Comments for How I Got Laid Off

Comment on 22 years with t he founding fathers got me nothing by Charles

Charles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:51:01 +0000

Virginia your story is very common. Longevity and dedication has a shelf life too and many people get blindsided when they dont include this real life fact into their value or belief system. The emotional price paid is just a devestating as the financial price that is paid. I have felt that same feeling many times and each time it hasnt felt any better. We are in a “thanks but move on and forget it happened” society.

Comment on A pat on the back, or a slow stab? “Sell four boats this month and you’re safe.” by Charles

Charles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:25:06 +0000

This was a great read and story. That carpet pull effects us all and i can truly relate about busting my bottom dispite the odds but still receiving the short end of the stick. Hang in there bro and i hope you can take this experience and turn it into something positive and beneficial for your future. All the best!!

Comment on “You Have Nothing to Worry About” by Charles

Charles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:10:05 +0000

Hope things worked out for you. Go with you gut feelings thats why we have it. Get promises in writing when youre dealing with your employer. That makes it a legal binding. If they cannot commit to you in that fashion then by all means do not make a personal financial decision for them especially when you will be the victim of circumstances.

Comment on Bon voyage! Sent Overseas Then Thrown Overboard by Charles

Charles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:54:03 +0000

Hang in there Mary. Many of us with great resumes and experience are facing the same problem of applying for numerous jobs and receiving nothing in return. I hate being unemployed and it isnt even my fault which really depresses me. The reality is that there are hundreds of applicants for a single position. It is a numbers game and it all depends on when someone sees your resume in the pile.

Comment on Longevity Doesn’t Pay by Charles

Charles — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:39:03 +0000

I agree that longevity doesnt hold its weight anymore. It only matters when you are looking for employment but once you land the job and stay there for 10 years your time of service has no merit when it is time to be laid off a week before christmas and 2 weeks before the bills are due.

Comment on Not A Fit For Racial Profiling… by ver

ver — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:23:31 +0000

This is a really sad reality that store owners or managers do this things. I have experienced being treated like this in a clothing store in somewhere in NC. The manager was watching me like a hawk like I would steal everything I touch.

I’m part filipino by the way

Comment on Longevity Doesn’t Pay by Another unemployable engineer

Another unemployable engineer — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:15:05 +0000

It’s all about knowing the right people.

I worked for 10 years at a defense company. I received a solid raise ever year (include the year I was part of a huge engineering layoff.) Why did I lose my jobs in that layoff? Because I was the oldest one in my group… at a bit over 30-years of age! Oh, and I was the senior guy and thus the “most expensive.” In the end, performance doesn’t matter, as my story proves.

But who did keep their jobs after the company finished up destroying the careers of most of the actual senior engineering staff as well as sacrificial offerings like me? All the brown-nosers and connected people – the ones who never did an honest day’s work in their lives and who were directly responsible for the company’s problems! So, yes, it is who you know, not WHAT you know, that matters.

Comment on Meet the New Art Director… by midwesterner

midwesterner — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:16:06 +0000

i have a similar story, but i am waiting for the “witches” (men and women) to all fly away…maybe one day soon, i hope.

Comment on Bad news over good cake by william

william — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:54:15 +0000

back when, i couldnt find any job..so i know how you feel. i have 2 undergrad degrees, one in mechanical engineering and another one is car design. i think i applied for every job possible.. didnt care where or what.. and even that didnt help.. for lunch, i went to Jack In The Box and got two 1.99 lunch special for lunch and fro dinner… now ive been working for 8 years overseas simply because i couldnt find a job in America. I still thank those nice people who offered me jobs that got me by those unbelievably difficult times to where i am today.

once i was on my way to my aunt’s house to borrow some money and my tire blew up because it was simply worn out. I drove my car to the next garage and asked a nice mexican man that i only had 10 dollars and if he had anythig ror that.. he said wel there is a teller machine over there.. and i said thats nice but alls i gots is this ten dollar bill period.. he looked at me and said ok.. thank you nice mexican man.. gracias amigo..

Comment on Longevity Doesn’t Pay by econobiker

econobiker — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:48:47 +0000

Nope, longevity does not pay.

At one company where I worked( 2001-2006 ) there was a guy from a sister company (under the conglomerate) who moved around in management and sales about 5 times during the 5 years I was at that job. This guy even moved to my company for about 6 months and then on to another higher level position at a third sister company in the conglomerate. Somehow he doesn’t list the 6 months at my company on his online resume, though since that position was not as prestigious.

One funny thing is that he had moved yet again by 2008 to an even higher title position as president of a newly created subsidiary of the original sister company from which he had started.

Is that some sort of luck? Or is it just knowing the right people? I ask this as other people had been laid off from that original company during his time away from it yet he swoops back in and scores a position in the new spin off…

Keep moving!