It’s been a while since my last post, I’ve had a real whirlwind couple of weeks. To cut a very long story short, I was summoned by the Vice President of our Division to meet with him in his office a couple of weeks ago. I was informed that Marketing had to ‘get me off their books’ for a while so I was being re-homed in another department until things pick up when I’ll be moved back into Marketing.

So from Monday last week, I’m working in the Tender Team, putting together commercial tenders for the region. It’s not a million miles away from marketing actually so I’m finding it ok so far. There’s a lot of legal stuff I need to get my head round but otherwise it’s going ok and the girl I work with is really nice. Only downside is that I’ve had to move to our main building in Dyce and am working along the hall from Alan’s office!!!

But then again, I dread to think about the alternative!

Fortunately, nothing has changed in terms of job title and salary as I’m only seconded to a different department. Phew. It’s definitely a sign of the times, I was very nearly out of a job, like the 50,000 others in the UK last year. I feel incredibly lucky that I was spared but the reality is that no-one knows what’s round the corner.