My subject assistant (the one who applied for the business post)... got the job. She starts today. (So from my point of view has now finished.) Congratulations to D and I'm sure she'll be good at it.

On the other hand that means I've lost both my assistants in very short order. To lose one might be regarded unfortunate, to lose two just looks like carelessness.

There's a part of me however that, recognizing she's been more than a little involved with helping at other posts for the last couple of years of our restructuring, thinks that it will be a good opportunity to start again. At least I understand that both will be replaced, but it will be a couple of months most likely.

What was interesting, just before Easter, was the person who approached me about the possibility of replacing D and making it a job share. But that's supersecret and I promised I wouldn't breathe a word of it until personnel have worked out some details.