The Economy & Layoffs

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by Discogoddess


The answer isn't in job stability, it's in SPIRITUAL stability. Having the "peace that passes all understanding" is the only thing that can see us through, yall.

That is TOO true. We can't always affect the things around us, although we try our hardest. If you have a strong spiritual center (and I don't necessarily mean religion, I mean a sense of peace and understanding about yourself), then you can make it through anything with your sense of self intact.

[Urbane]

Thanks for your prayers. As always, I knew that He would take care of me.. either way. So far it looks like i still have my job but some of my co-workers weren't that lucky. The packages sounded pretty good so hopefully things will work out for them.

i have comments for this thread that i will post later. but right now i need to get away from this computer.. and the phone.

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by aephi alum
Please excuse me butting in on your forum...

Job stability is absolutely a thing of the past. The days of a job for life are long gone and will probably never return. I thought my job was safe until a few weeks ago when I got a nasty surprise. And it seems that no one is hiring! What can you do... other than continue to keep an eye out for employment opportunities, even if you are employed.

My fiances' firm recently merged with (or should I say taken over by) another firm. Since then, he has heard lie after lie after lie. He would see a person one day, then their office would be locked up the next 'cause they got the boot!! There is absolutely no stability at his job. There was a woman who worked there for at least 25 years and she was just fired last Friday morning (they could have just told the woman on Thursday evening). My fiance has been looking for a new job for a while and has come up with nothing so far. He has a college degree and a lot of experience in his field.

So sad.....

[cricket]

Bamboozled, so sorry to hear about the job situation. Just remember everything happens for a reason...Hope everything works out

[Soulful Soror]

Originally posted by FeeFee
My fiances' firm recently merged with (or should I say taken over by) another firm. Since then, he has heard lie after lie after lie.

I know what you mean ...the same thing happened with my company...in the days leading up to the "merger" they just went on & on about how any changes that we'd experience would be for the better...well, as soon as the ink was dry on them legal papers, I immediately lost a week's vacation (I was getting four weeks per year)...then, they switched us to some bootleg insurance that we have to pay for (we didn't pay for insurance before the merger)...& when I say bootleg, I mean people at my job (including me) are afraid to go to our doctors b/c the paper work gets screwed up, we get these humongous bills, & some people have even had the "write-off" of these bills affect their credit...and, of course, they were laying people off side to side, left & right, up & down...the kicker with that in the weekly (propaganda) newsletter that they send us they'd say "so & so has decided to pursure opportunities elsewhere"...when some of us knew for a fact that the people were FIRED! Now, they've come up with another ingenious way to screw us....prior to the merger, the company I worked for paid us monthly..those who worked for the other company were paid weekly....They decided everyone should be on the same pay schedule...I understood that & I also understood that it wouldn't be monthly b/c that's really hard for people to adjust to...So, you'd think the happy medium would be bi-weekly...Oh, no...they chose semi-monthly...what is that you ask?...that's where they can pay you every two weeks or every three weeks if they want to....& they told us literally about 3 weeks before it was to go into effect. So, after a flurry of emails, they settled on something more close to every two weeks...Great, I re-adjusted my monthly budget...Well, come to find out, they are splitting our payments for the remainder of the year into 13 payments....Now, here was my logic---we have six months left in the year (July-Dec)...two payments per month equals 12 payments...Cool, my budget could withstand that...Well, no, b/c they chose to make it 13 payments instead, now I'm getting paid almost $200 less per month ...That is my grocery, get the car checked, incidentals money...Now, what I receive in payment is almost equal to or less than what I pay in bills....So, what--I'm not suppose to eat? I knew & realized that our economy was going through somethings...but, I never thought that I'd get to the point where I literally could not afford to work at my job....I'm serious I can't afford it! So, will be talking to some higher ups on Monday! I may get dismissed, but dayum...they're asking too much!

*Thanks for this post--I had to vent!