How did we all accept this so easily?
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@ek I am an engineer..., and I don't manage people, it's not what I do nor do I care too.
@e4 "because I do my job better then anyone on our team"
You come across as an AD whom everybody wants to have in their team 😆
To my brother's in red, keep waiting on that eisp. Nothing like hitting the lottery which will never happen.
"Now go get your shinebox "
@c0 I have been w/ VZ for 28 years now and my job is secure. Why is my job secure, because I do my job better then anyone on our team. My PAD's are stellar and I add value to the company and my team. During my tenure at VZ I secured a BS and an MS degree and now I am working on my post grad. Job security comes by making yourself valuable, an asset, a person that adds value to the company and the people you work with. Throughout the past 8 years or so with many layoffs I have not once been worried about my job, not once. It's those that don't add real value to the company, continue your education that makes you even more valuable are the ones that have to worry.
There is no such thing as life security either. Here today, gone tomorrow. Live each day as if it’s your last.
If you think any job, anywhere, gives you security, I have a beautiful bridge to sell you.
NO JOB IS SECURE. Read that again.
You work for someone—or some entity—that will keep you only as long as you remain useful to them. Loyalty, tenure, performance, and dedication do not make you indispensable.
Budgets change. Companies restructure. Technology replaces people. Profits take priority. Always !
You can be discarded the moment it makes business sense. You are not a human, you are a dot on a spreadsheet, maybe a number.
So stop building your life around the illusion of job security. Build your skills, your savings, your network, and your ability to walk away.
Real security isn't having a job. It's knowing you can survive without the one you have.
@a9 A lot has to happen before they can layoff post 2003 hires. They have to get rid of contractors. In NJ at least. That’s not happening.
@a8 Reading is fundamental. No where in the statement does it say anything about layoffs. And if you are not aware , just speaking about NY, back a few contracts ago new hires were not given non layoff protection like the old timers have. Never said there were layoffs, but they have definitely laid the groundwork for it.
@a5 where have all these CWA layoffs you speak of happened? You must know something absolutely no one else does
Here is the AI slop - for most of us, a corporate job is simply a way to earn a paycheck and make ends meet. For some, though, work becomes more than that—it can give them a sense of purpose and meaning in life. But a job is only one part of our lives. It doesn’t have to define who we are or be the only way we support ourselves. Some of us have other options, such as running a business or pursuing something of our own. In the end, it really comes down to how we choose to look at our jobs and what place we allow them to have in our lives.
Because the Republicans told you unions weren't needed anymore and you dummies believed them!
@OP Well, if you are part of CWA your elite bargaining team bargained no job security many years ago and the union voted for it.
What’s to accept? It’s beyond our control what do you suggest we all do?