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[tadorna]

I have been made 'provisionally redundant'.

What this means in reality is that they couldn't decide between me and my friend who sits next to me, who works with me on a lot of the same stuff, and who I've known for years and worked with in two different jobs. So they've invited us both to a meeting on Friday where we will fight for their entertainment. Or something. We're supposed to think of alternative solutions and 'discuss how to decide'.

We are the only designers who've been affected, by the looks of it. I think management wanted to choose four (higher-paid) subeditors, but they threw us to the lions to appease the union (who couldn't give a stuff about us and have resented us for months).

Fuckheads. I can't think how they could have made it worse.

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[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's true... but if I had to be in this situation, I'm glad it's with this person -- she's got a loyal streak and a stubborn one! I can think of not a few people who I know would throw me under the bus without a second thought. Hopefully, we'll find a way to challenge the idea that we should be the people in this situation at all. It doesn't make much sense really. Either way, we're definitely not playing their game!

Thank you.