I’m sure as he-l not comfortable and my best self at work with this ax constantly swinging around my head.
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This is true. I have been noticing the downward spiral of the quality of our products. I guess you get what you pay for. Cheap labor overseas > experienced engineers
If the FDA or the other regulatory bodies shut down our facilities, our leadership will bail with their golden parachutes while the rest of us suffer.
Even more important to plan on being RIF’d at some point if you are 50+ or have been around long enough to be expensive for your position. Knowledge and skills be dam*ed.
Plan on being let go:
Preparing for the next opportunity, updating my resume, keeping my skill set current, and putting out some feelers.
I was leaning on that RIF for my mental health. We continually hear BS about how well the company is doing, or how great the OHS scores are, or things like if you don’t like it then leave, but when you’re so beat down you don’t have the mental capacity to even look, how can you possibly leave? Why can’t they just RIF us all? Give us a break. This place is like my narcissistic evil ex.
I’m a shivering bunny in the corner, frightened of this axe. Please help us bunny god!!
The ax will soon come down on us. Our jobs are being outsourced to Costa Rica and India. I loved working for this company before Geoff took over. Now, its profits over patients and we can’t even get that right.
My spouse got that call from MDT last week. 19 years of a loyal employee means nothing. A company email sent out to the team made it sound like it was voluntary. Most saw through the BS.
Every year - the constant worrying about RIFs - way to build employee morale.
I think many of us feel the same way as you.
I dread logging on to my work computer every morning. Trying to hang on until I retire or until MDT RIFs me. Not worth a serious job hunt at this point in my career.