I wonder why they suddenly don't have someone to cover that job!

He put his notice in and was put on gardening leave immediately, but there are others in different territories so I'm left wondering why and whether I am being set up for a job offer with the supplier I don't want

I am in fact not quite clear on what's going on, I did think they wanted me to Step in until the replacement could get up to speed, but the the boss dropped the 6month thing on me and I don't know any more "shrug" bit strange.

Too big a job for a new untrusted recruit maybe?

They appear to have sacked everybody in the U.K. For being a bit useless, new engineers start on Monday but have 2months of training in front of them, I'm really really busy resolving the old lots "ahem" challenges. :-)