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Subject:RE: What a predicament! From:"Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:47:30 -0000
>>What would you do?<<
Right now? You're depressed. Your first priority is taking care of yourself:
so be good to yourself. Spend a week indulging yourself. Go for favourite
walks. Eat your favourite food. Watch movies that leave you feeling good.
Spend time with friends who care about you. Watch a sunset. Sleep late. Do
things you enjoy. Don't worry about what's happening at work.
>>Will blowing the whistle hurt my chances
for getting another job?<<
Yes, very probably. Sorry to have to tell you this, but *even if* you're
utterly on the side of the angels and your intervention saved 9 adults, 4
children, and 3 cute puppies, it would *still* make employers in the same
field wary of taking you on. Therefore, make no decisions *now*.
What I would do? Give myself that week of deliberate self-indulgence and
relaxation, rewrite my CV, and start jobhunting, start date the day I'm due
back from the month off.
>>How much would you tell prospective employers about
what's gone on here?<<
Nothing at all.
Jane Carnall
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