Small Victories

And so it came to pass that the Editorial Expansion - the transfer of three Designers to setting Editorial only long before our department is shut down - was put 'on hold', when Group Publishing Director was presented with the argument that leaving the remaining 3 Designers on Ads only could be construed as a demotion and, thereby, constructive dismissal. And that would also constitute constructive dismissal for me and my counterpart. And all of that would constitute constructive dismissal for our boss.

Apparently GPD hadn't considered that it might be seen as demotion - entirely believable, since she was knee-jerk reacting to a proposal by the brown-nosing Group Editor, who was knee-jerk reacting to losing another battle to the Group Production Manager: he blinded GPD with all kinds of flannel about how it would be better if the Designers switched sooner rather than later, and she didn't even stop to think about the impact on everyone else before agreeing that it was a capital idea.

I despair for this company, I really do. Nobody sees beyond the here and now. Nobody wants to consider future consequences.

In other news, I finally broke Alternity Starscream and RotF Bludgeon out of their packaging after work today. Starscream has a few loose joints, but nothing structurally important. Overall, I'm impressed by the design - both of the car (the Mitsuoka Orochi - 'large snake' could not be a more apt description of this car!) and the robot, which is so far distant from the G1 stubby-armed brick you'd hardly believe there was any connection. Bludgeon, meanwhile, is yet another Decepticon tank. Vehicle mode is impressively sturdy, and the - sadly fixed - rubber treads are cool, while robot mode is suitably skeletal... it fits the Universe/Classics aesthetic as well as it does the movie line largely because of the very plain head.

And then there's the continuation of Chuck Season 3. Wow... wheels within wheels in this plotline...