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it looks like most people got told that they were not going to have their contracts renewed. chancer pm and his team of 3 chancer sys admins are not being renewed. a few other project managers are also being let go as well. one of them was quite good, so thats a shame. neither i, nor the other guy in my project has been told anything. i was told verbally that they might want to keep me for the beginning of next year, but i still have not been told officially or been given a contract to sign. 


by all accounts the ring leader of the chancers has not taken it well, that he is being let go. oh well. also chancer pm came round to my desk and said he wanted to have a chat with me about everyone being let go and if i had been told. i played dumb and said no one had spoken to me and i was planning on leaving in 3 weeks. he then started talking about the project and how hectic it had been and so on. 


it probably didnt need to be said, but i said it anyway. i said he should have fired the ringleader of the chancers as soon as he came in, because he was unprofessional and disruptive and he tried to undermine anyone and everyone that became involved in that project, including me and the chancer pm. chancer pm said he was reluctant to let him go as he didnt want to risk the other 2 chancers leaving as well. i told him, in that case he should have let them all walk away. good riddance. they didnt contribute anything and just bled money from the budget. 


still, its all over now. maybe he will learn the lesson for next time, or maybe not. anyways, i still dont know if i will be staying. for that reason i had applied to another job and at lunchtime i went to an interview at another hedge fund. its only a fixed 6 month contract like the one i have just done now, but i will take it if i get offered it, because i was told that even if i get offered a new contract at my current place it will only be for another 3 months. besides, this other place runs some stuff i havent used before and its always good to learn new stuff. 


i only have 3 more weeks remaining and thats me done. am thinking of my holiday in cali more and more. my brain is tired, my body is tired. i just need a break. not sure if i will have anything to come back to, but its fine. have been saving my money and not being extravagent or taking things for granted. will be fine. 


today i have mostly been listening to twin atlantic - free.