- Feb 7, 2011
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Choo choo! All aboard the Complain Train!
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My company recently merged with another company, and as they pitched this to us a "great" thing to be excited and enthusiastic about, it didn't take long for reality to wipe the phony, corporate smiles off everyone's faces. First things first, they identified redundancies at the executive level, and several people in senior positions were unceremoniously let go from both companies. They made it seem like the Band-Aid had been ripped off, then they hit us with a second round recently, much closer to home. I lost two co-workers, both of which were performing vital roles that aren't easily made up, and now my group is just shrugging and looking around waiting for these jobs to magically do themselves.
What's worse is that as I was in meeting with a couple of people and were collectively discussing how insane and imprecise the layoffs were, I got a text from one of my newly ex-coworkers saying he "heard through the grapevine that they let ME go, too." Having just seen the new org chart with me on it the day before, of course, I was a little concerned that he might have known something I didn't and that the company wasn't telling me. He never disclosed where he heard it from, but he said his source was most likely mistaken; there was a lot fo speculation and misinformation being bandied about amidst the chaos and fallout.
There haven't been any other moves in about a week now, but I have ZERO faith in my company and ZERO feeling of job security. Haven't done it in over 15 years, but it's time to tighten up my resume and find something else. Perfect timing too; headed into a recession and World War III, who wouldn't want to start looking for a new job, right?
What's worse is that as I was in meeting with a couple of people and were collectively discussing how insane and imprecise the layoffs were, I got a text from one of my newly ex-coworkers saying he "heard through the grapevine that they let ME go, too." Having just seen the new org chart with me on it the day before, of course, I was a little concerned that he might have known something I didn't and that the company wasn't telling me. He never disclosed where he heard it from, but he said his source was most likely mistaken; there was a lot fo speculation and misinformation being bandied about amidst the chaos and fallout.
There haven't been any other moves in about a week now, but I have ZERO faith in my company and ZERO feeling of job security. Haven't done it in over 15 years, but it's time to tighten up my resume and find something else. Perfect timing too; headed into a recession and World War III, who wouldn't want to start looking for a new job, right?
Yeah, I hear that and am doing the same. My company just floated a huge promotion in front of me, gave me the job to do without the official title or raise, and are actively interviewing people to replace the person who transferred and whose job I'm currently doing as well as my own job. I was pretty stoked at first, it would mean almost x3 in my pay. Now I'm looking at just being a temporary solution and then just dumped back into my old position. So I'm actively looking elsewhere too. Been here 20 years and actually... not really surprised. Or even really afraid. Their loss and they'd realize that pretty quickly.
