Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. A couple of things… First, today is my birthday… and my present to myself is the Pitchfork Music Festival which happens this weekend. Gus is coming down from Minneapolis. We’re manly men, staying at a bed and breakfast. That’s right. If you…
Consolidated
The e-mail about a mandatory meeting was suspicious. Anytime you have a surprise mandatory meeting, you know it’s not good. Well, the accounting department has been “consolidated” which is company-speak for we’re moving all the jobs to a central location. Which, of course, means that everyone you know is essentially being laid off. Even though…
Privacy?
Originally published at Kickin’ the new Kuh-nowledge. You can comment here or there. Received a letter from the powers that be at work. They will be doing an audit of health insurance beneficiaries to verify that the people employees list as dependents are actually… well… you know… dependents. It’s a way to save money, and…
This is How We Do…
If you ever wondered what exactly it is that I do at good old USA TODAY. Well, it just so happens that they’re hiring (internal applicants only) for my job. Good luck parsing out any actual work from that job description. I think it makes it sound like my job involves knowing a lot of…
Tutoring…
So… it looks like I’m going to be a paid tutor. If all goes well, I should be able to make some extra money for the honeymoon… and for the eventual move next year. This is, of course, above and beyond my day job so don’t expect me to be available very much. Later, –sam
New Boss…
So what does it mean when one of your co-workers is promoted to be your new boss, but no one bothers to tell you? Is it because I’m the only person that does what I do in the entire state of Florida? Maybe they see me as some sort of autonomous unit? I don’t know……