And That, As They Say, Was That

[fiat_knox]

It's taken me till now to write this. I still find it difficult.

Last Friday, 11 October 2024, I worked my last day at the above workplace.
Redundancy. They need to save money.

So, that Friday, I came in wearing my best Pride gear. What I would wear to an interview. Let them see what kind of person I am.
I vowed to claim my dignity. They could never take this from me.

I was given a warm welcome by the people whom I could get to call my crew one last time. My job, on this last day, was simple: to chill, to enjoy sitting in the chair with no demands.

Well, one. I had to close down all the open sites running on the system. That was easy - into settings, delete cookies, history, download history, browser cache, passwords. When I closed down those browsers, they were practically pristine, fresh from the download.

My work days were 09:00 - 17:00 Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 11:00 - 16:00 Fridays. The last few weeks, I had been sneaking in at 08:00 Wednesdays, just to get three hours' Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) to shave off some hours on the last day, with my Line Manager's blessing. So this last day's hours were, in fact, 11:00 - 13:00.

People from all over the Partnership came in during those short hours to say goodbye, and wish me well. So many of them had one question on their lips - 'are you going to be coming back?'

Even my Manager was asking this, and he was the one who made me redundant.

The next few months are going to be difficult, but come on - I've been having a shit year. This is just going to be part of the generalised shittiness.

Comments

[scarlipswolfwife]

Interesting set of buildings there, and looks like it was a nice place to work - the asshole boss aside. You made good friendships there, so you can keep up with those. The universe is probably gearing up toward putting you into another place that you need to be in the future.