Thank you for your service - don't let the ass hit you on the door on the way out.

Last Thursday the CO had a meeting with all the Reservists, and told us the plan was that we'd all be employed until at least 31 March. The plan was to take our unpaid leave in August, and then re-sign our contracts until March, when we'd find out whether or not we'd be offered more full time employment, and if so, that we'd have to give up our pensions. They told us they'd have us all come over and work out the details this week.

Seeing as it's already Thursday, and I hadn't heard from them, I decided to give them a call. Guess what? It's seems they've run out of hours. My my contract is done 30 Sept. (So no need to take unpaid leave in August.)

Yep, as of 30 Sep I'm unemployed.

But wait! There's another contract coming up that they want me to apply for, and if I get it I'm good until 31` March again (and have to take a month of unpaid leave before Dec.) That's right; they've got no money left to pay out my current contract, but enough to start a new, different one. (Apparently my current contract isn't a priority, which is BS - just ask my supervisors - but hey.)

There's the possibility that they could employ me for 12 days a month (Class A), which pays about $500 a month less than I'd make on EI, and no benefits. (No medical, dental, vacation time).

It's kind of insulting weird to end a 30 year military career this way, but what can you do? Let's face it, best case scenario I'm employed until 31 March, and them I'm right back in the same boat. Maybe it's best to pull the plug now and get it over with.

So, does anyone know where I can find a job in the Barrie area that pays $55-60K a year?

I didn't think so.

Oh, and I got home to find a phone message scheduling my surgery for the basal cell carcinoma for 11 Jul. Yay.