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Yeah, no kidding. Talk about making you feel like a real douche at the same time you're getting "let go". sheesh.Originally Posted by flogger
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This great economy is even affecting me. I work for a large pharmacy chain. They decided to close stores last year and mine was one of them. I have been in their float pool since July and can't get placed at a permanent location. The company is not restructuring management and forced retirement on many older supervisors and flattened regional management structure. Guess they were worried more about their own jobs and not mine. The company will close another 200 stores this year so I will have more company in the float pool. They are not hiring for those that have jumped because of the upcoming store closures. It has forced me out of complacency and after 10 years I have brushed off my resume and started looking again. Another chain or food/drug does not meet the bill so hopefully I find a better fit.
Like so many others got to pay bills and put away for retirement. Keep professional and of good spirits.
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Police showing up??? Wow, that's a crappy way to so you that they still respect you. At least we're not going that far.
This is my main worry, the people leaving and the people that are left can easily find work so that's not a concern. I'm worried that morale will never bounce back to where it was.
This is a massive restructuring thanks to a Leveraged Buy Out. I don't have exact numbers but my initial guess is 1000 of 2500 are going across the company. We were very profitable but sales weren't increasing fast enough. I'm not sure who's going to be left to sell after this is over.
That sucks.
My buddy was in a similar spot at a major chain in walgreens. He finally just got on with the VA.
What do you think you want to do?
FWIW, I'm looking as well. Unbelievably, looking to get back IN.
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I got laid off once, I didn't really like the job but it sucked. It was a mom and pop auto shop and I was the guy with the least seniority at like 14 months so I got booted. The guy had told all the other techs he was going to do it that day so they would be ready in case I wigged out I guess. He let me finish the day and paid me my vacation time and off I went. I found a job the same day so it was a minimal impact.
i would not want to be the guys doing the layoffs! The awesome company I work for now which is typical corporate BS calls a meeting with no management there and shows the people a video about how to find a new job hahahaha my job sucks but it is secure for a while at least.
Back in '06 when I was laid off prior to going into the service it was crappy, but it was a sign of things to come as the company went under just a few months later.
I can understand the police showing up, if there is a reasonable risk that there may be an issue. Getting fired/laid off can be a contributor to that "workplace violence" which seems to be so pervasive. But calling the cops because you're doing layoffs with no indication that someone might not take it well, kind of a dick move.
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we always knew it was going to be a bad day when the security guard was posted at the elevators. If your access card wouldn't let you on the elevator, the guard would check his clipboard of names and send you another direction in the building...
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The company I and a few others here on the forum work at (*cough giant black and red telco cough*) lay off people so often, on Friday I said to my boss "Hey, there hasn't been a layoff since January. Must be because of ..."
I've survived probably 30 layoffs in the past 10 years. Now there's only 2 of us left and my boss. At least it's handled well. Everyone knows it's 2 weeks pay for every year working + saved vacation time, pro-rated yearly bonus, etc. When you get notified, you also still work for a month to "find a new internal job" if you want, or just don't show up, it's up to you.
Now, I've been laid off from other jobs. One was classic: I was in the car, driving to my recruiter's office for a meeting on a new job, when the guy my company hired to do layoffs called. At the end of the discussion, he asked why I was so calm, I replied that I still had time to get to the interview I was driving to.
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Having police is standard procedure. I had a boss lie about me once. The company couldn't take the chance she wasn't lying, even though they knew she was, and after they got rid of me, a police officer sat AT MY DESK for a month. My picture was hung in the lobby for two years.
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