Sunday, October 29, 2006
It's Monday morning, my first day of not-work.
Actually, I'm on "Gardening Leave". You see, I'm still kind of employed by my employer.
The way they retrench people these days is to put them on "Work Force Reduction", which is one month at work, then one month (paid) at home, during which time the person can take another job within the company if something suitable is available. At the end of this period if they haven't found another job within the company, then it's payout time.
So, I'm officially getting paid to NOT go to work. How good is that?
Not only that, but if I spend the whole month not going to work, they pay me a big not-going-to-work bonus! I should not go to work more often :-)
What are the plans from here?
Well, in January 2007 the Fowler family is moving to Edmonton, Canada.
The beaut thing about being married to a teacher is that they get to do amazing things like swap jobs with someone overseas for a year. And that's what we will be doing.
In the meantime, I've got a long list of fun stuff to do - yay! :-(
Actually, I'm on "Gardening Leave". You see, I'm still kind of employed by my employer.
The way they retrench people these days is to put them on "Work Force Reduction", which is one month at work, then one month (paid) at home, during which time the person can take another job within the company if something suitable is available. At the end of this period if they haven't found another job within the company, then it's payout time.
So, I'm officially getting paid to NOT go to work. How good is that?
Not only that, but if I spend the whole month not going to work, they pay me a big not-going-to-work bonus! I should not go to work more often :-)
What are the plans from here?
Well, in January 2007 the Fowler family is moving to Edmonton, Canada.
The beaut thing about being married to a teacher is that they get to do amazing things like swap jobs with someone overseas for a year. And that's what we will be doing.
In the meantime, I've got a long list of fun stuff to do - yay! :-(
