Today, just before lunch, one of the DBAs comes up to Kevin as he and Scott are headed down to the cafeteria.

"Hey! Kevin, I haven't seen you recently. Congrats on the TPM position."

Kevin blinks. "Um. I didn't *get* the TPM position. I got a form letter from HR just after the ISO audit."

DBA: "Really? That... oh. Well... I thought... but? I'm confused. I thought you were..."

Kevin: "..."

Scott has extended the opinion that since the position has not been filled (no announcement made) that Dendrite NJ might have extended the hiring freeze to include Virginia (until after the new year) after the interviews took place but before the paperwork got pushed through.

Which leaves open the possibility that Kevin wasn't supposed to get the form reject letter.

Maybe.

It wouldn't be the first time they'd fucked up royally. I particularly like one of the Admins being told he was fired by one of the Operation Team Leads because while they'd cut his passwords and card-access and sent out an email about him being fired, no one had actually bothered to tell *him*.

So... either someone's just given Kevin a paper cut and poured lemon juice in it.

Or Dendrite fuct up. Again. Which would be a nice surprise. Sort of.

Gyah!