[speaker001:] so the general topic is hobbies let's hear about your hobbies
[speaker002:] yes well let's see what kind of hobbies do I have I guess uh I it's more not so much a hobby but things I enjoy doing I enjoy playing basketball and and basically all kinds of sports and uh excuse me
[speaker001:] any handicrafts any handicrafts
[speaker002:] no not not really um no I I'm really not too creative well I uh you know around with my hands and things like that I leave that more up to my mom
[speaker001:] so I I think I'm developing a new handicraft I think it'll become resume writing
[speaker002:] oh yeah oh well let's hope that you you you aren't employed employed by that craft for too long
[speaker001:] uh yeah I I hate to think about it and and I'm getting rather good at reading want ads yeah it it
[speaker002:] uh-huh what what what kind of time frame is it uh looking for the uh different shifts up there
[speaker001:] I who knows
[speaker002:] is it uh basically I had read that they're just looking at relocating them all to McKinney is it Texas
[speaker001:] no all means about fifteen to twenty percent of
[speaker002:] oh wow
[speaker001:] of oh I'm sure the numbers somewhat classified but it's on the internal news and the news services so it's approximately six fifty so
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] ten percent of six fifty sixty five and twenty percent would be one thirty
[speaker002:] wow how about that yeah that's what it did report was a hundred and thirty relocating down to McKinney
[speaker001:] yeah that's possible
[speaker002:] how about that well that's uh that's unfortunate is there many many other are you in the defense
[speaker001:] oh yes that's here
[speaker002:] is it uh it many other corporations in the area
[speaker001:] uh I saw 7-Eleven that was hiring
[speaker002:] well I'm sure with the new uh awarding contract awarding I I think it went to Lockheed didn't it
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] that uh I hear they're hiring all over the place for that
[speaker001:] yeah uh no Apple's coming to town and and that has some opportunities and uh and
[speaker002:] oh really now is that actually just to Colorado or to Colorado Springs
[speaker001:] Colorado Springs specifically yes
[speaker002:] how about that
[speaker001:] and uh and uh MCI's coming if if telemarketing is your bag personally I'd rather die a slow painful death but
[speaker002:] um-hum were you in the uh computer operations or in the actual uh manufacturing
[speaker001:] uh I'm a defense worker a government tool control specialist
[speaker002:] right yeah that's why I was in the DSEG down here in Plano also
[speaker001:] are you still employed
[speaker002:] am I still employed by TI no I took a leave of of TI back in November
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] actually December was my first month away from them
[speaker001:] exempt or hourly oh yes
[speaker002:] exempt it uh uh fortunately I guess for myself it wasn't uh it was purely by my own choice it wasn't uh there was no incentive for myself to leave but it was just an opportunity arose and decided to take it
[speaker001:] oh so you didn't even get the severance package
[speaker002:] no I should have taken the the the you know uh option when that was there but it was just I missed it by a couple months but you know what can one do I'm just happy to still to have a job
[speaker001:] so are you happy with what you're doing now
[speaker002:] yeah I am kind of happy with it it it's getting better all the time I knew it would be different from the very beginning but you know as as you get to know more of the people that work there and more of what's going on with the system so I was in the computer operations it's uh you know it all starts to become similar there's you know there's benefits and there's things that weren't as good but as an overall package I'd say I I'm pretty happy so far with the way it's turned out
[speaker001:] yeah good good well hasn't been a long time TI or I I'm
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] significantly shaken by the situation
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] but not devastated
[speaker002:] um-hum well the the one thing I guess at least in your favor is the the fact that that that is more in the support of the manufacturing and there's lots and lots of companies that have maybe maybe not in the defense the defense area but manufacturing in general
[speaker001:] tell you the truth I'm I'm I'm not really worried
[speaker002:] uh-huh well that's great that's good
[speaker001:] and and I seem rather happy about it most of the time just just to know
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] what's possibilities are you know what might happen
[speaker002:] sure yeah sometimes it's good just to have everything out on the table
[speaker001:] but still in all
[speaker002:] it may be a blessing in disguise
[speaker001:] it feels funny
[speaker002:] I know a number of people who are uh surplused and they're just actually what the positions that they've found outside of the company were much much better than the ones that they currently had inside
[speaker001:] so despite the fact that I should be tying flies or fly fishing or or going for walks in the mountains I can't seem to get into it right now
[speaker002:] exactly uh-huh well I'm sure it's just with the the the the way that things are so topsy-turvy right now as soon as you decide decide on a pass
[speaker001:] uh situational I I doubt I'll be here in six months
[speaker002:] uh-huh well would you like to be there
[speaker001:] I all things being equal yes
[speaker002:] uh-huh what
[speaker001:] but or or even somewhere better but
[speaker002:] sure
[speaker001:] God this is much better than west Texas
[speaker002:] uh-huh well just take the day
[speaker001:] but then they they tell me hell is much better than west Texas
[speaker002:] well actually uh the the the Plano Dallas Houston you know Austin that whole area is is actually quite quite nice
[speaker001:] I my little brother lives in Austin right now
[speaker002:] oh that's a beautiful place
[speaker001:] goes to UT
[speaker002:] uh-huh that's just fantastic down there take it more as a this is your opportunity to do whatever you want pick out where you want to live and then once you pick that spot out pick out what you want to do
[speaker001:] I see that's the problem for the last many years I've more or less let them direct what I want to do and where I want to go
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] and just kind of go with the punches
[speaker002:] sure
[speaker001:] and now I feel lost
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah that's a it it takes a bit of a shift doesn't it
[speaker001:] oh I've had job offers
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] but I never found the one that was worth it for me to leave
[speaker002:] uh-huh well the best thing about it is that you can uh try something if you don't like it shoot move on to something else that's the way I've uh looked at the whole thing here I'll take a chance if I don't like it I'll go someplace else do something different
[speaker001:] and that oh so had you been with TI long when you changed
[speaker002:] five years
[speaker001:] well there's a noticeable difference there I've been with them sixteen
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I can imagine you know the longer and longer it goes
[speaker001:] actually seventeen now and oh yeah momentum is uh driving force in our lives
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but so yeah I'm looking as as a opportunity
[speaker002:] well that's good you've got a good attitude about it
[speaker001:] and and I'm looking at it as a change
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and I'm looking at it as as an adventure
[speaker002:] right there you go that's the way to do it
[speaker001:] and maybe I'll wet a fly line this year and do some camping if I don't get laid off between now and then
[speaker002:] there you go that's the thing to do that's much funner than doing any kind of job
[speaker001:] huh how about we end this
[speaker002:] that'll work out just fine
[speaker001:] nice talking to you
[speaker002:] all right nice talking to you good-bye
[speaker001:] bye