I have seen people that were laid off for NO REASON. Only thing we can come up with is that they were making more money than the people they kept. I have seen at my facility some crazy ass shit.... unethical, money costing dangerous shit.... and I AM NOT a disgruntled ex employee, but for fear of keeping my job... I DO NOT SAY A WORD!! I have seen some that do speak up.. get laid off because of doing just that!
(comment to a post below about Weatherford going bankrupt)----It's is truly amazing how people ASSUME that the people that were laid off , somehow brought it upon themselves. Yes, the fact is that a lot if folks that were let go did bring it upon themselves by not doing their job correctly, abusing time and ability to get along with co-workers. How about the the others.. and I'm not talking about buyout. There were people that had been at our facility for less than 4 years, but knew how to do their job much better than people that had been here for 20 yrs. They were capable if doing a lot of different aspects of the job. Never seen them late.. I mean never late. Always worked overtime when needed. And never ever took extra time at breaks. This one person at our facility was excellent at their job and yet was laid off. To this day I still cannot understand why. There are people that didn't like this person, because this person actually came in and did their job, and it made them look bad. So how do they determine who gets laid off. I thought that some of the people that got laid off should still be here. It wad a shock to a lot of people that some of these people are gone and yet they kept some that should have been let go years ago. Boggles the mind. And if you think about it, the good people they did let go are wondering, why , cause they were doing what they were supposed to be doing and yet... They are walked out as if they didn't. I don't get it.
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