Saturday, February 1, 2014

I had a dream...

I woke this morning feeling pretty happy...

...happy that the dream I woke from was just that.

Because it was more like a nightmare.


My day job has been very stressful lately.

I worked through most of my holiday/PTO to help get a project out the door by the end of the year.

It did not make it...

I was not surprised, but that is a different story...

The first Friday after my holiday, there was a work-force reduction.

And the rest of us lucky-to-still-have-a-job employees were put on high alert that we would be working in new roles for a few months to get some things fixed.


My new role requires me to participate  in a workstream every day from 8AM to 6PM.

We get a short break for lunch and one or two 10 minute breaks during the day.

So what happens to my regular work? A lot of it is on hold, but some stuff just cannot wait. So my actual day starts about 7 and ends around 6:30 and continues through part of the weekend.

Ok, at least I still have a job.

But in my dream/nightmare...

I missed a meeting at work (because I was in workstream meeting) in which our fearless leader announced that we were all no longer employed....
No more medical insurance coverage effective immediately...
No  2013 bonus that we all worked our asses off for... 
No more work cell phone (which doubles as my personal cell phone)....
No pension/401K payout...
I was panicking to say the least...I have been there too many times before, it is not fun...
And, because I missed the meeting, I was invisible to everyone else in the office....
I could hear everyone talking about all the shit that came down, but I could not get anyone to talk to me about it or answer any questions...


I was happy to wake up from that dream. And I hope Monday finds me just as happy...