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another reason to hate Mondays....15:56 Mar 30 2009
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The hits keep on comin'. We just had another round of lay-offs. 20% of our staff lost their jobs this morning. My department went from 6 people to 2. Luckily, I'm one of the two.
I should be grateful that I have a job, but it's bittersweet. I feel awful for my former co-workers, even the annoying woman in the next office who slurped her coffee and slammed her mug on her desk after every sip.
We're running out of non-executives to lay off, but the rumor is that the execs took huge pay cuts so that more people could keep their jobs. I wonder how much worse this day could have been.
I didn't need another reason to hate Mondays. but I have one.
lay offs17:11 Mar 06 2009
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Lay offs....
This sucks.
We had to lay-off two people this morning. Damn this economy. Damn it!
Of course, the way HR says it "they were let go this morning..." as if we're setting them free like lion cubs raised in captivity. Off ya go! You're free now! Be free!
They're free alright. They're effin' unemployed.
It sucks for them. They were excellent employees and were fun to work with; young, hard-working, eager to learn, and full of energy. But when clients cut back their budgets due to the economy, we had to make cuts as well. I get it. I really do.
The thing is -- the cuts only seem to come from the bottom. We had two people "let go" who made $30,000 each, yet we have over a dozen account execs who make 6 figure salaries. I'm not even sure what half of them do besides play golf with clients. I know where I'd make the cuts if it were up to me. Just sayin'.
Morale is at an all-time low. Everyone is nervous about their jobs... and it shows.
Things need to improve soon.
Ehhh.... I should probably log-off and get back to work.
*grumbles to himself*
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NocturnalMistress
16:59 Mar 30 2009
*HUGS*
I am sorry hun.
Sinora
17:19 Mar 30 2009
More *hugs*.
dabbler
18:48 Mar 30 2009
That is going to be a rather glum Office Fourth Of July Picnic, if they even have the budget for the Annual Shindig
dabbler
18:50 Mar 30 2009
Remember be a moving target, hustlers never get fired. Unless they personally offend someone involved in the process of deciding lay-offs (I have seen such cases).
ThothLestat
18:54 Mar 30 2009
on the positive side:
my trivia team still has 4 members so I think we're gonna win the next big trivia death match!
also on the glass-is-half-full side of things:
bigger slices of cake for everyone at the next office birthday event!
(but fewer birthdays overall)
Joli
19:13 Mar 30 2009
Is the woman who liked to watch you eat bananas still there?
ThothLestat
19:15 Mar 30 2009
no, she's gone too!
Cloud... Silver lining... etc.
Isis101
00:32 Mar 31 2009
Wow - a close call, huh? Glad that you still have your job!
AudreyMathildaTruin
00:38 Mar 31 2009
WHAT!? Coffeeslurpingmugthumper is gone? NNOOOOOO!!!! *tries to stifle sobs*
Theban
10:49 Mar 31 2009
Must be quite scary for you...what's the other person like who your stuck with..or who is stuck with you lol.
ThothLestat
13:24 Mar 31 2009
I'm pretty sure he's bipolar and has multiple personalities. He's friendly and helpful one minute, then belligerent and angry the next.
And these are EXACTLY the skills I look for in a manager. FUN!