real life strikes again

We had another one of those meetings at work today, where they give us updates on the whole outsourcing process going on across all the companies owned by Nielsen (who bought us soon after I was hired). And they said that even though at this point they still don't know how many people will be laid off, we can expect to find out who goes & who stays by early September - if not sooner than that. So much for it NOT happening this year. *sigh* And since they have aready determined that a large part of our data processing can be safely & conveniently transferred over to that consulting company in India, the likelihood of 'bottom level' employees like me getting to stay is very low indeed. Yes, I know there are only three of us dealing with International Media Guides, and they might want to keep at least one person on site in charge of that particular section of our products - but then, I am the one most recently hired = least experienced of the three, so it's not a big stretch to imagine I would be the first one out the door. ( I don't think it's even a 'possibility' at this point any more - it's pretty much a given. )

Sorry. I guess I needed to vent a little. At least this journal is still good for something - since recently I don't seem to have much to say, unless I'm either worried or pissed off (or both, as happens to be the case right now). There's nothing like verbal autotherapy, lol. *a rueful headshake, closely followed by a yawn*