Re: [chat] One.Tel, employment, and me.

[Anthony Rumble <smilie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Catie Flick wrote:

You could try that Fox Studios job.. I think they wanted full-time tho..
(Not that I think they will have the volume of work mind you).. but you
should at least try.. and explain your part-time issues.. it may suit
them.

Anthony

> Most of you have heard my rants about One.Tel and things prior to the
> demise of said company, and the whole thing has filtered down through
> the small companies that were attached like leeches to the side of this
> telco... and thus also to mine.
>
> After having had my various bosses assure me that there were plenty of
> other projects and the like for me to continue working on plus lots of
> investor funding, rah rah rah, last Friday I was called up to the CEO's
> office and told to take eight weeks unpaid leave because of "financial
> difficulties". I was assured that after these eight weeks (which is,
> apparently, the time it will take for the investors to actually sign
> agreements, etc) I would be welcomed back happily.
>
> As you can imagine, I was quite upset. Here they were, taking what I
> surmised to be the most cowardly method of making me redundant -
> reducing my three days per week down to none for eight weeks while still
> seeming happy with my work. The practical outcome is that I will have to
> resign, because I can claim no redundancy package (apparently
> part-timers and pre-12-month employees cannot claim them) and I can't
> afford a holiday for that long unpaid. I also have this feeling that the
> company may not even be there in eight weeks' time.
>
> I guess this is a round-about way of saying I am currently unemployed,
> so if anyone knows of any openings for the impossible (where impossible
> reads "Junior part-time sysadmin/web coder"). I'm working part time
> because I have to finish my uni degree as well as get some experience,
> and pay the rent :-) My current resume is at
> http://www.liedra.net/resume.html
> but for an overview, I am proficient in Linux/Windows systems admin, and
> have been learning a lot about Solaris systems admin as well. I have
> good PHP/HTML/Java skills as well.
>
> I would really appreciate any recommendation of agencies, companies etc.
> that might be hiring.
>
> Any questions happily answered!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Catie
>
>
>
>

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