kdonnel
DVC-BCV
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2001
Like I said at my last job there were annual layoffs. We would all exchange stories about prior jobs and layoffs.
Some of the best/worst I remember.....
1. One guy received a WARN Act notice on his first day of orientation. He was starting with a defense contractor that to be ready for layoffs would give everyone a notice every 90 days that layoffs may occur in the next 90 days. He only made it 180 days.
2. One mentioned that everyone got a meeting notice for an all hands meeting the next day. Some to report to one theater on campus and others to a second theater on campus. That was not unusual as not everyone fit into one. Turned out all those remaining got invited to one location and all those being let go to another.
3. One showed up to work and saw a line of limos 30-50 long stretching around the building. When you walked in they scanned your badge and you either got to go up to work or you were handed a box with your stuff and escorted to a limo ride back home.
4. The worst was with my prior company. They relocated someone from Washington state to Georgia. The day he reported to work they laid him off by telephone. He was devastated. His wife had been diagnosed with cancer on the trip. His new boss didn't even bother to come into work that day to let him go in person. The poor guy came back to the office every day that week because he had no where else to go. His car stayed in the parking lot for months, stuffed full of what possessions had not fit in the moving van. Several months later the building finally had the car towed.
Some of the best/worst I remember.....
1. One guy received a WARN Act notice on his first day of orientation. He was starting with a defense contractor that to be ready for layoffs would give everyone a notice every 90 days that layoffs may occur in the next 90 days. He only made it 180 days.
2. One mentioned that everyone got a meeting notice for an all hands meeting the next day. Some to report to one theater on campus and others to a second theater on campus. That was not unusual as not everyone fit into one. Turned out all those remaining got invited to one location and all those being let go to another.
3. One showed up to work and saw a line of limos 30-50 long stretching around the building. When you walked in they scanned your badge and you either got to go up to work or you were handed a box with your stuff and escorted to a limo ride back home.
4. The worst was with my prior company. They relocated someone from Washington state to Georgia. The day he reported to work they laid him off by telephone. He was devastated. His wife had been diagnosed with cancer on the trip. His new boss didn't even bother to come into work that day to let him go in person. The poor guy came back to the office every day that week because he had no where else to go. His car stayed in the parking lot for months, stuffed full of what possessions had not fit in the moving van. Several months later the building finally had the car towed.