BYC Café

[N F C]

To remind you all the reason why I am acting as a gold line operator is because our company has been sold and will be shut down.
Employees are leaving at a steady rate and there was no one left to get the product through the line.
The following is from a fellow engineer. He likes to write poems. This choked me up as it is so true...

how can I say goodbye, I’ve been here most of my life
learned how to be an engineer and met my beautiful wife

how can I say goodbye, to the familiar I’ve known every day
to warm faces that greeted me and have helped in so many ways

with the “good old days” of IBM, the layoffs also first came
then the mismanagement of EIT and its legacy of shame

but our spirit could not be crushed and our abilities again shown
from the ashes of one-day work weeks we re-ascended the throne

but now the “Dream Team” is disbanded and black veiled
drowning in an air of insufficiency, as if we had finally failed

we did NOT falter! our IBM yields were incrediblely high
but in the end we were abandoned without a good reason why

how can I say goodbye – well only with eyes filled with tears
I can show you scars, but by far, many more blessings these years

how can I say goodbye? – I can’t, for you are all a part of me
you have always been, and forever are, my dear family​

Very nice Dobie. It can be rough to go through disbanding groups of people that have worked together for a length of time.

 

[pennyJo1960]

little scary allot of our companies shutting doors

 

[N F C]

little scary allot of our companies shutting doors View attachment 1904442

I find it concerning to think of companies leaving and all the job losses. Starting over isn't always possible for people.

 

[sourland]

little scary allot of our companies shutting doors View attachment 1904442

Sad. In today's climate realistically no one is safe.

 

[pennyJo1960]

As we all age many companies are wary of us kinda funny that way but sure would not want to try to go back to work at my age even

 

[sourland]

As we all age many companies are wary of us kinda funny that way but sure would not want to try to go back to work at my age even

And then there is the 'company buy out' when an early retirement deal is offered to long term employees so that they can be replaced by less expensive. The company that I worked for (pharmaceutical) did that and 5 employees took the buyout in my department - we lost 150 + years of company and industry experience. Guess how long it took the department to get back up to speed. SMH

 

[DobieLover]

There is a lot of hiring going on in our area. So far every person I know that head already left for a new job is earning significantly more money.
This is the second... well third time I've worked for a company that was sold. Twice the company was/will be closed. Once it was slowly whittled down to bare bones for survival.

 

[N F C]

And then there is the 'company buy out' when an early retirement deal is offered to long term employees so that they can be replaced by less expensive. The company that I worked for (pharmaceutical) did that and 5 employees took the buyout in my department - we lost 150 + years of company and industry experience. Guess how long it took the department to get back up to speed. SMH

That's exactly what happened to the company my dad worked for. He was an engineer for a steel company when all the 30+ year employees were offered a buy out. Those that did not take it suffered. They were demoted, their pay lowered and they had to report to new college graduates (that the older guys then had to train). And the company does not exist any more, it died.

Dad took the buy out and said it was the best career move he ever made.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Guess that is where I lucked out had the rare opportunity to work for myself most my life
suffice to say

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning Cafe.
Coffee is made.
It's been a bit blowy here overnight. Quite a few trees down. It's rained some as well.
I guess Autumn is here. Can't say I'll be sorry to lose the heat.