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08-25-2014, 02:23 PM | #226 |
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Big layoffs announced with a "voluntary" package beforehand. Doesn't look good for my department (both my manager and director suggested I take the voluntary package). My manager is also probably taking the package. I've heard the reduction is around 2,200 heads.
Looks like I'll be unemployed shortly.
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08-25-2014, 02:28 PM | #228 |
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damn dude. I hope you're not effected by it.
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08-25-2014, 02:29 PM | #229 |
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I took a promotion into this department in January. It doesn't really sound like it mattered where I stayed though. I talked to a couple friends from my old department and they're both being recommended into the package as well.
Oddly enough, I've already had a possibility pop up in a different department today. I don't know much about it yet but hopefully it's something that I would be interested in (and offered!).
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08-25-2014, 02:40 PM | #232 |
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Thanks! If nothing else, Houston has a pretty good job market and I have several months worth of savings. Hopefully I can ride it through.
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08-25-2014, 03:26 PM | #233 | |
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08-25-2014, 03:28 PM | #234 |
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Start making yourselves valuable gentlemen. Increased layoffs are in the corporate wind for sure. Expect more.
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Just got an offer for a job starting on the 29th. Could not have asked for an easier time finding a new position.
What a relief!
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09-17-2014, 07:33 PM | #240 |
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