The phone hasn't stopped ringing all evening. Apparently, at a meeting at my old department at hp this afternoon, my former colleagues have been told that as from June 13th, their services will no longer be required -- which means that effectively, they're all going to be out of a job in three months' time. Funny, how you never hear from people when things are going well...now they're all looking to me for reassurance. So I tell them they'll be fine, as I'm sure most of them will be, but right now they're all in shock, and wondering what their future will hold.

I'm so glad I left when I did.