There have been a few "[XXX] is no longer an employee" emails lately. I don't think they were voluntary departures...
11 thoughts on “November 3, 2022: Turnover”
Well, this CoC hits close to home. On the other hand, I now have a functioning second bathroom, sans door.
The bathroom is no longer sans door!
I've been working overtime on home projects lately. I've installed a new stove and refrigerator in the kitchen, assembled a new microwave cart, installed a new toilet in the basement bathroom (which has only three walls, but one of them has a door), and yesterday I had a carpenter in to install our new front door. The last three weekends have been packed with leaf raking and tree trimming. My next project is a major garage cleanup, and paying for all this shite.
I need to replace the front door eventually as well. I did it myself last time and it.... didn't work as well as I'd have liked so I'm going to buy the door and hire someone.
I've got everything functional in the new bathroom now. I just need to buy the shower enclosure so that can be used, but all the plumbing is leak free! I think this weekend is going to be a drywalling weekend, so if no one hears from me on Monday, I have died of exhaustion.
Thanks to the miracle of streaming video, we're able to watch the hometown team play Blackduck in the FargoDome in the 9-man section final.
RIP Ray Guy - back in the day, there was him, and then there was everyone else far behind
I got an email from HR directing me to a website to pick out a retirement gift, paid for by the State.
Me: wut.
I mean, I AM retired (retiring; it's not yet official). But I had no idea. I'm kind of shocked. The State won't buy a cup of coffee for employees, but it pays for retirement gifts?
The future existence of the state retirement system seems so tenuous in this state’s political climate that it often seems all I might get is a burial shroud.
When I graduated from high school the local bank sent me a letter to stop by the bank to pick up my graduation gift. A friend and I went down to the bank to pick up our… checks notes… a finger nail clippers.
Heh.
I was informed that the State would pay for an item (or items) up to $125 plus tax.
Gold-plated watch with the state seal on the face? Earbuds? Yeti thermos? I haven't decided.
Well, this CoC hits close to home. On the other hand, I now have a functioning second bathroom, sans door.
The bathroom is no longer sans door!
I've been working overtime on home projects lately. I've installed a new stove and refrigerator in the kitchen, assembled a new microwave cart, installed a new toilet in the basement bathroom (which has only three walls, but one of them has a door), and yesterday I had a carpenter in to install our new front door. The last three weekends have been packed with leaf raking and tree trimming. My next project is a major garage cleanup, and paying for all this shite.
I need to replace the front door eventually as well. I did it myself last time and it.... didn't work as well as I'd have liked so I'm going to buy the door and hire someone.
I've got everything functional in the new bathroom now. I just need to buy the shower enclosure so that can be used, but all the plumbing is leak free! I think this weekend is going to be a drywalling weekend, so if no one hears from me on Monday, I have died of exhaustion.
Thanks to the miracle of streaming video, we're able to watch the hometown team play Blackduck in the FargoDome in the 9-man section final.
RIP Ray Guy - back in the day, there was him, and then there was everyone else far behind
I got an email from HR directing me to a website to pick out a retirement gift, paid for by the State.
Me: wut.
I mean, I AM retired (retiring; it's not yet official). But I had no idea. I'm kind of shocked. The State won't buy a cup of coffee for employees, but it pays for retirement gifts?
The future existence of the state retirement system seems so tenuous in this state’s political climate that it often seems all I might get is a burial shroud.
When I graduated from high school the local bank sent me a letter to stop by the bank to pick up my graduation gift. A friend and I went down to the bank to pick up our… checks notes… a finger nail clippers.
Heh.
I was informed that the State would pay for an item (or items) up to $125 plus tax.
Gold-plated watch with the state seal on the face? Earbuds? Yeti thermos? I haven't decided.
Cali came in #8. I'd go with the watch.