So my boss put in his two weeks' notice today. This is a bit more significant than it usually would be because, well, the team I'm on is basically just myself and my boss. We were running way under required resources as-is - without getting too specific we were basically determined to need 4 people at present, and the scope of the work is constantly and rapidly expanding - and in two weeks all of that is basically going to be all me, in addition to all of the administrative and maintenance tasks that my boss had previously been responsible for. It's going to be like that for a while until we're approved to hire again, because I'm really the only person in the testing department with the required background to do this stuff.
I'm not sure how to react to this. Worst case scenario, I got stuck permanently in the same position doing things (or rather, continuing to do things) way out of scope of the job that I'm being paid for until I either quit or die of exhaustion. Best case scenario, I stick it out for a while, get to hire and train my own personal lackey, and convince the higher-ups that if I'm going to be an administrator, a lead, and a four-man workforce, that my current status of second-from-bottom-paygrade contract worker isn't really appropriate.
Oh and, in all seriousness, if anybody's out of a job and has good software/avionic/testing experience and doesn't mind moving to OC California and taking a bunch of shit from me, let me know. I've got something for you.