Every end a beginning
Dec. 22nd, 2006 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tysolnaToday was my last day at work.
Let me explain. Over here, when you do temp or student assistant work at a university, you can only work in the same job for four years. When you work for more than four years, they have to give you a steady job. This was meant as a precaution against those life-time temp jobs where you only got six months' contracts and never knew if you were going to get an extension. The downside of this is that even if your boss would like to have you stay in your job, the university won't let you when those four years are up.
So anyway. Today was my last day at the computer language lab. Last week, my colleagues and my boss invited me to dinner, which was nice, and a happy evening was had by all. Today, I said bye to the student from New York who's learning German, shut down the computers for the last time, drew down the security blinds, turned off the fuses, and locked the doors.
And the unexpected happened: I actually had a lump in my throat; I actually felt a little sad. But then I remembered that I had had this job for four years, during which a lot has happened; and my current colleagues are quite fun to be around. Only they're not my colleagues any more.
Ah well. Here's to the future - future jobs, future colleagues.
Now excuse me while I watch House until I fall asleep.
Let me explain. Over here, when you do temp or student assistant work at a university, you can only work in the same job for four years. When you work for more than four years, they have to give you a steady job. This was meant as a precaution against those life-time temp jobs where you only got six months' contracts and never knew if you were going to get an extension. The downside of this is that even if your boss would like to have you stay in your job, the university won't let you when those four years are up.
So anyway. Today was my last day at the computer language lab. Last week, my colleagues and my boss invited me to dinner, which was nice, and a happy evening was had by all. Today, I said bye to the student from New York who's learning German, shut down the computers for the last time, drew down the security blinds, turned off the fuses, and locked the doors.
And the unexpected happened: I actually had a lump in my throat; I actually felt a little sad. But then I remembered that I had had this job for four years, during which a lot has happened; and my current colleagues are quite fun to be around. Only they're not my colleagues any more.
Ah well. Here's to the future - future jobs, future colleagues.
Now excuse me while I watch House until I fall asleep.
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