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[waterspyder]

After a failed attempt to go to work. I work from home today.

It's been a crazy few weeks.

I'm buying an HHR in Golden Teal and it should be delivered in early June (just in time for the snow to stop it seems).

I have no idea what's happening with my contract; I may have just been acquired by another company.

My photoshop isn't working, so there's a delay in the production of my wedding invitations.

I did some consulting for C-ACE. I will never understand gamerbrain. Let's see how much of my advice was taken to heart.

Time to get back to work...

Comments

[kookiemaster.livejournal.com]

Contract? I thought you worked for the government?

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Try the GIMP if photoshop is borked; it is relatively easy to translate skills and can be downloaded free onto a windows or linux box.

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

On contract to the government

[kookiemaster.livejournal.com]

Even your current PM position?

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

yep

God forbid anyone hire someone term or indeterminate and quite complaining why no one stays around

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

The Canadian government's been acquired by another company?

Is it the US government?

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

I work for a contractor who works for the government.

I got the details today. I work for The Powell Group (TPG) who lost the staffing contract to CGI, but TPG has filed a grievance with PWGSC (where I actually work) because they awarded the contract to CGI, but the Minister of PWGSC has a 30% share in CGI and 'round here they call that a conflict of interest.

I'll be insecurely employed until they sort that all out. I put money on July.

[kookiemaster.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's even worse than I thought. There is this super efficient admin assistant that has been in the government even before I came in and they are still screwing with her going from agency to term to contract, back to term, etc instead of making her indeterminate. And of course, being uncertain of her employment future she has two jobs and effectively works 7 days a week. A few years ago they tried to put in the term limit at 3 years but departments are going around it and still screw with people.

They tried that with me, I was on a 3 year term (back when you needed 5 years to become indeterminate) so when the law changed they gave us all a nifty little letter saying that they had made an arrangement with TBS basically saying that they could still keep us beyond the 3 years but were no longer "counting time" ... meaning that even after 3 years you wouldn't get your indeterminate. I knew people who were within DAYS of getting it. Suffice to say that it's when I decided to find another job and promptly left

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

Casual to Agency is the preferred hell they use. I think they've now resolved that 3 years on term in the same position, they have to give you indeterminate.

Loopholes abound.

There's also a serious admin shortage in Ottawa, and people wonder why.