part 2 to last post - why do all good things come to an end?
Monday, June 09, 2008
i don't know why i am having this 2nd part since i have told this story way too many times already. but here goes...
WHAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY AT NOON?
that day was so wet and cold. 10oC in june? not a good sign. i arrived at the office 10 minutes before 12. never had i seen the office with so many people and there were more people coming in.
i tried to find out from the others if they had heard anything in the morning. no one knew anything except they found out that all three import service centers (ISCs) across canada (one in toronto, another one in quebec) were having the meeting at exactly pacific time 12pm (gosh, that's crazy!!). we felt like kids waiting for our report cards...
the clock finally ticked to 12. mr littlewood came down, ross walked out from his office. along with.... union rep and human resources?? they all had grim faces. uh-oh... bad news. far worse than all the scenerios we came up with. worse than what we could imagine.
the government had always wanted to improve food importation service to ensure food safety. they had the idea of having a centralized import center operating 24 hours, 7 days a week instead of 3 ISCs in two time zones, 20 hrs, 7 days a week. long story short, steven harper finally decided to look into this matter last fiscal year and he decided that closing down the 3 ISCs and having 1 national import service center (NISC) would be the best for canada (i have to agree to mr. harper)
the location for the future NISC is still unknown. but it has been confirmed that it will NOT be in the western area. they had an idea where to put it...probably in ottawa but it is more of a business matter... we DO know one thing - the NISC will officially start its operation on April 01, 2009.
silence.
so what does that mean? it means we are saying goodbye. it means 65 government employees across canada are greatly affected. it means time to look for a new career path. it means crap.
it was all fuzzy after. people all asking questions at the same time... i just stood there trying to absorb the information.
i love this place. i love this job. although i do bitch and complain about the crazy poeple at work from time to time, there are also a lot of cool people that i enjoy working with.
that sucks. somebody tell me what i should do.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY AT NOON?
that day was so wet and cold. 10oC in june? not a good sign. i arrived at the office 10 minutes before 12. never had i seen the office with so many people and there were more people coming in.
i tried to find out from the others if they had heard anything in the morning. no one knew anything except they found out that all three import service centers (ISCs) across canada (one in toronto, another one in quebec) were having the meeting at exactly pacific time 12pm (gosh, that's crazy!!). we felt like kids waiting for our report cards...
the clock finally ticked to 12. mr littlewood came down, ross walked out from his office. along with.... union rep and human resources?? they all had grim faces. uh-oh... bad news. far worse than all the scenerios we came up with. worse than what we could imagine.
the government had always wanted to improve food importation service to ensure food safety. they had the idea of having a centralized import center operating 24 hours, 7 days a week instead of 3 ISCs in two time zones, 20 hrs, 7 days a week. long story short, steven harper finally decided to look into this matter last fiscal year and he decided that closing down the 3 ISCs and having 1 national import service center (NISC) would be the best for canada (i have to agree to mr. harper)
the location for the future NISC is still unknown. but it has been confirmed that it will NOT be in the western area. they had an idea where to put it...probably in ottawa but it is more of a business matter... we DO know one thing - the NISC will officially start its operation on April 01, 2009.
silence.
so what does that mean? it means we are saying goodbye. it means 65 government employees across canada are greatly affected. it means time to look for a new career path. it means crap.
it was all fuzzy after. people all asking questions at the same time... i just stood there trying to absorb the information.
i love this place. i love this job. although i do bitch and complain about the crazy poeple at work from time to time, there are also a lot of cool people that i enjoy working with.
that sucks. somebody tell me what i should do.
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