My god, i am the only one left in my cubicle section. Did I make it past the cut?!
God this is nerve-racking.... Damn dotcom industry.
God this is nerve-racking.... Damn dotcom industry.
S*%&T! My company is laying everyone off right now!!
- Thread starter beekman
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dude...i can't work, i can't concentrate when i see my boss tapping people on the shoulder one by one. Is this how they do it? shouldn't they just call you at home and tell you not to come to work?
This is the time to lay low. Don't start volunteering for everything. Its too obvious. Do your work, appear busy, be pleasant, and look alert. Make the boss' job of firing you as tough as possible.
Although i do not work at Nortel ...but i have a friend who just told me that their office here which had 485 employees... laid off 400 of them
If you have any important documents, email, etc, get them onto disk NOW before they kill your pc! Don't try to mail them, they have the mail server locked already, I bet.
<< shouldn't they just call you at home and tell you not to come to work? >>
Ah, reminds me of one of the times I was sacrificed on the altar of aquisition.
I'd been with the company five years. The new ownership talked a lot of crap about "logical transition", "evaluating all the players before making any decisions", blah, blah. Of course, we all knew they'd be axeing the entire corporate staff as soon as they could get their people moved to the area.
I watched as the bodies piled up over a couple of weeks, and then my time came. The head of human resources for the region (same position I held, one step below), called me in Seattle and asked me to drive down to Portland.
I drive the 170 miles to meet with her and the new Regional Director. She launches in to her "soft landing" speech (I swear these yuppies all read the same book), and at the end asks, "Now, Russ, do you have any questions?"
I looked at her and said, "Just one. Have you ever heard of the telephone?" Then I got up, walked out and drove back to Seattle.
beekman,
The upside to bad times is that they are ALWAYS followed by good times.
Russ, NCNE
well just be glad you aren't dealing with other more life threatening consequential actions like engaging in homosexual activities.
Reitz,
Of course. They paid it, too. I worked for another three weeks training my replacement. That three weeks added two more weeks pay to my severance package because it put me past annual vacation time.
Asubit,
I see a vision of your future, and that future does not include posting at AnandTech.
Russ, NCNE
Of course.
They paid it, too. I worked for another three weeks training my replacement. That three weeks added two more weeks pay to my severance package because it put me past annual vacation time.Asubit,
I see a vision of your future, and that future does not include posting at AnandTech.
Russ, NCNE
3:30 , didn't get the axe 'yet', my department is trimming down big time. there is going to be a big announcement in a half hour
whoa, that sucks man... it kinda makes me rethink if I should leave my current steady job and look for a new one... feels kinda risky right now.
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