Work work… where’s the play?

Since Christmas it has been mostly work and no play. We currently have multiple projects running and not enough people to do the work. It is putting a lot of strain on the core UXO people as we keep getting stretched thinner and thinner and something has to give.

I have the luxury of working from PA while I continue to process data from Cuba. I say it is a luxury but it has its down falls. One of those is that I am the only core UXO person in Hershey since both Ian and Brian are on site. This means I get peppered with questions from the boss which does not allow me to get on with what I am meant to be doing.

But a change is coming…. I have had my sit down meetings with my boss and his boss to discuss my future. I went in to the meetings with the attitude that I want to move back to Australia and if that costs me my job, so be it. I ended up putting the cards on the table and after trying to convince me to stay, they got the drift that I am off.

Then came the next meeting about how I could continue to be involved with the group. I feel a bit guilty about the arrangement but I have been given a 6 month period where I will be allowed to work from Australia on an as needed basis. If it gets to a point where work is light I have agreed to tap into the time which is owed to me.

I think my boss thinks I will move back after the 6 months… I really don’t see that happening.

I hope that the company tries to hire more people. We have a good name in UXO and we have some good contracts but we simply never have plentiful resources to do everything. Every time we get a decent sized project there is a handful of people that end up doing a lot of hours to try and get the job done. If nothing is done the group is going to dissolve as key people either take up new jobs or move out of the industry.

So that’s about for now…. I promise the next post will be a bit more fun and light hearted