There is fear at the company I work for by the employees. They fear the upcoming holidays. Will they be employeed into the new year? Will they get their walking papers. It seems sad to me that the world I grew up in doesn't seem to exist anymore. A world where you had company loyalties and people often worked for one company their whole lives. It seems sad that trick or treating may be on it's way to extinction and children some day may not get the opportunity. It's all ready nothing close to what it was when I was growing up. In a time when a group of friends and no adults could walk the surrounding neighborhoods. Where you never heard of bad things like the poor boy who got shot trick or treating last night. Either way Halloween is meant to be a night of spooks, but I guess the thought of laying those people off a day before they are suppose to have a fun evening with their children just kind of leaves me ill. The same way holiday layoff's will leave me ill. Corporate America and Scrooge. Somehow I think the two have become synonimous. Don't you?
Why I'm here....
Since I've always been quick with an opinion an old friend once lost and again found suggested that perhaps I should share with more people my commentary. Never being one to pass on a challenge I thought I'd give it a whirl.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Boo! You're fired!
There is fear at the company I work for by the employees. They fear the upcoming holidays. Will they be employeed into the new year? Will they get their walking papers. It seems sad to me that the world I grew up in doesn't seem to exist anymore. A world where you had company loyalties and people often worked for one company their whole lives. It seems sad that trick or treating may be on it's way to extinction and children some day may not get the opportunity. It's all ready nothing close to what it was when I was growing up. In a time when a group of friends and no adults could walk the surrounding neighborhoods. Where you never heard of bad things like the poor boy who got shot trick or treating last night. Either way Halloween is meant to be a night of spooks, but I guess the thought of laying those people off a day before they are suppose to have a fun evening with their children just kind of leaves me ill. The same way holiday layoff's will leave me ill. Corporate America and Scrooge. Somehow I think the two have become synonimous. Don't you?
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they have always been this way. my mother talked of having christmas with a christmas tree made out of cardboard when my brother and sister were young. i dont think they had much for presents. my mom still had her job at bendix and my dad had just gotten layed off from studebaker 2 weeks before christmas. its a normal thing to shut plants down and lay people off around the holidays. and now days they dont give you a letter saying your layed off until after they shut the doors. sigh... that is why i took my moms advice. dont have anymore kids then you can afford and support on your (meaning me) salary alone. make sure the home loan is based upon the smallest income in the house. alot of people dont like buying down but things like that really helps whenever bad things do happen.
I have always wondered what goes through the managers minds in corporate america. Does it go something like this: "Let's pick a date to let a bunch of people go. Oh, why not December 24, 2008. Yea, that will work. Merry Christmas and here is your pink slip!". Why is it they can't wait one more day as in the case of the people who they let go before Halloween? Why couldn't they have done this on Monday? Oh, wait, it starts a new pay week and would screw up the payroll!!
DUH, My bad!
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