ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
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Oct 11, 2017 10:42 AM
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
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teknrd
I made it through the layoffs too. Then 6 months later they quietly laid me off. That was Friday
ThatBearintheWoods
Hiznolt
A's!
snoopybbt
Living the dream!
SyDiko
Wtf is a cube mate?
McJaews
*whom I hate
fuckcats
unannounced final rounds of layoffs start next week
SlikWillie
Sometimes, that's better than a pay raise.
wingweaver415
A company that does frequent layoffs cant offer security. Plenty of companies out there can offer that. just depends on what market.
ActionJohnnie
LokiShade
CatzEyes93
Congratulations in surviving the streamlining! Your reward is more work! Yeah!
PossiblyInvisible
His mom just told him she got extra cheese on the nachos
joedirty1
Plot twist: he will be moving to management, and he will be your new boss.
BlueMonkey7200
I thought it was Sears
SpankyMcFister
Follow Up - You are next.
airen
@op my co worker i hate somehow survives but he is sooooo stupid. I had to explain the same concept 5 times to him in the past 5 days
airen
2days rip
Infamouse
dntcallmewhite23
cmdebard
Holy shit this is the best celebration gif I've ever seen
kansastornado
Work hard, work smart and work your way up: Be the one making the choice who is on the list, don't be the one that can be on the list..
MrChapwhit
Just loss 5 people over a new "No Profanity" rule... it's been up a day
AussieMadHatter
And 95% of my workmates are praying for a redundancy
3dartwork
As I am going through literally the same thing, I, too, am hoping the bitchunt gets the boot before me.Third layoff for me!Stay strong Luke!
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Thanks, you too.
bennog
ihans
cruz222h
IThurtswhenIP6
Still, lay offs aren't a good sign. Been through it.
3dartwork
We all have....
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
There are a lot of naïve youths commenting that I'm crazy for thinking that most companies lay people off...you never think it can hit you.
3dartwork
They are just young and foolish like we all once were. Thinking back, this is actually number 4 layoff for me in 14 years. They will learn
ridge
My last job had annual layoffs. First time I saw it happen was also my first panic attack. By year 3, I was hoping I'd get picked.
Orcus424
I worked at a grocery store in Florida where instead of firing when it slowed down they cut hours until people were forced to quit.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Annual layoffs sounds terribly stressful
ridge
It was. They'd pretty much have middle management select a person from each team to cut. Even direct managers didn't know it was coming.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
That puts a ton of stress on the management making the decisions too...sounds like a toxic environment.
Thranx
cube-mate.... guuuuuuh. I wouldn't share a cube, I'd find a new job.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
So, we're not actually in the same cube, just that we're situated in a way that our cubes open towards each other and are very close.
Thranx
Ah gotcha... last company I owrked at, one of the offices in boston shared cubes... I was like... wtf no way. Great he's moving tho :)
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
It's a woman, and let me tell you...she's the worst. Comments loudly about literally anything I'm doing so everyone can hear...
Thranx
"OH LUKE, IS IT RED HEAD MONDAY AGAIN ON THAT STUPID IMAGE-ER SITE YOU LOVE?" "Yes is is Sharon, you twat."
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
What's the world coming to when a man can't stare at scantily clad women from his work computer desk in peace?
rugmiem
What company @op?
hwatL4bloopy
White house
3dartwork
ooooooooooooooooh neeeeeeeeever post anything about your company online. Good or bad. Social Media, Reddit, here. Never works out
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Probably best not to say on here. We're in PA though.
Royoyoy
Air Liquide/Airgas?
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Nope. Warm though.
AllYourDownvotesAreBelongToUs
Ha! No shit! Me too, but we're not sure to start layoffs for another month, so we aren't office buddies.
MeetMyCuteQuotaNow
Had a friend that posted (on FB) nice things about her new job. Then at layoffs, they said that was one of the reasons for letting her go.
MrRemy
Sounds like a bullshit reason to give for laying off someone
StepMama
it's just smart to leave anything related to your job off FB.
JakeMcAwesome
Honestly, it just seems smart to be off FB period
rugmiem
Fair enough, what field then?
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Industrial Gases
FutileHumility
About to grammar check u, then i learned something today... gases is the plural, gasses is a verb (i.e. Joe gasses up his car) - thanks OP!
CausticCake
Based on the location, field, and the fact that there are multiple rounds of layoffs, I can say with 80% certainty it's GE
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Swing and a miss.
justino37
I want to hope it's related to fracking, but I don't wanna celebrate people losing jobs.
rugmiem
I just read an article stating fracking did cause the earthquake in Mexico.
aFleaByte
Don't you think it's time to find a new job? I mean layoffs suck.
Kabe59
Layoffs? You talking about layoffs?!
fuwad84
Easiest and most surefire way to get a promotion/raise is to job hop every couple of years.
foundMissing
You must be the cube-mate
3dartwork
Problem is some companies give severence pay after the final day. Taking a new job removes it (for some it's more than normal pay). 1/2
3dartwork
I want the severence for sure, plus vacation pay. If I even accept a job and my company finds out, I lose all that and they kick me out
CakeIsLegit
They don't have too. My job does volunteer winter layoffs. A lot of guys take a month (paid through unemployment) and go on vacation
CakeIsLegit
Working outdoors on roofs all year, nice to have some time off in winter. Steep roofs suck when it's icy and below 0 in Wisconsin.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Most roofers won't work during the winter where I live.
CakeIsLegit
Well I'm not an actual roofer. Work for a supplier. So we Delievery all he roofing and siding. But that includes placing by hand on the roof
CakeIsLegit
But it is a lot slower. Only a few larger companies work year round. Hence the volunteer layoff
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
If you make it through the lay-offs though, there are lots more opportunities when the dust settles. Every company has lay-offs. 1/2
DaOats
Plus layoff means severance
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WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
"Latest round" means there've been layoffs before and there will be again. Don't get too comfy.
turbulentlizard
I've never worked at a company that had lay offs.
akducks2
Where have you worked? I don’t know of a company in my field (civil engineering) that hasn’t had layoffs.
turbulentlizard
I'm a Programmer in Australia.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
If you jump ship every time there are lay-offs you'll never stay anywhere. 2/2
CBaileyDT
That's.... that's not true at all.
Solivoid
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you're headed." -- seriously though, that doesn't necessarily sound bad.
Cinemageddon
Every company I ever worked for that started doing layoffs eventually just went under...except Microsoft who does layoffs for fun, I think.
MadMerlyn
Statistically if you stay anywhere for more than a couple years you're going to make a lower salary than if you move though.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
You mean you'll make less by staying longer?
MadMerlyn
Most places don't give adequate salary increases for tenure, you'll get more money from a hiring manager than you'd get from annual raises.
Canofminus
I've learned to jump ship when you see someone high up leave and take a number of people with them.
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Yeah, smart middle managers are the ones to watch because they're also the first ones to get the axe.
Canofminus
They had a small round of layoffs at 1 company. Nobody sweated it because they really did go overboard hiring for a few projects, when 1/?
Beelsebooob
In my experience, if a company is doing lay-offs, especially multiple rounds, that means the ultimate lay-off is not far away any more.
BahamutBBob
Moving Day. Look it up. Or watch all of Arrested Development.
DynamicWeight
Depends how big the company is. Big companies need layoffs or you end up with too much chaff.
Orcus424
Agreed. I've seen companies get lean and attractive then get sold or they cut to survive and die any way.
Orcus424
Even if you survive being sold the new company will usually cut even more or change your job dramatically to get you to quit.
ViciousOtter
It sounds like there will be a boss battle, the ultimate lay-off, I already hear the music.
DarkUranium
I feel like I wouldn't mind Mr. Rogers as a boss. But then again, be wary of the nice ones ...
Solivoid
*IT'S THE FINAL LAY-OFF* *dududu-dun*
geeksneedlovetoo
Partially true, but every company does not have layoffs.
WorthEveryPenny
everybody downvoting that layoffs exist. Hell, I'm on a protect to replace an old manual system. There will be layoffs. It happens people
tmiller360
Wording is weird. Maybe "not every company has layoffs". SAT prep ftw
HappyJello
STGxDante
Every big successful company has lay offs. Be a good employee and never worry, except make yourself worry so human nature doesn't take over
PreciousPotato
Not really. Depends on the industry. If you already got the minimum of employees, there can't be any less, especially in restaurants and /1
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
In today's world, you'll be hard pressed to find somewhere that doesn't do it. And if they don't, somebody who does will buy them.
PastryKingOfFrance
Uh.... no
geeksneedlovetoo
Holy jaded Batman. I've been with 6 orgs. None have been aquired or laid off any of its workforce.
VileTeady
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
TheChandrian
What industry do you work in? I imagine that matters a lot in layoff probability.
PreciousPotato
Depends on the kind of companies you work for respectively your job. Nobody's save from losing their job, but layoffs aren't always a /1
Drewtendo64
Wrong, out of my 7 jobs one did lay offs and that was Target Canada