pmsumner

Last night was not a good night for sleeping. I went to bed at 2300, and come 0030 I gave up trying to sleep. It was warm, sticky and deeply unpleasant. I opened all the windows that I could but there was no air moving! I gave up and came downstairs, at least it's cool there. Went back upstairs at about 0230 and managed to sleep at last, but consequently am shattered, getting up at 0730 has just about killed me.

I think I need some coffee, but I'm trying to stay off the stuff.

I'm getting grumpy, because LiveJournal's up and down. How am I supposed to read my friends page in peace when I'm getting grumpy at it?

We have more news which is trickling slowly through the company. So far we have about 25 people that we know of, out of a workforce of ~250 (I think), so a 10% cut is about right.

In that 25, we have people from development (hardware & software), validation, support, customer services, stores, repairs, product management and sales.

I've already started applying for new positions. I know from bitter experience how slow the world of recruitment can be. I've been looking at what happens should the worst happen - i.e. I get the boot and don't have other employment arranged. Looks like I would get some money from the state, but really not much (just enough to keep me from defaulting on debt repayments) and I definitely wouldn't get it for long, and wouldn't be able to keep up my share of household bills!

I've got 3 applications in, 2 for the local NHS trust and 1 for Carphone Warehouse. CPWH isn't ideal for me in location terms, as it's a bit of a trek, but I'm not in a position where I can be particularly choosy. Economic downturn + possible job loss = Phil who'll accept more travel than he would do previously.

I've also got a couple of other applications I need to fill in the next couple of days for Shropshire. Annoyingly - I'm struggling to find anything interesting that I have a slim chance of getting in the private sector.