Well, I guess no one seems to care, but I do have an update. F met with our boss yesterday and it went terribly. There was no attempt to understand her points by our boss, she was just told make the numbers or you’re out. Poor thing is really stressed.


I work from home, and my boss hasn’t gotten in touch to schedule a time to talk. I am kind of thinking that she may ease up on me for the short-term at least. The other woman that shared the sector I work with is quitting effective tomorrow. Her replacement just started and may not work out. Even if she does last, she won’t be fully functional for 3-4 months. So in a way they need me around for a while. I sort of think that is why she hasn’t spoken to me or issued an ultimatum.


I really wonder what is behind it at all, when I started it was much more relaxed. There was sort of an expectation for productivity, which was lower, but no threats of firing. Maybe upper management started it.

The thing is that since this was implemented, turnover (already high) has increased, so you always have people that are being trained/not fully up to speed/prone to mistakes on the team. I have noticed that other departments do not have anywhere near the level of turnover as ours. To me it would make more sense to stick with the people that are trained, even with a slightly lower output than desired, than to have a revolving door, which pretty much guarantees that there are people not fully up to speed all the time. Plus, the error rate with new people is higher and not all the errors get caught by our editors.

So, here I am, waiting, with a knot in my stomach.

On the one hand, I won’t be so bad off if I get fired between severance, vacation time and unemployment I would get over three months of pay if I were let go. Plus, I have income from freelance work. My husband and I can get by on his income okay. However, we are in a situation where we need to buy a house soon and me having a work contract and having held the job for over a year will help the mortgage application. Even when I find a new job, I would have to wait a year for my income would count to our application.