That’s right! I have joined the ranks of the great unwashed! But to be honest it happened several months ago and despite my best efforts I haven’t been able to find alternate employment. Do I put this down to my anti-religious rantings? Perhaps my scintillating dinner conversation? Maybe I just haven’t proffered enough fine golden paper wrapped chocolates at various social affairs….
A lack of reply.
No unfortunately its none of the above. Of the jobs I have applied for (some 50 at this point) I have had one response informing me that the job is filled. And it’s not just me, in the same swift resistance free axe swoop at the office I used to work at, a number of my friends and former colleagues became ex-employee’s.
Alternative Therapy Careers
Those few people I still have contact with have informed me that they are now seeking alternative employment in different careers and industry’s at this point because the IT sector in Australia has pretty much evaporated in a puff of outsourcing and external support contracts. Of course my only problem with this is that it implies there was an IT industry here in the first place.
I figure that my best bet is to take a page out of Ron Hubbard’s book and set up my own religion involving a fanatical desire to baste chickens for no good reason and a propensity to spout unequivocal nonsense as a definitive certainty, but that market is looking rather crowded these days.
So what next?
Well I’m not exactly wealthy, but I own my house, I have no debts, quite a fair bit saved and a small supplementary income that will see me through any difficulties. So, to be quite frank I’m going to become a bum.
That’s right, like 0.3% of the rest of the Australian job seeking market I’ve given up and packed my figurative bags to go on a holiday from society! Stay tuned over the next few months to find out what happens on my crazy adventures made possible by the virtue of un-employment.
Will I drunkenly make an embarrassing post here? Will I parade around the streets with a pair of underpants on my head whistling the theme tune of Star Wars? Probably not I’m a bit too sensible for such contrivance’s but I have to admit its tempting especially considering I’ve been out of work for 5 months already (and in that space of time I have been getting re-acquainted with KillZone 2 on my PS3).
No what I have been doing is getting very fit and actually learning to have a bit of flippant fun! It surprises me how toxic working office environments are and I truly believe they need to come with a health warning something like ‘Warning this career will lead to Obesity, shortness of temper and a desire to strangle people who apparently deserve it.’
Hopefully this means I will be posting a fair but more too. What will happen next on my adventure? Probably not much but I will ride my bike a bit more frequently!
Today I’m Listening to:
Good Times, Bad Times by Led Zeppelin
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