As it turns out, the khanjali was double-edged. On the heels of the announcements restoring or mitigating pay cuts, there soon followed the announcements (predicted by Yours Truly) that numerous furloughs are being officially converted to layoffs. Sadly, the "layoffs" in this context are likely indefinite to the extent that they are reasonably to be taken as permanent separations, and the trend is likely only just kicking off. Nor is it a good time to be adrift, in the midst of a pandemic with persisting economic disruption and high unemployment.
I can only hope that all of our colleagues impacted by the adverse edge of the current developments gave heed in the past to the sage advice and basic career counsel of B. McLeod, "Don't be poor." Seldom has wiser counsel been given in this world. The law is not only a "jealous mistress," as so often reputed, but also, sometimes, the total, vengeance-driven shit that puts you out of house and home with temporary orders, and drains your bank accounts.
I trust that everyone in our immediate CC community has had the moxie, foresight and wherewithal to not be where the khanjali fell. Let us all sing a song and say a prayer for the souls of our less cynical and paranoid, lower-vertebrate cousins in the profession, who have not been so fortunate.
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