Thread regarding Cabela's Inc. layoffs

You do realize that Jim put all of his shares in a CHARITABLE trust, right? Yes a tax shelter, but a tax shelter for the charities lucky enough to receive the shares. Obviously none of us knows what charities are on his list, but the Cabela's Employee Foundation should he high on his list!

I was treated so terrible while I was there that coworkers went to HR on my behalf because I was afraid to. That placed sucked the life out of me. So glad to be far far away from the horrible people I worked for.

The stall or plain disregard by not holding a shareholders meeting indicates the leadership has nothing to lose by stalling and putting all of their golden parachutes together. It looks like there will be a big change soon. I hope Mary and Jim still give a tinkers darn about the city of Sidney and their reputations. It was public info that Jim put all his stock in trust funds last year which is typical for a big company stakeholder when the company is about to sell. Tax shelter -

It is apparent why so many who were laid off in the first wave last year were cut. These were a lot of the culture patriarchs and leaders who had Cabela's pride. Sad to see such an Iconic company chopped and pressured into this stink bait paste. Good luck to those remaining in sidney and I hope its a private equity sale rather than BP for everyone's sake.

I wonder what percentage of people who were laid off were those who hold out and didn't sign the agreement?

Dear "Give me a break",

If my child or loved ones get sick or injured in anyway due to someones recklessness or negligence yes you are damn right I will seek retribution. It's time that corporate america starts taking responsibility for decisions that are made, who they bring in to make those decisions, and the effects of the decisions they make. I suppose if a reckless driver plows into your car and severely injures your child/family member you would say... oh at least my dog wasn't in the car. There is nothing that can be said that would change the facts that reckless decisions have been made and negligent behavior taken place by the executive body of Cabela's.

Yours truly,

Don't Tread On Me!

This is exactly why Cabela's forced employees to sign a non arbitration agreement a while back. However, these types are non binding if the company violates either the terms or uses the agreement for the purpose of coercing employees to do anything.

great advice thanks this helps - as far as "give me a break" you are mistaking personal challenges with work based, public company issues that are strategically planned to ensure attrition in addition to legally defined corporate attacks and mis alignment.

Give me a break. Life is stressful. Suck it up. Trust me, however bad you think things are, there are people out there who have things 10, 20, 100 times worse. Who are you going to sue when your child gets sick, or an aging parent is diagnosed with cancer and you need to take care of them? Because those things are much more stressful than anything that's happening at work. Try and keep things in perspective. You still have a job while lots of people out there don't. And if you don't like it you can go somewhere else.

http://labor-employment-law.lawyers.com/wrongful-termination/constructive-discharge-an-abusive-atmosphere.html

Need to make sure you have not signed the arbitration agreement.

Need to make sure you have documented records (digital capture) of escalation to management/hr.

Get those things in place first.

It is common these days to see an offer to management of increased golden parachutes and severance if they create conditions that will "motivate employees to self-select vs paying severance". That is likely the goal - to create an environment so toxic that people can't stand it and leave. But then make sure that the Compass results are being covered so the company can say "we were focused on making things better, trying SO hard". It's probably a smokescreen in case the government or attorneys do show up.

Best thing you can do is mentally check out. Hit zombie mode, do your work, toe the line, and leave. Don't break rules. Don't do anything term-able. Document issues as they arise. But make them pay you. The Cabela's name and the name ofthe company might buy the place can't afford to cut people lose without paying severance - so make them pay you. Clean up your house and get it on the market, move into a rental until the storm is over so you don't lose your butt on your property. But dig heels and hold on.

You need to go to the EEOC. You will need to get outside of Cheyenne County however to have your voice heard. There are a few citizens of Sidney that can help to direct you in the right direction. If you do not have an ear at the State level then it needs to be taken to the federal level. Join together and have your voices heard. I think the Federal level is out of Kansas for Sidney. There may be lawyers outside of Sidney that may take this on as a pro bono case.

how do we start - who do we contact for guidance

I'm in..........

I'd be up for that.