- Oct 9, 1999
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9/10/10: Update:
Just interviewed (3.5 hours) for a word of mouth job about 7 miles from home. Looked wonderful....I'm excited. The benefits are not the best (especially the medical) but I believe that I can get about 10 grand more than what I'm currently making. I'm going to hate giving my notice (something that I've done only once in my life) because, as much as I dislike my current job duties and parent company, I like my co-workers and my current boss very much. Wow!
8/9/10: Update:
Update: I'm starting to dislike the job. There were 4 controls engineers and one manager (also able to do controls) when I arrived. One guy quit and the other two went back to full time R&D. That leaves me and the manager for all jobs and we were told not to hire anyone until a major sale occurs (if it does). I'm getting assigned every fucking job and if I miss something in all of the hoopla, I am getting lambasted. I've spent nearly 50% (was over 50% of my time on the road and am now being assigned weekend project (the next 3 weekends are now assigned for a job so that will be 26 straight days before I get a day off?!?).
Just heard that my next job has 16 weeks worth of hours and is due by September 30th. They haven't assigned it yet because nobody is available to start on it. They somehow still expect it on time. I have a vacation scheduled (cruise, already paid for) starting in October and I somehow feel that they will try to stop me from going. I'm going as an employee or with a pink slip.....no other way around it.
If things don't change soon, I might hit the road even before I find something else. Fuck!
3/22/10: Scheduled start date.
3/19/10: Received formal offer and accepted.
3/12/10: Called back today. Was told that I was chosen and will receive offer by early next week for job. Wow....wooohooo!
3/9/10: Interview complete. Went (IMO) very well. Should know by end of week. Waiting and still searching. Followup e-mail tomorrow.
3/5/10: Now unemployed. Landed face to face interview from the phone interview. Not sure how many they are interviewing but over 500 resumes were received for the position.
3/4/10: Phone interview with potential to land a great job (or at least it sounds that way).
Update: I took the severance. They only offered severance to 22 of the 40 people because they said that the 18 were laid off too long to quality!
March 5th will be my last day.
Time to start over....
Original message below:
My plant will cease operations on March 5th. There are around 35 people with over 853 years of experience being let go. About 9 of them are over 50 but not of retirement age (55) and will now have to wait until 65 to get any type of retirement.
I will be given a choice to do one of two things:
Take severance (13 weeks) and leave at the end of March 5th.
Stay on until the end of the year but will be traveling 100% of the time and then take severance at the end of the year. If I take this choice, I will have to stay the full time to get the severance...no leaving before end of year. I have a 10 year old and a 16 year old and I spend quite a bit of time helping them with homework and just being a DAD. I'm not sure that I want to give up nearly a year being on the road of their life....
Items to consider:
Getting a new job before end of the year and losing severance.
Government assisted COBRA payment (65% of payment by gov) will end on Feb. 28th so if I don't leave by then, no government assistance on insurance.
Damn, so many dedicated employees being screwed....and a terrible decision to make either way. FUCK.
Just interviewed (3.5 hours) for a word of mouth job about 7 miles from home. Looked wonderful....I'm excited. The benefits are not the best (especially the medical) but I believe that I can get about 10 grand more than what I'm currently making. I'm going to hate giving my notice (something that I've done only once in my life) because, as much as I dislike my current job duties and parent company, I like my co-workers and my current boss very much. Wow!
8/9/10: Update:
Update: I'm starting to dislike the job. There were 4 controls engineers and one manager (also able to do controls) when I arrived. One guy quit and the other two went back to full time R&D. That leaves me and the manager for all jobs and we were told not to hire anyone until a major sale occurs (if it does). I'm getting assigned every fucking job and if I miss something in all of the hoopla, I am getting lambasted. I've spent nearly 50% (was over 50% of my time on the road and am now being assigned weekend project (the next 3 weekends are now assigned for a job so that will be 26 straight days before I get a day off?!?).
Just heard that my next job has 16 weeks worth of hours and is due by September 30th. They haven't assigned it yet because nobody is available to start on it. They somehow still expect it on time. I have a vacation scheduled (cruise, already paid for) starting in October and I somehow feel that they will try to stop me from going. I'm going as an employee or with a pink slip.....no other way around it.
If things don't change soon, I might hit the road even before I find something else. Fuck!
3/22/10: Scheduled start date.
3/19/10: Received formal offer and accepted.
3/12/10: Called back today. Was told that I was chosen and will receive offer by early next week for job. Wow....wooohooo!
3/9/10: Interview complete. Went (IMO) very well. Should know by end of week. Waiting and still searching. Followup e-mail tomorrow.
3/5/10: Now unemployed. Landed face to face interview from the phone interview. Not sure how many they are interviewing but over 500 resumes were received for the position.
3/4/10: Phone interview with potential to land a great job (or at least it sounds that way).
Update: I took the severance. They only offered severance to 22 of the 40 people because they said that the 18 were laid off too long to quality!
March 5th will be my last day.
Time to start over....
Original message below:
My plant will cease operations on March 5th. There are around 35 people with over 853 years of experience being let go. About 9 of them are over 50 but not of retirement age (55) and will now have to wait until 65 to get any type of retirement.
I will be given a choice to do one of two things:
Take severance (13 weeks) and leave at the end of March 5th.
Stay on until the end of the year but will be traveling 100% of the time and then take severance at the end of the year. If I take this choice, I will have to stay the full time to get the severance...no leaving before end of year. I have a 10 year old and a 16 year old and I spend quite a bit of time helping them with homework and just being a DAD. I'm not sure that I want to give up nearly a year being on the road of their life....
Items to consider:
Getting a new job before end of the year and losing severance.
Government assisted COBRA payment (65% of payment by gov) will end on Feb. 28th so if I don't leave by then, no government assistance on insurance.
Damn, so many dedicated employees being screwed....and a terrible decision to make either way. FUCK.
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