Well people those who made it today, next wave in a month, the hr department needs to process paperwork, so don't get to comfortable. And to management maybe we should have charged over head, cause you couldn't justify work centers without work and... — read more 

Thanks for your comment, "Out of Work" engineering! Yeah, the bare crust was scraped on "under-performers". This was a management jihad to eliminate those who question, challenge or may get in the way of the audits on the way. Also, some who make too... — read more 

@OutOfWork; The Chinese do have better work ethics...financially stable and they don't squander $$

@Admin<45 Canned: Were you an 'Administrative Support #"? Your job title (less the number class)

I would like to state that the "sequester" has nothing to do with lay offs but rather poor management and executives bitting off more than they can chew. If the elected board of directors care for the company they would not allow bonuses to CEOs and... — read more 

definitely not just underperformers. In my team, I was a senior and carried more Programs than anyone else, passed more Engineering Requests and volunteered for EVERY extra assignment. Seniority makes you vulnerable because while you may carry a lot... — read more 

Susan, how do you feel about being the Captain that sank the ship?

No worries. I'm younger than 45, was an admin, and was canned. I'm grateful that I'm young enough to get another job and still retire a decent age. Though the lay offs can be considered random, managers had to chose from their list of employees and... — read more 

They DID have about 200 employees that needed to be removed from the training roster. I think maybe they "screwed up" the "training server" so they could have a valid explanation of so many people getting their classes scheduled. It all makes sense... — read more 

Back @Anonymous from the last Friday comment that those who had Encompass training cancelled were on the block: looks like no, for now. I still think that there will be a short delay before round 2 (and as usual everyone after their group meetings... — read more 

Yeah, Engineering, HR I'm sure doesn't like to do this. But sort of like management, kind of like working at a slaughterhouse where you have to kill live animals everyday, they eventually get used to it, and it becomes a number or something in their... — read more 

Of course in my humble opinion. These HR types administer investigations from behind their desks and look you straight in the eye and tell you one thing while knowing different. I once had Pat (Dragon Lady herself) in HR quote an emp oyee that she'd... — read more 

Keep in mind, too, that there are a lot of projects lost, coming to an end or slowing. As more and more people jostle for the charge codes, tension builds, tempers flare and some are going to say "f this!" and look for other employment. Corporate and... — read more 

It depends on Corporates response to Sue and the I.S. agents audit recommendations. This first step is an "Oh ****, we better DO something!" response to Corporate scrutiny. So they mass fire 4%. That way they can say "We ARE taking care of business!"... — read more 

So when do you predict the next one?

As far as more layoffs, I don't have any proof... but I've seen this before, they ALWAYS say the first round is the last. It helps to ease the tension.

AS far as I can tell, discussing "Exhibit B" is not prohibited, in fact L-3 mass communications discussed this with at least KUTV and other news media. If anyone has a scanner and wants to scan Exhibit B document into a PDF or image an post that to a... — read more 

It's in everyone's "Exhibit B" handout, 12 pages long, alphabetized. Page 1 begins "Administrative Support 1" through Admin 3; "Exhibit A" is the confidentiality agreement, page 2 defines what rights you give up by accepting the severance package... — read more 

Chicken neck... show proof because I know higher up people that disagree with you...

Let me clarify that last statement: None of the admins YOUNGER than 45 were canned. That's not to say they won't do some mroe later, it's planned, but right now they need to recover, layoff some more, recover/clean up, then more layoff until... — read more 

I agree with Chicken Neck.. how can you be a slow admin? I can tell you that ALL the admins laid off were over the age of 45... there are still lots of admins OVER 45 but NONE of the admins UNDER 45 (20's - 40's). However, the severance package, in... — read more 

It wasn't just under-performers.. it was also a lot of good workers, too much pay etc for what they were doing, and plenty of political mischief. When DCMA, Corporate ethics audits and govt review and challenge boards start happening, they don't want... — read more 

Why are you guys trying to freak people out its the slow people who got fired and its good they are done till at least encompass roles out

190 employees X an average salary of 45,000.00 = $8,550,000.00 per year in payroll savings, plus the medical and benefits plans savings probably bring annual savings to around 16-17 million per year. That just about covers the "Rover Incident"; now... — read more 

Group meetings are meant to tell you more lies or things you already knew. They want to calm the herd the best as possible so they can position the axe better... your managers lie and hide the truth. Good luck though.

I've felt like I've been in a vacuum for the last few hours. Ate some chicken wings for lunch.. now it's time for a few beers. Tried to activate my unemployment benefit online, seems the system thinks I had wages in 2 other states so I have to call... — read more 

Anon, I don't think it was 4-10 and 9-80 shift schedules. Happening on a Thursday kills two birds with one stone. Unless they have an "Exhibit C" in addition to B. That being said, it is only around 4%, wouldn't surprise me to see more layoffs... — read more 

We are holding group meetings this afternoon so I think the blood bath is over.

We are holding group meetings this afternoon so I think the blood bath is over.

We are holding group meetings this afternoon so I think the blood bath is over.

In are meetng they said 200 total and I wanna know where this person below is getting there info... since they said it pretty much over and I know 9/80 that went today

4-10 shift employee's let go today. 9-80's will be tomorrow. More layoffs possible for next week to reach the 10% mark. Mid year reviews to take place in July.

Also 1 trainer.. :( I forgot to add that one.

KUTV reported 190 layed off, about 4%

Summary of Exhibit B Postings: Admin,7. Assembler,25. Business Process Analyst,3. Buyer, 1. CAD/CAM designer, 2. Cafeteria worker, 3. CD/DM Analyst, 3. COOP, 1. Comp Mainte Tech, 1. Contracts Administrator, 1. Database Administrator, 1. EHS Rep, 1... — read more 

25 Assemblers.

My brother Bilo - he is RETAR! - in HR was let out of cage and sent home.

Most departments got about 5 people laid off... mainly low productivity and last chance people.... so if you work hard you should be ok

@The Canned One - 53 lines up, no word on 63 yet.

does anyone know how many assemblers got laid off? I'm just on my way into work, and not looking forward to see if I got canned or not