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<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>kennyman wrote:


Go for it Art, YES. I will most likely get hammered this weekend because i'm going on a two week layoff from work. My co. is shuting down 95% of operations for two weeks. Thats OK, it's like a forced two week vacation.<center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

You guys going up to the lake?

Seriously, as long as that's all it is that's not bad. But the problem is that sort of thing is often the first step. I've been through it three times in the past in manual jobs. Hope your co. works it out.
 
I'm sure it'll be OK after the 2 weeks. The boss says he'll need an additional 12 workers afterwards to get caught up. Or they'll just work our asses off on overtime. We'll see. I'll be on unemployment for the 2 weeks which pays about 50% of your normal salary.
 
I keep my fingers crossed for you and your company. Is it a bigger company or a rather small one?

Interesting thing is, I'm currently writing my diploma thesis which is about "The effects of layoffs on the employees which remain". Really interesting stuff. Still I'm a lazy bastard who should do much for his diploma thesis but it's a really interesting subject.
 
I've been there. In 1993 I avoided the first wave of redundancies at a concreting firm. Was horrible staying behind. Watching guys who'd work there years cleaning out their lockers. Saying bye to their worker mates for the last time. The ones that stayed were feeling anxious, guilty, sorry, a sense of loss, and worried how long it would be before their own turn. Me included. I hated that place. Thankfully, I knew what the criteria for the next wave was, and it included time off sick. I went of sick for weeks deliberately so I'd be next. Best thing ever happened. I took a year off, went to college night classes, then University.

If I hadn't been made redundant, I'd never have gotten my Degree in Crim.

Funny how life pans out. That incident served me well; sometimes the worst possible scenario...can be a blessing...Not always, but sometimes.

I'm sure you'll be fine KMan.
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Art Weingartner wrote:

I've been there. In 1993 I avoided the first wave of redundancies at a concreting firm. Was horrible staying behind. Watching guys who'd work there years cleaning out their lockers. Saying bye to their worker mates for the last time. The ones that stayed were feeling anxious, guilty, sorry, a sense of loss, and worried how long it would be before their own turn. Me included. I hated that place. Thankfully, I knew what the criteria for the next wave was, and it included time off sick. I went of sick for weeks deliberately so I'd be next. Best thing ever happened. I took a year off, went to college night classes, then University.

If I hadn't been made redundant, I'd never have gotten my Degree in Crim.

Funny how life pans out. That incident served me well; sometimes the worst possible scenario...can be a blessing...Not always, but sometimes.

I'm sure you'll be fine KMan. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

What you describe is the typical "Survivor Syndrome" respectively the "Survivor Sickness". Very interesting.

So I'm writing my diploma thesis in the bank in which I made my internship. They're going to reduce the workforce amounting to 450 employees. My goal is to

a) sensitize the management that there is an effect on survivors at all (many may not be aware how big the effect is)

b) make suggestions how to minimize the negative reactions of the Survivors after layoffs

This is gonna be a biiiiiiiiiig project for the Bachelor kid.
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Art Weingartner wrote:

I'm sure you'll be fine KMan. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

Yeah, a Burbanite may fall, but he will always get up again!
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Art Weingartner wrote:

Good luck with that project Ray P. <center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

Thanks. Hm, soon it's all over. I think I'm gonna miss those study days.
 
Oh trust me...you will

I grieved for my University course after it ended...so sad....3 years gone, just like that...vanished into thin air.....
 
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>Art Weingartner wrote:

Oh trust me...you will

I grieved for my University course after it ended...so sad....3 years gone, just like that...vanished into thin air.....<center><hr width="100%"/></center></blockquote></span>

Yup, yup...

And then harsh reality comes knocking on my door again, right?
 
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