Our management group has a 3rd and 4th level call this week and individual calls are going out this Fri. 12/14 to everyone in the group, telling them that they have a job or they don't have a job. Mandatory attendance "Warning" conference call occurred weeks ago for everyone in our target group. Target group I'm in is all 2nd level and 3rd level managers with seniority from near to, or far above, 20 years with T. Nearly all of the 3rd levels in the target group were never in a target group in the past decade or more. This time around, they are. Yes, Virginia, there will be an axe falling on some heads soon, and it will certainly be before Christmas. Yes, you may stay on and collect a paycheck into early 2019, but your Christmas is still trashed if you're told on 12/14 you have no T job. Bah humbug. It will all be spread out geographically and in "bite size" chunks for T to try to not trigger a major announcement about it. Same old same old, nothing new to see here folks, move on. 2019 will see the same, then so will 2020... Just do your job well and honestly so you can respect yourself regardless of what happens to your job. Fate is unavoidable, and we all have a 100% mortality rate (at least last time I checked the stat's), but you have to live with yourself every day for the rest of your life.
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3amh just because someone works at home doesn't mean they have no skills. Unfortunately we were forced back into the office. We did lots of very hard intensive work from home.....in a peaceful, clean environment, unlike these dirty cesspool offices.
of course the old timers 35-50 years old and up and getting sacked this time around. zero skills, make bank and will be shown the door. working at jimmy johns next because they have been working from home with no skills
The only upside to being told before Christmas is you can be careful to not overspend.
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Merry Christmas, it is not personal...you know.... just the cost of business in a country in whick corporations call the shots.