tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-41965612540431396672008-03-28T21:28:00.001+11:002008-03-28T21:28:29.594+11:00Moves are afoot!<p>Some may be wondering at my quietness. I'll be making the rounds shortly but in the mean time, please accept my apologies. There are however, mitigating circumstances.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre">Eostre</a>. Yes, we celebrated the autumnal equinox with our usual gusto and flair. That mean lot's of chocolate and a few days of family life, which we enjoyed immensely, thank you.</p> <p>But every silver lining has its cloud and my cloud is a dark one indeed. Interest rates are not a concern at the moment because a number of us got made redundant. Notice I didn't say "retrenched", that would make sense and would make life a little easier. But I work for EDS which means I now have to endure a 5 week "redeployment plan", which translates in plain English to "the EDS redundancy package avoidance plan". We won't know about any packages for at least 2 weeks.</p> <p>A package would be nice, but I have a mortgage and a family to feed, so instead of reading blogs for the last week or so, I've been reading job ads. It's making my eyes water, but it's a numbers game in I.T. these days (especially so if you are 43 years old) and to land one, you must apply for many, so that's what I'm doing at the moment.</p> Plonkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.com