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[plonq]

In spite of a few changes and shake-ups around me, I've been doing essentially the same job since 1998.  I'm very good at what I do, which is why they have been content to leave me here.  I'm happy here.  It's safe here.

It finally came to somebody's attention that I'm sort of like that guy with the red Swingline stapler in the movie Office Space - to the extent that nobody is quite sure what it is that I do.  They're pretty sure that it's important stuff, and they hear lots of glowing things from happy customers, but they're not entirely sure what "it" is.  With a re-org and some cuts coming up, that's not a good position to be in.

Today I got a call from my boss's boss.  They have a new, fairly high-profile project coming up and the want to know if I'd like to be involved.  Although he didn't say it outright, I got the impression that they feel that I am being underutilized in my current role.  Not that I'm slacking, but that I'm too multi-talented to be sitting here writing reports.  Naturally I said yes, but... zounds!  This new project is way outside of my normal field of expertise.  It will probably involve some travel.  Lots of meetings with department heads.

If I can pull this off then it will look really good on my work record.  If I can't... well, that is not an option.

What if I can't?

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[unciaa.livejournal.com]

You'll be fired, you and your entire close and extended family will starve to death, all the world's orphans will get AIDS and the moon will fall from the sky, destroying most of Australia and some of Japan.

[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

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Except for that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

Disappointing, a dreadful lack of our American cousins.