I heard from a manager another round of RIFs 3rd week of January. Why didn't they ask for volunteers this last time? Someone of the forum mentioned Feb....why Feb and not January, just wondering.
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So true 4tcx. Human kind resents change. It's because we are, in general, emotionally weak. We want to hang on to what we know. Many posters on here desperately want things to stay the same, and I have, on occasion, heard the cry of frustration from a colleague who declares "I don't care what they do after I retire." You can read online ALL the same comments from 1777 when the gas lamplighters went on strike as you read on this blog today.
world is changing, (not for the better).
All the oil lamp fillers who post on these boards, hat the electric lights.
Sorry, but if you do not change with it, you will be in deep poop.
Blaming others is childish, it is your fault, if you cannot complete.
Pick the volunteers? Why would VZ do that to be nice? They keep the better workers, the ones that can do more. They are not looking to be nice here. It's like the jackass in my office who said " if you offer a 2 yrs package you'd get 100's to leave" Fools
1etf what an a$$clown low rent lowell is.
I am glad it is almost over. What a clown house.
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This game has been unraveling for a couple of decades now, the worker is simply f---ed. We bought into the narrative that has been sold to our parents - go to school, work hard, all will be fine. F--- it. It's over.
This finished in 1990 and things are getting worse and worse for workers. Look at what's happening with the elections now, you have Trump scooping up votes of all pissed republican workers and you have Sanders doing the thing with pissed Dems.
I am not going to preach here as each of you will realize at some points (if you haven't already) - I am 100% for Capitalism, competition, etc. But structural changes have occurred over last 2 to 3 decades and the whole 'shareholder focus' thing is f---ing workers majorly. You can make an argument that they are putting in the money so an enterprise can function, but keep in mind that if you rape workers way too much (just like they are doing now) there will be no middle class to buy whatever that enterprise is selling.
And our middle class is melting at a rapid pace, it will hit under 50% of the workers pool in 2 years, and it will continue to shed 0.75% to 1% every year after. Real, inflation adjusted wages are in a constant fall, that f---ing does not help too.
So, OK, do the layoffs and channel more money for the Executives and Shareholders - but keep in mind that once you lose that middle class through #layoffs, #wagestagnation and all #H1B schemes designed to extract even more money from US workers, EVERYONE WILL BE WORSE OFF.
Economic history is bountiful with stories where pissed 'folk' took things in their hands once that have been f---ed for a bit too long - we are on that path for the first time in our history, so next decade will be very interesting...
I think his anger is placed perfectly. Wait until your job gets cut 1bde...then you will have "misplaced anger" too.
explain how his anger is misplaced? everyone including the politicians in washington d.c. should be damned angry at what these corpoarations are doing to this country...when all the decent jobs are gone to prop up a stock price by a penny who is going to buy these corporations' products, who is going to pay the taxes that fund congressman Donothing's salary, that buys the bullets and bombs? i thought george bush was historically illiterate but these ceo types and their ignorance of how economies work make him look like a piker.
misplaced anger much????
Because its a war on workers in the US. That cunt lowell wants to show you whose in charge. He gets his nuts off on treating workers like garbage. No wonder he has 6 body guards. Merry Christmas lowell you cunt.
Everyone already volunteered when they started working for this joke of a company.
they want to pick the lucky ones