Thursday, 14 August 2008
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Remember this post? The one where I was so excited about having my Wednesdays off? Well, now I get to have another day off!!
The economy crunch has really hit our company hard. Last year this time, we had over 800 jobs (the year before we were over 2,000). This year, we are barely pushing 300. Thankfully, most of those 300 jobs are big commercial developments that will pay well, however, if you are familiar with any sort of development, it takes many many months to complete a big job, which means our company doesn't get paid for many, many months. That being said, our company is cutting more hours. They know times are hard and it's hard for anyone in the land development business to find a job, so they are trying as hard as they can to keep everybody on, but it's going to take some sacrificing on the employee's part.
On Monday, our project manager held a meeting to let us know that we are valued as employees and he is very happy with the work we are producing and wants to keep everyone, however the company can't afford to pay us all. He has proposed a new work schedule for everyone which means that administrative staff (that's me!) will be cut down to three- eight hour days a week and design staff (that's Eric!) will be cut down to four-eight hour days a week (we originally had a 9-80 schedule with every other Friday off, but they have changed that). That way they don't have to lay anyone off. Now Eric and I will have every Monday off and I will still have every Wednesday off.
You may think that we are completely stressed out over the loss of our hours and us having smaller paychecks, but we're not! God has given us a huge amount of peace about this and we aren't worried a bit. Well, I'm a little overwhelmed about a couple small things (to be described in a later post today) but it's not really about this situation.
After talking with my mom yesterday, we both agreed that this could be a small way that God is inching me out of my position at work. Once work picks up again and Eric can go back to working 5 days a week, we will be used to living on a limited income and I could perhaps take another day off or even quit all together! I'm not sure what exactly God has in store for us, but I know it's something great and I completely trust in His decisions for our lives.
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