I don't read signals correctly.
I just learned my last day on this gig will be April 14.
I read the signals wrong because I believed I could take a couple of days off work - to actually get away within a reasonable distance from home and enjoy myself. Obviously wrong.
So back into the job hunt, the never-ending quest. In a way, I'm not surprised. I did everything that had been asked of me and assignments were thin on the ground. I should have seen that. Also, I had stopped writing status reports. I won't make that mistake again.
I won't go back to look for her "code" name, but my cousin from Richmond - now I'll call her Kay - and I had managed to get back together. We went to Gettysburg and had a very nice time. When I came back, there was a voice mail from the recruiter at my contracting company to call him back. I did and learned the gig is up.
Almost too good to be true, about two hours later, I got a phone call from another contracting company asking me if I was on the job market. I sent over my updated resume, some requested paperwork (can it be paperwork if no paper is involved?), and am now playing the waiting game.
I took today off work because yesterday was my Day of Rage at work. I got nothing done - yes, I still have work to do - and I figured it would be better to lose one day to decompress at home. I know it's ill advised to take off a day while I can still get paid, but so be it.
I think I have a last ditch solution. If I reach utmost desperation, I will ask Kay to give me quarter. I will put all my stuff in storage and temporarily bunk in her spare room until I land a gig in Richmond or reach retirement age. I don't want to retire so soon. It would doom me to living with Kay and I don't think either of us would want this to be a permanent arrangement.
So this is where I am now. Sometimes it sucks to be me.
4 comments:
I tired to comment yesterday, but it must not have worked. This is sad news, but encouraging that you get a nibble right away. I know of two consultants in their seventies.
That's "I tried," but I guess I'm just tried.
How is the job market in your area, here it is pretty busy but we are mostly automotive and it also has the ups and downs.
fmcetc, I was able to get an interview with a company last Friday (and flubbed it tremendously - I can't remember what kind of work I was doing eight years ago!). So far, no more nibbles. Luckily, I have two friends, one of whom is a professional speaker, I've asked to coach me on my interview technique.
And can I be honest? I'm tired. Every time I took off two days on this job, I'd be terrified I'd the time off only to get a pink slip.
I wouldn't mind a week or two on unemployment, but after that, the idea leaves me sick inside.
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