[wally_bert]

I may be gone in a couple of months. Budget cuts and office politics may be the end of me. I got another very low evaluation today with a list of molehills being turned into mountains. I was also told that some whole departments don't want me around although no names were mentioned.

In my adult working life, I have always gotten good and very good evaluations in different types of jobs. I guess someone higher in the food chain just doesn't like me a whole lot and is having a paper trail generated. Why bother, there are budget cuts, just tell me to leave? I guess someone wants to play a game.

Being one of those lowly paid state employees working any side stuff I can, it still isn't easy to clear much but I try.

I always keep a current resume on the home PC and in a yahoo account in case I see something away from home.

I am ready to say adios to Columbia if it comes down to it. Sad really, Columbia has been very good to me.

Nowadays I appreciate the summer job working on pipelines for my dated heavy equipment experience, 3 years of HS auto mechanics, my military time, and some other secondary skills I have picked up. Supporting PCs has turned into a choice I regret. At least I can do more than just let a PC run my life.

[wtc911]

A word of advice.....resist all efforts to get you to leave on your own. Hang in there until they RIF you. That’s what I did and the separation package that they had to give was enough to buy me six months. They will do everything they can to avoid having to pay that money.