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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4335380"]This is an impossible subject to change the minds and the spirits hurt by RIFF's. I was part of a riff with another company but my perspective is a little different than most...not that it's right. I did not accept my riff as a matter of being targeted for any other reason than I was part of a giant corporation and just another number...nothing personal. I always exceeded my number year after year, confident in my abilities and that could be transitioned anywhere I go....the company can't take that from me even if they get rid of me. My outlook is simple;</p><p>-I came to you for the job and you gave it to me and took care of me and my family for years. You could have said "No".</p><p>- You didn't give me a life time promise of a job so I knew one day I might be riffed.</p><p>- I never promised you I would work for you forever and may some day leverage my job to obtain another.</p><p>- I gave you 100% and you paid me 100% for the agreed amount you hired me for and you never missed a payment.</p><p>- I grew my resume based on the opportunities you afforded me. </p><p>- You invested over $200k in me for the interviewing, processing and training to acquire the skills I have today and you took a risk in hiring me.</p><p>- My kids went to great schools and we lived in a great place because of the employment you gave me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The struggle we have in being riffed is the sudden disconnection our human nature hates. Having believed and been a part of a "Mission" with warm human touch overtones that can be coldly severed with no believable rationale, or acknowledgement of our sacrifices ands accomplishments, is a wound that no company has a device or cure to make us feel better. There simply is nothing that can be said or done to change that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4335380"]This is an impossible subject to change the minds and the spirits hurt by RIFF's. I was part of a riff with another company but my perspective is a little different than most...not that it's right. I did not accept my riff as a matter of being targeted for any other reason than I was part of a giant corporation and just another number...nothing personal. I always exceeded my number year after year, confident in my abilities and that could be transitioned anywhere I go....the company can't take that from me even if they get rid of me. My outlook is simple; -I came to you for the job and you gave it to me and took care of me and my family for years. You could have said "No". - You didn't give me a life time promise of a job so I knew one day I might be riffed. - I never promised you I would work for you forever and may some day leverage my job to obtain another. - I gave you 100% and you paid me 100% for the agreed amount you hired me for and you never missed a payment. - I grew my resume based on the opportunities you afforded me. - You invested over $200k in me for the interviewing, processing and training to acquire the skills I have today and you took a risk in hiring me. - My kids went to great schools and we lived in a great place because of the employment you gave me. The struggle we have in being riffed is the sudden disconnection our human nature hates. Having believed and been a part of a "Mission" with warm human touch overtones that can be coldly severed with no believable rationale, or acknowledgement of our sacrifices ands accomplishments, is a wound that no company has a device or cure to make us feel better. There simply is nothing that can be said or done to change that.[/QUOTE]
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