so, who else is getting laid off?

[Ns1]

my last day was today. time for 7+ weeks of vacation!

You leavin SoCal?

 

[kt]

We've had layoffs every year since I was hired, some of them massive, and I keep getting raises... I guess that means I'm economically viable.

They are setting you up to be the "fall" guy.

 

[Fenixgoon]

You leavin SoCal?

yep. heading to austin, TX in ~3 weeks.

i had a job offer from Ford in michigan (and boy would that be a pay bump due to cost of living!!!) but i think it will be better to be close to my brother.

 

[SeaSerpent]

Well, the company I work for sold the business to another company who is going to tear it down. Next week will be my last week after 17 years. Not sure what to do now.

 

[highland145]

Well, the company I work for sold the business to another company who is going to tear it down. Next week will be my last week after 17 years. Not sure what to do now.

That sucks. In an industry that you can go it on your own?

 

[SeaSerpent]

That sucks. In an industry that you can go it on your own?

No, I'm a supervisor at a large sawmill. There are other mills in Washington/Oregon region. It is just a sad deal, about 300+ people out of work.

 

[BUTCH1]

Yep. I always get blasted when I talk about how so many people have no idea what work ethic is nowadays. But it really is true. Every time I hear a 20 something punk say "that isn't in my job description" I want to beat them. Your job description is to do whatever is necessary. I've came in 2 hours early. I've stayed 3 hours late. I've got on cross country non stop 12 hour day, 6 hour driving, 4 hours on a plane days. Not because I liked it but because shit needed to get done. Meanwhile another employee complained nonstop for a month because she didn't like the route that was planned out. WHAT? Shut up and do the damn job.

/rant

Qualifying rant
but sometimes no matter what you do your on the "list". My last job I was at for 15 years but I got let go anyway. Your probably thinking, "yea, he got complacent" but the exact opposite was the truth. The company used SAP software and I was the only one in our dept. who took the time to learn how to properly use it and could take accurate inventories, didn't matter. They started a 3rd shift but had no one to handle the chemicals so I volunteered to stay over to make sure they had stuff to work on, didn't matter. What mattered was the manager was a moron who made so many unnecessary procedural changes he about doubled the time it took to get a batch made, the "showboat" type who would run upstairs and convince the plant managers he "fixed" a problem that never existed in the first place. At the end of the day the labor cost was skyrocketing so what to do, confess you fucked up what was running perfectly or chop the older guys (who made the most $$). Fast forward 2 years and he quits and said managers spent $3 million fixing all his mistakes, sometimes you get caught in a bad situation but that's life, you try and move on the best you can.

 

[Murloc]

yep. heading to austin, TX in ~3 weeks.

i had a job offer from Ford in michigan (and boy would that be a pay bump due to cost of living!!!) but i think it will be better to be close to my brother.

how are you going to survive without lanesplitting?

 

[OverVolt]

Qualifying rant
but sometimes no matter what you do your on the "list". My last job I was at for 15 years but I got let go anyway. Your probably thinking, "yea, he got complacent" but the exact opposite was the truth. The company used SAP software and I was the only one in our dept. who took the time to learn how to properly use it and could take accurate inventories, didn't matter. They started a 3rd shift but had no one to handle the chemicals so I volunteered to stay over to make sure they had stuff to work on, didn't matter. What mattered was the manager was a moron who made so many unnecessary procedural changes he about doubled the time it took to get a batch made, the "showboat" type who would run upstairs and convince the plant managers he "fixed" a problem that never existed in the first place. At the end of the day the labor cost was skyrocketing so what to do, confess you fucked up what was running perfectly or chop the older guys (who made the most $$). Fast forward 2 years and he quits and said managers spent $3 million fixing all his mistakes, sometimes you get caught in a bad situation but that's life, you try and move on the best you can.

Hey I don't need the explanation I have seen this first hand. When the budget is in the red and everyone is panicking all bets are off.

 

[96Firebird]

My mom has somehow gotten through all the layoffs so far at Kodak. Not much longer until she retires, hopefully they don't get rid of her before then...

 

[MongGrel]

Still just letting the latest wear off myself.

 

[MongGrel]

My mom has somehow gotten through all the layoffs so far at Kodak. Not much longer until she retires, hopefully they don't get rid of her before then...

Best wishes.

That's about the time the fuckers do it these days.

 

[OverVolt]

Best wishes.

That's about the time the fuckers do it these days.

There is an older lady at my current job who pretends like she doesn't know whats going on but she totally does.

I wonder if she is like that. The place can be total chaos and this lady is like do de do de do de do fixing everything that everyone else is panicking about and then she pretends like nothing was wrong. But she had to have seen it coming because she was ready for it. :hmm:

Its like Carol from walking dead.

 

[KlokWyze]

IT is sweet. Young companies tend to just take care of their people better and strive to provide a "work - life" balance, but I think sectors that are doing well tend to make that easier to accomplish.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My company is still in the process of being merged with another, so I'm kind of nervous but so far I think we'll be ok judging by other stuff going on. My boss even got a budget for stuff around the office this year, he never gets a budget.

Any job that's in front of a computer is at risk of a layoff any time though in this day and age, it's kind of scary really. It's only going to get worse as companies continue to pinch pennies more and more to increase profits.

If I lost my job I really don't know what I'd do. I'd really be royally screwed. There's really not much if anything in tech here. I'd probably have to get into mining or trades but it's hard to do that when you did not go to school for it as they wont take you without proper education and experience.

 

[purbeast0]

My company is closing its doors at the end of June. I have known about the closure for a few months now and have sent out resumes with little success. I have been with the company for 12 years. My 12 years experience with my current position leaves me with no real marketable skill since what we do is very propiatary and unique. I have been job hunting at indeed, monsters, craiglists, news paper, etc and all I see are job listings that require highly skills, warehouses or customer service. Im too old to be working warehouse and don't have the skills to qualify for other positions. I'm a realist and don't expect to be pay anywhere close to what im getting currently getting. Perhaps I should go back to school and learn a new trade like an electrician. It's very depressing and confusing time for me right now. The good news are my expenses are low and I have enough cash reserved to last me at least a year.

A caution for you youngsters out there, don't be too comfortable with your current position. If you have the opportunity to branch out, take that chance. I had many opportunities to branch out to other fields over the years but didn't cause I was too comfortable and contend with my current job.

that is a MAJOR reason (among others) that i left my first job out of school. i was learning NOTHING after about a year, but stayed for over 5 years anyways. the biggest kick in the ass was when i was told i was almost laid off.

since i left, my salary has nearly tripled, and my resume is about a billion times more useful now and i'm way more marketable with all of the technologies i've worked on thus far.

i still eat lunch with the guys from my first company every now and then and they are doing the same thing right now. if those guys lose they will have very little to put on their resumes, and i'm sure their pay still sucks.

 

[rcpratt]

It's nice working for a company that hasn't laid anybody off in several decades.

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's nice working for a company that hasn't laid anybody off in several decades.

The calm before the storm.

 

[BUTCH1]

Hey I don't need the explanation I have seen this first hand. When the budget is in the red and everyone is panicking all bets are off.

I was responding to Rudeguy's post, if you thought my post was to long you were free to ignore it.

 

[her209]

What's the long story SSSnail?

 

[SSSnail]

What's the long story SSSnail?

My departure was almost 8 months in the making, with a lot of negotiations and posturing to get what I wanted. Finally it's here, it's sweet.

 

[OverVolt]

..

 

[BUTCH1]

Oh people like rudeguy tend to prompt people to over explain themselves. Don't let him borrow your thoughts and he won't know wtf to do.

You stayed at a bad job too long, you have like bad job PTSD. I really didn't mean anything by what I said. Just curious, do you have tinnitus? I don't mean anything by that either, FYI. Its related to perceiving patterns that aren't really there. Hence the curiosity. Because you projected intent into what I typed. It would mean your dopamine is jacked up.

I meant it as more of a "I know the feels" sense and you took it the totally wrong way.

Well my bad then, the job itself wasn't "bad" until the manager they hired made it bad. This area is not one for a lot of opportunities so if your making decent jack and your up to 4 weeks/year PTO then you try and make it work out if you can.

 

[Fenixgoon]

how are you going to survive without lanesplitting?

less traffic

 

[DigDog]

yupp, im getting laid off as well. IBM's new UK plan finally caught up with me.