Indeed. I never aim to be popular, just do things correctly. If that offends people, or makes me unpopular, so be it! Once the contract is up, it's not my funeral.
I feel your pain. spent a couple of years going into data centers, moving their processing to central locations with excess capacity, and shutting the site down. typically there were 50-100 folks working in the building when you arrived, and 10 caretakers still had jobs when you left 6-8 months later. used to park on the other side of the base when not driving a government vehicle or a rental. the big wheels who made up the hatchet list never had the balls to show up at the losing site, but they would go to the gaining location and then call us grunts at the soon to be dead site to complain that we were moving too slowly. they always suggested that we somehow motivate the locals to be quicker about cutting their own throats. not many happy memories from those years.....but somebody had to do it. glad those days are behind me.
on the brighter side........never let it be said the freq does not embrace diversity.
acquired a FLUKE! found a dried out 50ufd 50V filter cap in the +18 power supply. only had an 82ufd 100V to stick in its place. badda bing. working 5 1/2 digit meter. stuck it beside its 4 1/2 and 6 1/2 digit hp brothers. got the 8810a because unlike the 8800a it does not contain an internal battery. it did come with the true rms volt and the ohm converters. all appear to work.
OK.....THATS IT.....NO MORE FREAKIN' SEVEN SEGMENT LED METERS.