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NeilJam
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I was just notified Monday that my position has been eliminated by my employer. The fuckers even interrupted my lunch to have an HR person in another state tell me this by phone and then walked me out of the building.
There were 4 daylight positions, 2 of which were eliminated. Now instead of having 2 people at all times they just have 1 person at a time. The bit I haven't received an explanation about from them is why my job was cut when I had more seniority (both with the company and within the department) than the 2 people they kept.
I knew changes were coming but wasn't expecting this. The department was starting a new schedule on Monday which was changed to eliminate the 4 hours of overtime everyone would get each pay period. When the supervisor presented the schedule she created I saw that there was still overtime for some people. I fixed this by rearranging some of the schedule (with no credit) and was then cut out of it.
On the bright side, I was starting to hate my job anyway. I also get about 3 weeks of pay as if I'm working without actually having to work followed by about 2 months of severance pay. I'll also get the 3 weeks of vacation I had saved paid out so I'll get a total of 15 weeks of pay without working.
There were 4 daylight positions, 2 of which were eliminated. Now instead of having 2 people at all times they just have 1 person at a time. The bit I haven't received an explanation about from them is why my job was cut when I had more seniority (both with the company and within the department) than the 2 people they kept.
I knew changes were coming but wasn't expecting this. The department was starting a new schedule on Monday which was changed to eliminate the 4 hours of overtime everyone would get each pay period. When the supervisor presented the schedule she created I saw that there was still overtime for some people. I fixed this by rearranging some of the schedule (with no credit) and was then cut out of it.
On the bright side, I was starting to hate my job anyway. I also get about 3 weeks of pay as if I'm working without actually having to work followed by about 2 months of severance pay. I'll also get the 3 weeks of vacation I had saved paid out so I'll get a total of 15 weeks of pay without working.
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What kind of company do you work for?
My guess, a large one with record profits.
Good luck on the job hunt
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Yeah, I figure the difference in wages might be the reason they cut me. I never got huge raises but I guess they added up a little. I just thought seniority usually determined who gets laid off so people with less time would get cut first.
Righteousbabe is at least half right. It is a large corporation, but I worked at a small office for them (around 100 people) which did not make much money for the company. I'm not sure about the overall profits, but I believe the company stock did go up until it was bought by an investment firm.
when people quit my place of work, they take them to their locker and walk them off the property and the security codes are changed. even when they give their two weeks this is done. they dont want sales people to have to weeks to steal all their clients away from them.
sorry to hear about your job, but it seems like you are optimistic....good luck!
That's interesting. I haven't ever worked in a place like that so it sounded so strange to me!
Yeah, stuff like that is usually standard procedure when people leave a job, especially when someone is fired. Employees at my former job used access cards to enter the building. The company just make people return them or turned off their card so they don't have to change numbers all the time.
In my case I wasn't even allowed to get my things from my desk myself. A supervisor (not mine) boxed up my stuff while they had me in a conference room to tell me my job was cut. They just gave it to me as I left the room.
and also, I believe, they escort someone out for security reasons, they may be afraid of someone's reaction to that
that is totally bogus how they did that to you like that
but fortunately at least you will get all that back pay and severance pay
Hang in there, I hope you find a job you enjoy!
(the story of the song Unemployable is coming to mind right now)
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This just seems wrong to me. :( To treat you like you are less than a human being with feelings!! It's like saying "We're done with you. Get out and take your junk with you." That's so lousy!
if they say they didnt know, you reply "well now you do"
or
option b
is this because i'm black!? (ps works even better if you are, in fact, not black)
or
option 3
i'll be back. 7 day waiting period my ass!!
but nice people sw****w
Thats standard practice at my place when people are let go.
Find shapes in the clouds.
Hear the murmur of the wind
and touch the cool water.
Walk softly,
we are intruders,
tolerated briefly
In an infinite universe.
That's hilarious! I'll be using that one, if the situation arises.