I'm sure there are plenty of you out there that will understand this. Yesterday we went through another round of "Lay-offs" or "Reduction in Force" or whatever the hell the current politically correct BS term is for it.
In our particular company, which was purchased within the last 2 years, we have been through 4 years of this stuff. After yesterday's round everyone got together at a bar (our lay-off ritual) and in discussions the situation was related to a game of Survivor. So I guess i can say I've survived another round. Unfortunately, in this game of Survivor, you don't get to vote off the people you don't like and you don't get a prize at the end. Unless you consider more work with less resources a prize. In this game, all you lose are friends.
Everytime this happens you think it won't be as bad as the last time. Yesterday we knew what was happening in the morning and everyone laughed it off. We've been through this before, bah, this is no big deal, we are either here or not, what's to get upset about? Well that lasted right up until they started pulling people into the conference room one by one. Then it hits. That pit of the stomach feeling when you see your friends being axed one by one.
Now today it's back to the grind, working with what we have and waiting for management to wrestle all the extra work into some form of recognizable order. And on we go...I guess I'll have to form a new alliance (lunch group) now, eh?
Sorry for the downer, just felt like venting.
In our particular company, which was purchased within the last 2 years, we have been through 4 years of this stuff. After yesterday's round everyone got together at a bar (our lay-off ritual) and in discussions the situation was related to a game of Survivor. So I guess i can say I've survived another round. Unfortunately, in this game of Survivor, you don't get to vote off the people you don't like and you don't get a prize at the end. Unless you consider more work with less resources a prize. In this game, all you lose are friends.
Everytime this happens you think it won't be as bad as the last time. Yesterday we knew what was happening in the morning and everyone laughed it off. We've been through this before, bah, this is no big deal, we are either here or not, what's to get upset about? Well that lasted right up until they started pulling people into the conference room one by one. Then it hits. That pit of the stomach feeling when you see your friends being axed one by one.
Now today it's back to the grind, working with what we have and waiting for management to wrestle all the extra work into some form of recognizable order. And on we go...I guess I'll have to form a new alliance (lunch group) now, eh?
Sorry for the downer, just felt like venting.
