I gave my 110% to Verizon for six years. I worked weekends, stayed late, picked up extra work, and did all I could to make sure things got done on time even if I was the only one putting in any effort. Then I learned I was being let go. My job was outsourced. It's been a few months and I'm still pi---d over it. I will never make the same mistake again.
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@2dqg+1tLfANb5, Your story doesn’t hold up at all. In the last round, only two of my coworkers were let go, and both were of the Indian origin. One was a U.S. citizen, and the other was on an H-1B.
Commented yesterday. It was removed. No bad words. No names. Only pointed out that 0% of RIFs since 2018 were Indian. Oh that’s right, India passed a law that forces all media/social media sites to take down any posts that paint India in a bad light. Can’t say anything bad about India.
What's the lesson? Do the bare minimum and hop from job to job (if you are lucky) with a bunch of mediocre referrals? Or do the best you can (within reason) and if you do get RIFed you can sleep at night knowing you did your best? Two lessons to teach my kids: work hard and life is not always fair. I don't respect a lot of people I work with, but I respect me.
I’m sorry it took six years to learn that. Coworkers taught me that when I started back at VZ after having left pre 2k. It was true pre 2k too just not so deliberate.
Family and self first.
@jbn+1tLfANb5 maybe they need to stop making the employees and their families the scapegoats for bad decisions. Hey lets spend more money on re-branding everything in the company then kick people out the door to help pay for it. When you gut the workers you gut the american way of life, and eventually it will come back. Stop doing business with companies that don't employ the people who actually LIVE here. Simple.
What’s your point. Did you expect loyalty for being a good worker? That’s not how it works. It hasn’t been like that for years. If they need to reduce costs, they have to get rid of somebody.
Staying late got HV the new Lamborghini truck keep working hard while the top earnes hardly work go start a business the incentives are there even if you fail keep trying there's no limit.
Sorry @sxp - short attention span, I couldn’t read your book.
Welcome to the club. Everyone are replaceable in any work. Now this days everything is offshore and what it worse it is not even offshore for offshore employees it is more for offshore 3rd party.
Welcome to Verizon
I'm 60. After 6 different employers in my career, some small, some large, some really BIG, I have learned one thing, and that is there is no loyalty of an employer to an employee, and such there should be none to an employer. Saying that, different places I would also do at times, the extra work, taking phone calls while on vacation, staying late, arriving early but for the last 2 employers, I've stopped. For the most part. My current place of employment is a large defense company. Its not discouraged to put in extra when its needed (and I do), but they also do not expect more than the 40 hrs per week. Some put in the extra to get a bonus, to get a promotion. At my sunset time in my career, none of that matters to me. That being said, I'm good at what I do, I'm efficient and I produce results. And they have showed me appreciation $$. But never assume that you won't be called in. I'm always watching the job boards for my own knowledge. To the younger generation, you should change jobs a few times in the first 10 to 15 years of employment, to see how other companies work, gain experience and make contacts. Maybe even interview for jobs, to keep up on what employers are looking for. Do the work, don't stay at a place that your never appreciated at, To the OP, I know for a fact there were people that appreciated your efforts, the customers, coworkers but it hard to know unless you are told. So, everyone, if someone does something really good, tell them you appreciate them, and copy the boss on the email (yours and theirs). It goes a long way to get a 'thank you'. I did that this morning in fact.
Tough lesson to learn. Hope things work out for you.