I’ve got some big news! Its not new news to me, but it is for anyone still reading. The reason I haven’t posted sooner about it, is because I hadn’t broken the news to all my IRL friends and family until Thanksgiving. I’m pregnant! I’m about 7 months pregnant…I know, how did I keep the news for sooo long? Working too much certainly helped, plus the forgetful pregnancy brain contributed as well.
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December 4th, 2009
That’s right! Its done! I did a big Wordpress upgrade, some back-end housekeeping and I built a new theme for this blog! You may be scratching your head as to why it isn’t up yet. All will be revealed soon enough. I’ve got to take care of a few more minor things…then I will load it up. The good news is that the bulk of the work is over with. I’ll be back again soon!
For now, I’ll leave you with a little someone I visited on Labor Day!
So…my blog redesign…didn’t happen this past weekend. I intended to, but Mikey started school this past Saturday and instead of counting on those 4 hours to work on my blog…I figured I’d not work on it just incase the first day of class was only an hour long. You never can tell with college courses if the first day is going to take up all the class time or only the first hour. Blog redesign will have to occur next weekend while he is in class and I have some quiet time to be creative. I’ve already got half of it done, I just need to figure out how I want the background.
Instead I will have to post about all of what has been going on in the past couple of months sometime this week without the blog facelift. I can give you all one piece of information. I got to keep my job this month. My company had a RIF this past week…and if you search hard enough, I’m sure you can figure out which one it was. Luckily, I was not affected by it, but I had a few friends who were affected. It was very sad to see them go and for some people it just seemed senseless as to why they were let go. Even though I am safe for the month of September I’m not out of the water just yet.
In the case that you haven’t ever been part of a RIF where there are mass layoffs, this is how they work in CA. If the RIF affects more than 50 people or a certain percentage of your workforce, whichever comes first, the company has to issue a WARN letter 60 days before the pending termination date. When that date comes, they do the RIF. The company then has 60 more days following the RIF to lay more people off. So, basically, they can keep laying off people every month until they have a RIF lapse of 90 days. Once 90 days elapses without any layoffs, the company has to issue another WARN letter before they can start laying people off again. I know we are facing at least one more RIF before they are done…so wish me luck.
I love my job and the company I work for. I really want to stay and continue my career there since my career has really taken off there. But if I do end up getting RIF’d, at least I will have better confidence in finding a new job and being successful at it. My current experience has shown me that I do have Engineering talent and more potential than I thought. It has also taught me that I can be competitive and successful in my career even though I am in a male dominated field.
Stay tuned for my big news!
