36:24 PM
Urbicande, at least this explains why you've had no promotion despite good reviews. This may have been coming for awhile. I expect business investment, and therefore jobs, will drop off sharply now that business investors have had a chance to observe how the new regime is shaping up.

Nah, not really.  The amount of extra money that comes with a promotion isn't that big.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17076 on: February 16, 2017, 02:09:25 PM »
Quote from: heiteru on February 15, 2017, 11:15:39 PM
NINE YEARS. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR NINE YEARS.
*crying*
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/15/philip-pullman-unveils-epic-fantasy-trilogy-the-book-of-dust

OMG. I will certainly be on the lookout for these.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17077 on: February 18, 2017, 09:07:13 PM »
Quote from: heiteru on February 15, 2017, 11:15:39 PM
NINE YEARS. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR NINE YEARS.
*crying*
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/15/philip-pullman-unveils-epic-fantasy-trilogy-the-book-of-dust

I was totally captured by his first trilogy. I will definitely be watching for this one. Lyra as a 20 yr old should be very interesting! Thanks for the heads up heiteru.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17078 on: February 19, 2017, 02:17:19 AM »
Had my first-ever trip to an IKEA today. Now must collapse for a few hours.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17079 on: February 19, 2017, 03:33:11 AM »
Quote from: Feartheviolas on February 16, 2017, 02:09:25 PM
OMG. I will certainly be on the lookout for these.
And we will have a TV show in the autumn! 2017 is really good year for HDM series  ;D

Quote from: Iceea on February 18, 2017, 09:07:13 PM
I was totally captured by his first trilogy. I will definitely be watching for this one. Lyra as a 20 yr old should be very interesting! Thanks for the heads up heiteru.
These books have radically changed my life, so I can't be silent! I have told about this news in all my social networks and to all my friends  :'D

Quote from: Lazy8 on February 19, 2017, 02:17:19 AM
Had my first-ever trip to an IKEA today. Now must collapse for a few hours.
I hope you have enough time and a place to have a rest :<
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17080 on: February 20, 2017, 12:52:21 AM »
I had my first day of university orientation today. I was all set, with a nice outfit picked out, tasteful make-up and a pre-packed bag. Nothing was going to ruin today! Overnight I apparently had an allergic reaction to my dog's shampoo and had to go to school so covered in hives I looked like I'd taken on an entire hive of bees and smelling of steroid cream. Thanks, universe.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17081 on: February 20, 2017, 01:39:41 AM »
Quote from: OwlsG0 on February 20, 2017, 12:52:21 AM
I had my first day of university orientation today. I was all set, with a nice outfit picked out, tasteful make-up and a pre-packed bag. Nothing was going to ruin today! Overnight I apparently had an allergic reaction to my dog's shampoo and had to go to school so covered in hives I looked like I'd taken on an entire hive of bees and smelling of steroid cream. Thanks, universe.

Welcome to university.
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« Reply #17082 on: February 20, 2017, 01:59:47 AM »
Yeah, that sounds about right for university. On my first day I was wearing this nice Autumn-coloured long skirt with a lace underskirt to stiffen it (it was the 1950s, okay?), low-heeled court shoes, a cream blouse and a neat little brown linen jacket. I ripped my outfit, lost a shoe and wound up covered with undefined but very smelly filth in the course of rescuing a distressed kitten from a dumpster behind the chemistry building. Thereby establishing a reputation as 'nice but odd, and not at all proper', a reputation which was only reinforced as time went on.

But I kept the kitten.
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« Reply #17083 on: February 20, 2017, 02:44:34 AM »
Quote from: Róisín on February 20, 2017, 01:59:47 AM
But I kept the kitten.

Cats will always take priority over reputation. Hopefully I'll find some small animal tomorrow to bring justification to my own ailment.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17084 on: February 20, 2017, 08:59:34 AM »
Quote from: Róisín on February 20, 2017, 01:59:47 AM
Yeah, that sounds about right for university. On my first day I was wearing this nice Autumn-coloured long skirt with a lace underskirt to stiffen it (it was the 1950s, okay?), low-heeled court shoes, a cream blouse and a neat little brown linen jacket. I ripped my outfit, lost a shoe and wound up covered with undefined but very smelly filth in the course of rescuing a distressed kitten from a dumpster behind the chemistry building. Thereby establishing a reputation as 'nice but odd, and not at all proper', a reputation which was only reinforced as time went on.

But I kept the kitten.

What a great story to start off my day with! (well, my computer day, anyway. The actual day started as usual with 'pat, let out, let in, feed, let out . . . coffee!')

And that sounds to me like a truly excellent reputation.
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