the company where i am currently employed, on a contractual basis, has recently been bought out by a much larger company. the interesting thing is the new parent company does essentially the same work but services a different client base.
where i am currently working is in markham, the new parent company is in mississauga. just a couple exits shy of milton, along highway 401. the building in markham is coming up on the end of it's lease and the parent company is moving the business west.
there are a lot of people where i work, who are beyond concerned and not without good reason. some of them already have pretty gnarly commutes to work, one guy lives somewhere called port perry and another woman comes in from curtis. there may also be a whitby contingent.
adding fuel to the fire they were also told that there will a lot of duplicate positions, once both companies are housed within a single building. sometime around the 2nd week of april they will receive notice whether or not their postion is secure.
it is times like these i am very happy with my contractual status. i know my projected end date and i know that i am not promised tomorrow. as unnerving as such a situation can be, it can also be very freeing especially in times like these.
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A troubling subject (people losing their jobs) -- and yet, I found myself giggling (in a manly way) at:
"there may also be a whitby contingent"
I don't know why.
The Bloke
well the 'maybe' came into play because everyone seemed pretty sure there were people commuting from whitby. however everyone who was credited with the whitby to markham run denied it.
now i wonder if there is shame in living in whitby? not that i can throw houses from my lovely glass stone.
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