Decision

While I was creating last week's blog, the Board of Directors for my company met and reviewed the 4 options available to them.

The decision was made on Monday night, our management team discussed it on Tuesday morning and we were informed on Tuesday afternoon that the company would be closing.

Liquidating the company was always one of the options, but it seemed contrary to the company's approach to get the job done. Now the job to be done is dismantling.

Dismantling the physical facilities of 2 floors of an office building in Kendall Square, Cambridge. That includes laboratory space, offices, cubicles, a kitchen and several conference rooms. There's furniture, computers, printers and even office supplies.

Thursday is the day that the remaining staff will be dismantled. For the remaining few of us, it's been a long week and days that are full of busy work. We're trying to transition 6 years of institutional knowledge in 3 days.

We're doing what we've always done - doing the best job possible with what we have.