Just had a meeting with the dean of faculty of the college where I work... next thursday is my last day. They will hire me back as soon as I have any sort of notice that my EAD was approved, but until then, I am actually terminated and although the re-hire process is simple, I'll have to go through it.

133 days and not biometrics...

On a brighter note, I called the USCIS Customer Svc Center, and asked for the "ELIS helpdesk" (the lady pronounced it as E-LISS), was transferred and within 2 minutes had my access code to view my case details online. It shows nothing's happened since 4/20, but at least I can see it.