Back to the Trenches: Roll Call for the Departed

Everyone came back to work today. New Year. 'New Vice President is starting full time. Those who vacationed between Christmas and New Year's Day, about half the department, didn't know till this morning that Dan the Hyper-active Boss Man was fired last week.

They weren't "told" today, either. Since the new VP had informed our department meeting last week, he didn't feel it necessary to repeat himself. He was right: by 9 AM, everyone in the cubes knew via the "voice mail" system (aka the "rumor mill" - except that this time it was fact).

So... Spike the Genius has been segued out of commission; Dan the Hyper-Active Boss Man is gone; one hears tell from the man himself that Jim the Lead is thinking of early retirement - wanting to walk out the front door at his own pace, I guess. Changes, changes, changes.