In Limbo

I'm on holidays, but still write something about work. I dropped by yesterday, to get my laptop repaired and to fill the expenses forms. On the white board, I discovered that the company has given itself a new organisational structure. The future will tell, whether this will kick us out of agony.

The major problem of my caring employer is that we build products that are not very much sought after anymore. We are big in gun based low-level air defence. This became somehow so out of fashion that no army is butting significant money into it - especially not for our overpriced appliances. Our sales hit rock bottom. I would not put any money into a bet whether our company will still exist in five years time.

Apparently, against all odds, there are still some people which believe that we could prevail. Next weekend, the Group for Switzerland Without Army (GSoA) is launching an Initiative to prohibit the selling of Swiss weapons abroad by a new clause in the Swiss constitution. This time, they try to learn from the flaws in an earlier attempt by deliberately excluding dual-use products.

Which party will pass the finish line first?