Wedenesday 3rd August:

I start with a day of note! Today in the world of Skippy, IT was halved!! Outsourced to CompetantMantra plc. It was at this point that The Hobo walked in, five minutes late. He had to stand at the back and couldn't see the screen with the list of unfortunate teams.

It all happened in a flash, "we are now going to split into two groups" says Mike Chrome the IT Director. "Those of you who are staying go into the foyer for coffee and biscuits, those of you who now work for CompetantMantra plc." gesturing towards a subtley disguised large bear trap "go through the door into suite B."

The smokers all piled down the stairs to get a last fix before we were told why we had been chosen to stay. "I thought development would've gone too " said Raymondo With hindsight, the two hour wait for the meeting to start seemed cruel for those deemed unworthy, some loitered in sun with glazed expressions. There was a mood of distrust and resentment in the air, I was hoping for a good punch up when we got back in. No such luck.

Uncle Peter assured us all that our knowledge was the reason we were kept and that, despite making the same promise to the staff in suite B six months ago, we would not be outsourced!

Not really an issue for myself as a contractor, but very bizarre to witness