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Ultralight
8-12-15, 8:03pm
So I had meetings with my boss and an all-staff. I am apparently safe from lay-offs for now... Well, I am safe through 2016 from workplace reduction.
Float On
8-12-15, 8:41pm
Wow. Thats great news. So they laid of someone who has been in that department longer than you?
freshstart
8-12-15, 9:10pm
Yay! That must be a relief
Kestra
8-12-15, 9:22pm
Oh good. Still the boredom issue, but it's always better to leave on your terms than theirs.
Ultralight
8-12-15, 9:56pm
No one got laid off or will be laid off in our department. We are going to be asked to "do more with the same amount of staff, NOT less staff."
Float On
8-12-15, 11:29pm
Maybe less boredom time? Keeping busy really does make a day go faster than trying to look for something to do.
Tammy
8-12-15, 11:47pm
True. I'm happiest on the shifts when I'm always about 30 minutes behind feeling caught up.
Tussiemussies
8-13-15, 1:21am
Good for you. That must take a load off of your shoulders!
Ultralight
8-13-15, 9:27am
Thanks.
Ultralight
10-8-15, 4:28pm
On the other hand... lay-offs are back on the table.
Lainey
10-8-15, 9:18pm
On the other hand... lay-offs are back on the table.

Why the switch - what happened in the last 2 months to change back to layoffs? On a related note, I'm watching the news about recent major layoffs at Caterpillar and Microsoft, and just this path month we've had some "targeted" layoffs at my Mega Corp.
Is the economy softening again? sure seems like it.
Williamsmith
10-8-15, 9:51pm
Why the switch - what happened in the last 2 months to change back to layoffs? On a related note, I'm watching the news about recent major layoffs at Caterpillar and Microsoft, and just this path month we've had some "targeted" layoffs at my Mega Corp.
Is the economy softening again? sure seems like it.

The interest rates are already at zero. There is no more room for debt based growth. So yeah, I would think bubbles are ready to burst everywhere. Especially the higher education scam. Average college grad is paying ten years of monthly payments in debt before they even make a dime at a real job.
JaneV2.0
10-8-15, 10:21pm
The interest rates are already at zero. There is no more room for debt based growth. So yeah, I would think bubbles are ready to burst everywhere. Especially the higher education scam. Average college grad is paying ten years of monthly payments in debt before they even make a dime at a real job.

Aargh. Is the housing bubble going to collapse before I can sell? !thumbsup!
A friend of mine just sold their house for twice what they paid for it. Maybe they'll get lucky and be able to buy in a depressed market.

ETA: What am I saying? I've missed bubbles before. I guess I could just learn to like it here. :(
Ultralight
10-8-15, 10:29pm
Well, the restructure at work now runs all the assignments through the surperviser, instead of the way it used to be; where people making research requests made their requests directly to the researchers.

So it is known now to management that there is actually very little work be done because there just aren't many research requests. :(

The bosses are surely asking themselves why they have so many researchers.