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Posted: 11/20/2008 5:17:54 PM EDT
Ever feel like things just got kind of weird at work, and then you got the axe?
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:21:09 PM EDT
[#1]
Nope
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:23:42 PM EDT
[#2]
Usually right after I rig the HE to the bridge..............but its been awhile since I was in that mindset.

Anymore I just find another job and give my notice.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:29:16 PM EDT
[#3]
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:40:49 PM EDT
[#4]
yes
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:43:26 PM EDT
[#5]
Fired, No.  (associate "fired" with performance issues)



Downsized/Displaced.....everyday is a possibility in big corporate Americian, anymore.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:44:32 PM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Ever feel like things just got kind of weird at work, and then you got the axe?


Right before taking a dump in the boss's desk...
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:44:55 PM EDT
[#7]
Everytime I walk in the building. I know they're on to me, it's just a matter of time. I've been fooling them for over 20 years. I'm going to slip up eventually.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:51:04 PM EDT
[#8]
When your Bosses are in DC asking for 25billion to stay afloat, like mine are, thats a bad sign......
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:51:13 PM EDT
[#9]
I've never been fired but I've been laid off while they were still hiring.

Thats the nature of my industry.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:54:49 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
When your Bosses are in DC asking for 25billion to stay afloat, like mine are, thats a bad sign......


I hear you bro, your bosses are getting the crap beat out of them in the media at the moment.

Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:56:13 PM EDT
[#11]
the place i work at is going to be laying off 10 guys next week :(
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:56:17 PM EDT
[#12]
I had a new manager come in and said something that made me mad. I let him have it and later he called me into his office to apologize and actually started to cry... all I could think was "OH SHIT"... I pretty much started looking for a new job at that point.

manager gets canned about a month later and I get the boot from his replacement approximately 2 days after he comes in
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:56:43 PM EDT
[#13]
Yes.

I was unsuited for legal work, but found myself working at a firm providing support for lawyers/accountants.  

I was told to start looking 6 months into the job, but hung on for another 6 months before calling it quits myself.

Not a very pleasant experience


Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:56:46 PM EDT
[#14]
Quoted:
yes


+1  T-minus 1 week: large lay off. T-minus 4 days: new CEO, T-minus 2 days: less work to do. T-minus 0 days: company cut from 150 to 15.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 5:57:31 PM EDT
[#15]
Yes. I got caught jerking off onto the photocopier Monday morning when the boss walked in. It was somewhat an awkward moment for the both of us.

I probably should have stopped or at least tried to provide an explanation. But Gods-be-Damned, I wasn't raised to be a quitter.














Link Posted: 11/20/2008 6:00:31 PM EDT
[#16]
The company I work for put a freeze on hiring any new employees to ensure the existing people have enough hours to work a full week.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 6:15:13 PM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:
When your Bosses are in DC asking for 25billion to stay afloat, like mine are, thats a bad sign......


At leat you've made it that far.......   One of the "big three" already took care of me per say.
Link Posted: 11/20/2008 6:45:12 PM EDT
[#18]
Sometimes I've seen the layoff coming, but I sure didn't see the last one coming.


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