Well, here I am at home. and not, as you would have expected in a travel hotel somewhere in the vicinity of London City Airport, ready for our red-eye flight to Copenhagen in the morning.
No, I am home.
Let's be honest here, the economy, the European economy is screwed. And we knew the company was in a bad way, but that did not prepare us for the news this morning. One thing I will say for Vestas is they do keep us informed of what is going on, even if there is an attempt to sugar-coat the bad news. Kinda. Some 3,000 people, workers, friends, whatever, are to lose their job as five factories around Denmark and Sweden are to close.
One of the factories to close is the one we should have been visiting these next three days; needless to say the trip was cancelled as they all come to terms with what may be the biggest employer in the area is to close. soon.
And what of us? That is what taxes us, and the answer is we don't know. For now several technicians are to lose their jobs, but for the rest of us we wait, while the axe hovers over us all. Of course it might not come to that, things are moving, there is the hint of work next year, of turbines to be built. But, for now, we wait.
And to think three and a half weeks ago, I thought all was fine. we thought all was fine, for it all to be in the mixer once again. It is the modern way, with jobs appearing and disappearing like nutrenos in a particle accelerator.
So, for now, we carry on as normal. Don't panic, don't panic.
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