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Layoffs headed my way.

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LS21

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leave before the others do, that way the idiots wont take up all the good jobs
 

polm

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FINAL UPDATE : I have been surplussed! Getting everything I wanted and then some, in terms of a benefits/severance package. WOOT WOOT!!
 

Capt Caveman

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Originally posted by: polm
FINAL UPDATE : I have been surplussed! Getting everything I wanted and then some, in terms of a benefits/severance package. WOOT WOOT!!

Congrats!

I need to get laid-off so I can take the summer off.
 

rasczak

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Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: polm
FINAL UPDATE : I have been surplussed! Getting everything I wanted and then some, in terms of a benefits/severance package. WOOT WOOT!!

Congrats!

I need to get laid-off so I can take the summer off.

congrats man!

Originally posted by: pcslookout
shens

pcslookout, just because google didn't workout for you....oh sorry i meant you lied about google, oh by the way how IS google treating you?
 

bearxor

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I work for a large nationwide new print company that has recently offered voluntary severance packages at several branches...

Hoping ours is next and it's as good as what you got. For 28% of my annual salary I would walk in a heartbeat.
 

rh71

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Originally posted by: polm
FINAL UPDATE : I have been surplussed! Getting everything I wanted and then some, in terms of a benefits/severance package. WOOT WOOT!!

So was it more than the 28% annual salary then? Why so happy?
 

polm

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Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: polm
FINAL UPDATE : I have been surplussed! Getting everything I wanted and then some, in terms of a benefits/severance package. WOOT WOOT!!

So was it more than the 28% annual salary then? Why so happy?

Nope that figure stayed the same. The biggest news is that we get a 60-day grace period. Many of us thought it would be no more than a couple weeks, or even less.

We are getting payed for unused vacation (I've got a bunch saved up). We are getting pro-rated bonus's (thought we would forfeit). Get to keep the company health plan for a decent amount of time. Plus, though I guess I should have known it was coming, we get to draw unemployment.

I'm also extra happy because some folks were forced to accept a lateral moving position and denied the voluntary severance all-together. I would have been quite upset to get stuck with that offer.
 

ultimatebob

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Originally posted by: rh71
Does your company name have only 3 letters in it?

Funny... I haven't heard of any major layoff news from the big three letter technology company where I used to work. I wish I knew where the OP lived, as this would be much easier to figure out.