Laying people off?

[flogger]

I forgot all about the police showing up for layoffs. Thats always a nice touch.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I forgot all about the police showing up for layoffs. Thats always a nice touch.

Yeah, no kidding. Talk about making you feel like a real douche at the same time you're getting "let go". sheesh.

[SamuraiCO]

This great economy is even affecting me. I work for a large pharmacy chain. They decided to close stores last year and mine was one of them. I have been in their float pool since July and can't get placed at a permanent location. The company is not restructuring management and forced retirement on many older supervisors and flattened regional management structure. Guess they were worried more about their own jobs and not mine. The company will close another 200 stores this year so I will have more company in the float pool. They are not hiring for those that have jumped because of the upcoming store closures. It has forced me out of complacency and after 10 years I have brushed off my resume and started looking again. Another chain or food/drug does not meet the bill so hopefully I find a better fit.

Like so many others got to pay bills and put away for retirement. Keep professional and of good spirits.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

This great economy is even affecting me. I work for a large pharmacy chain. They decided to close stores last year and mine was one of them. I have been in their float pool since July and can't get placed at a permanent location. The company is not restructuring management and forced retirement on many older supervisors and flattened regional management structure. Guess they were worried more about their own jobs and not mine. The company will close another 200 stores this year so I will have more company in the float pool. They are not hiring for those that have jumped because of the upcoming store closures. It has forced me out of complacency and after 10 years I have brushed off my resume and started looking again. Another chain or food/drug does not meet the bill so hopefully I find a better fit.

Like so many others got to pay bills and put away for retirement. Keep professional and of good spirits.

That sucks.
My buddy was in a similar spot at a major chain in walgreens. He finally just got on with the VA.
What do you think you want to do?

FWIW, I'm looking as well. Unbelievably, looking to get back IN.

[SamuraiCO]

That sucks.
My buddy was in a similar spot at a major chain in walgreens. He finally just got on with the VA.
What do you think you want to do?

FWIW, I'm looking as well. Unbelievably, looking to get back IN.

I just applied and interviewed for a position at UCHealth at the Anshutz campus. Was in the top three candidates but did not get the position. I know the are going to expand in the near future so I will try again. I want to work for someone that more closely matches my core vaules and can and will be patient.

I will continue to be professional at my current position. We are working hard for retirement. Wife worked up our plan for paying off the last of our student loans (I went to grad school, wife finished her degree late in life), the cars and mortgage and be free to put away as much as we can in our last years of work.

But life is fluid and you have to plan for the worse and hope for the best.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I just applied and interviewed for a position at UCHealth at the Anshutz campus. Was in the top three candidates but did not get the position. I know the are going to expand in the near future so I will try again. I want to work for someone that more closely matches my core vaules and can and will be patient.

I will continue to be professional at my current position. We are working hard for retirement. Wife worked up our plan for paying off the last of our student loans (I went to grad school, wife finished her degree late in life), the cars and mortgage and be free to put away as much as we can in our last years of work.

But life is fluid and you have to plan for the worse and hope for the best.

Fingers crossed for it.
FWIW, I did my residency there and loved the place. Back then it was obviously 8th and Colorado Blvd. They had to throw me out.

Your point is well taken. I'm trying to decide right now if I can leave the security of a defined benefit for a new opportunity. I just don't know.

[trlcavscout]

I got laid off once, I didn't really like the job but it sucked. It was a mom and pop auto shop and I was the guy with the least seniority at like 14 months so I got booted. The guy had told all the other techs he was going to do it that day so they would be ready in case I wigged out I guess. He let me finish the day and paid me my vacation time and off I went. I found a job the same day so it was a minimal impact.

i would not want to be the guys doing the layoffs! The awesome company I work for now which is typical corporate BS calls a meeting with no management there and shows the people a video about how to find a new job hahahaha my job sucks but it is secure for a while at least.

[Ronin13]

I forgot all about the police showing up for layoffs. Thats always a nice touch.

Police showing up??? Wow, that's a crappy way to so you that they still respect you. At least we're not going that far.

Back in '06 when I was laid off prior to going into the service it was crappy, but it was a sign of things to come as the company went under just a few months later.

I can understand the police showing up, if there is a reasonable risk that there may be an issue. Getting fired/laid off can be a contributor to that "workplace violence" which seems to be so pervasive . But calling the cops because you're doing layoffs with no indication that someone might not take it well, kind of a dick move.

[gnihcraes]

we always knew it was going to be a bad day when the security guard was posted at the elevators. If your access card wouldn't let you on the elevator, the guard would check his clipboard of names and send you another direction in the building...

[Danimal]

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