| Monday, April 16, 2007 |
| Bloodbath |
We are in the final throes, death rattles really, of finalizing our FY08 budgets, and are struggling mightily to meet the enormous capital needs facing us over the next 3-5 years. I have slashed fat, embargoed vacant positions, and made other cuts to the point where I REALLY have to be good at what I do to live within my budget next year. Serious dieting.
And then at 4:00 this afternoon, I got the call that we were still short of our target as an institution, and now I need to make some very hard, painful, decisions about which staff to lay off. A bloodbath.
And just when I thought my day could not possibly get worse, I came home to a backyard full of debris from the storm, brand new lawn furniture scattered all over the place, a large branch hanging off my tree dangerously close to the roof, another that punched a hole in my deck, and worst, much worse by FAR, of everything that happened today, I came home to the horrors of the VA Tech massacre.
I immediately gained some much needed perspective on my issues. |
posted by Broadsheet @ 7:54 PM   |
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I'm sorry to hear that you have to cut staff. This is the real reason that I've shied away from managerial positions.
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I'm sorry to hear that you have to cut staff. This is the real reason that I've shied away from managerial positions.