My mother is a business unit manager at a major factory. She has many people that she supervises on a daily basis. Even when she is not at work, she is still working because here employees page her with problems they are having.
Last week, my mother called me in tears. She said that she had to lay off all but 4 of her employees. She was allowed to keep one per shift, with the exception of 3rd shift where she was allowed to keep 2 employees. She felt horribly guilty, especially doing it this time of year. I told her it was not her fault. She realizes this, but she really cares for her employees and feels so badly for them. Some of them are scheduled to come back; however, some of them were layed off permanently.
Yesterday, my mother received a call from the Human Resources person at her work. My mother was panicked because she thought she was going to also get layed off. The HR employee stated that no, she was not getting layed off; however, everyone that is still left at the shop will be getting paid 5% less, starting in February. They are not sure when they will put the 5% back into their salaries. My mom is thankful to still have a job and make a very good salary; however, that 5% stings a little bit.
This economy just has to pick up a bit. I feel so sorry for everyone losing their jobs...it is just heartbreaking. Even though I hate my job with a passion, I am so very thankful to still have it.
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Thank you for sharing this sad message and I do hope it gets better.
Happy Holidays to you and yours...tell your Mom we are thinking of her and sending a big hug.
My guy came home from work one day disturbed, this is not like him.
He was a floor boss and in the same spot as your mother! He told me of a women with children who cried. He told me of men who looked like they were going too cry. Not a good situation.
One day after his shift was over, he was asked if he wanted to go to another plant within the wood mill to run a machine or be laid off. The next working day the job he had for years was gone, the doors locked and not by him.
Since this he had to go to the day shift our life's were turned upside down, literally. He was luckily still working when he was used to be sleeping and I was no longer making him dinner starting at midnight and I had to rearrange the doctor appointments for me and the kids.
He is still working at his same pay thank goodness, but things are still "weird" with even more people lade off not long ago. Friends we have had for years are almost all gone now, they have packed up and moved where the jobs are. Only a few remain.
The economy is not doing well. We have talked of what we will do if, and when my guy looses his job. He is old now closer to retirement then not. The younger people will get the jobs, common sense.
One day at a time, pay off what we can. Break away from the ex who is sucking the bank account dry and hunker down. Cash for everything, careful where the cash is spent.
Your mother hopefully knows more then one part of the business? So she too can be put into other jobs within the company? Grunt work is better then no work, at least until things get better, right?
Wish your mother well!!
I hope she will be ok & that things will pick up again for the company~
Hopefully we will understand that the old way is dying and we will let it die in favor of the new way, which is still emerging. Let us accept the fact that all things change, but in that change comes something better....
Right now my husband company has leased part of the flower farm. Also sold 45% verses %%% of everything on the farm to the new company. Employees have been hand picked by a hire up that went to teh new company. My husband was not one of them that was picked for the new company. So, right now he does not have a boss in his department. He is worried about his job. If he looses his job, we are totally screwed since I can't work.