We just got finished with a bloodbath at my company. Many many people let go, pretty much at random. The decisions came from the corporate office and to them we're all just a bunch of faceless names on a a sheet of paper. They show up, axe a bunch of people and move to the next location to repeat the carnage. It has not been a pleasant time for anyone.
I survived the reaping intact but now I have two jobs. Literally. They chopped one guy in my department and ALL of his work has landed squarely on my desk. Still just the one paycheck though. Two jobs to one check is a bad ratio. I'm going to have to go ahead and come out firmly against it.
Bleh. I'll make it work and get it organized to within an inch of its life so that no one will miss him (on a work level anyway, I assume some people will miss him personally. I hear that's what normal people do.) I'm already being told what a wonderful job I'm doing by all and sundry and that I'm already doing his job better than he did. This doesn't fill me with confidence though. Considering that the last bunch of folks to get axed were mostly picked using the throw darts at a list of names method does it matter how well I do my job?
Companies ask what happened to employee loyalty. That shit works both ways, people.
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I've found the phrase "what happened to employee loyalty" these days definitely means "why can't we crap on our employees more and they just take it."
Glad you kept your job, though. Although perhaps now that you've got twice as much to do, maybe I shouldn't be too happy for you.
I'm just waiting for some executive dumbshit to ask "whatever happened to company loyalty" one of these times at our all-hands meetings. I'll reply, "you downsized it!"
Considering the economic climate, I'd say that having a job is better than not having a job. So uh.....silver lining? I'm more and more convinced I am on the correct career path. Thank god for tenure.
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