The other shoe to drop in work.
It’s almost distressing to listen to my colleagues laugh and joke about the “pita clients we never made any money from” leaving. Sadly I’m not from an IT background, I’ve burdened with a background banking and accountancy, with an education in Business and economics. We’re a service provider, our costs are almost all fixed and they’re 80%+ staff salaries. They seem to think that because these clients paid us a lot less than others per-head, by leaving they’ll made us more profitable, they’re kicking back and enjoying a 50% reduction in workload, I’m getting my accreditations in order and writing a CV, my first in 15 years.
I’m sure I’ve twisted this thread to get something off my chest, but it’s a bad day in my head today.
In more mundane news, I ordered some high-end Dell stuff with a 4 week delivery date 5 weeks ago, I’m told it might go into production soon and be dispatched (from Asia I guess) in 1 weeks time, it said the same 2 weeks ago before I headed off on Hols.
My SLX 12sp cassette needs 3 coats of lube to work, I’m told they’re expecting more stock in Sept, but that won’t be the end of the drought, I probably buy two, if and when they turn up. At least my back-up bike is hub geared.
