PC load letter?! What the %&#$ does that mean??

Roughly five months ago, a friend and I arrived to a job where we had both been working for three and a half weeks, three of that having been training. Just as we got there, we were given the opportunity to go home (slow day I guess). We agreed on the spot, turned around, hopped in the car and drove to the beer store. The rest of the day and evening was spent in general merrymaking with a very fun group of people.

As the party was winding down, we ended up watching Office Space on TV. At some point, we realized we were looking at our job. We had a hard time deciding if this realization was funny or depressing - it really is amazing how close that movie is, right down having half a dozen bosses, TPS reports (I guess in our case KPI's), and eventually of course - the layoffs.

About two or three weeks ago we were all pulled into meetings, and told us our contract would be terminated - "Maybe this Sunday, maybe in September". The strange thing is, no one seemed to take this news very hard - I actually saw a lot of smiles on people's faces coming out of that meeting, and in another parallel with Office Space, everything became a lot more relaxed.

Funny what happens when you realize your job really has no future. There is no longer any pressure to meet corporate goals, no critical metrics, you just need to show up, go through the motions, and not let your last remaining boss (that's right, only one for about a month now) catch you playing multiplayer web games
with your co-workers. I mean, it really takes the edge off - to the point that, just like in Office Space it may have saved me from the layoffs.

See, apparently I scored pretty damn well in a quality audit a week or so ago, and maybe this has nothing to do with anything or everything to do with everything, but yesterday my manager approached me with an offer to go to another contract before the floor falls out from the current one. It means a slight paycut, but looks like the hours are mainly weekday, 9-5, and less stress - sounds pretty sweet! I guess I'll start finding out for sure next week

Anyhow, once again, insomnia leads to photo editing.