After my layoff from Greenville I realized that GE is going to do some crazy stuff.
1-Purchase the steam Alstom plant
2-started laying off when demand is at the lowest white collar
3-salary harassed blue collar workers across Power division to see how many would walk out to avoid the bad press about layoffs.
4-Mass Layoffs in waves white and blue collar
5-ship steam and gas turbines and generators overseas to Alstom. Alstom has 5 bunkers to test rotors and fields. Clean state of the art facility.
6-NY plant might have 400 blue collar workers for bar shop by 2019-2020 if your lucky everything else will get moved to 1 centralize location in Europe.
Most importantly if your in the Power Division anywhere in the USA I would be seeking a new career just like many salary colleagues have done and will do. Don’t expect any package deals to walk just maybe a few weeks paid.
Believe what you want it is worse than the media knows!