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[extemporanea]

The Evil Landlord has been retrenched from his job, as a result of which he's (a) in the house all day, driving me crazy; (b) in the middle of about five carpentry projects simultaneously; and (c) celebrating. Celebratory braai last night, taking place squarely in the middle of (a) courtesy of the Usual Cape Town Cussedness, high winds and

Comments

[strawberryfrog]

Retrenched is good? What will EL do now? We await the next soapy installment...

[extemporanea]

EL's company (ritual ptooey) has succumbed to Upper Level Management Stupidity, and decided to stop supporting the project he's worked on for eight years. Since the project they propose to move him to is apparently boring and beneath his dignity, he has elected to take a fat voluntary retrenchment package and hang around for a few months while he finds something else. This may possibly include contracting to support said original project at three times his usual fee, as Upper Level Management Stupidity has caused everyone who actually knows anything about it to leave the company in droves and they still have support contracts with clients.

It's been a fascinating exercise in Dilbert management to watch from the sidelines. I used to think Scott Adams made all that stuff up.

[mac1235]

I think he should try to step up a rung. You know, go from E.L. to Evil Overlord. Start deciding where you want the moat.

[kadekraan]

Dilbert is so accurate that I sometimes entertain the notion that "Scott Adams" is the pseudonym of one of my colleagues ;-) Not lately, as I have whittled down the colleagues and I'm far, far from the madding crowd. But back then, when I was in the thick of things.

[strawberryfrog]

(fat voluntary retrenchment package)++

Dilbert is funny because it's true.