Downsizing

to those who get bad news today, best of luck. Now for the reality check, this happened almost annually over the past 5 years with smaller, less "flashy" franchises being impacted either with this type of layoff or being told that the franchise was closing up shop or downsizing due to patent expiration, resulting in others having to find new positions. We are all equals in the field and for those who had this happen in the past few years, most have had to compete like an outsider to earn a new position here. Will those laid off today have to do the same or will some be offered some of the open positions waiting to be filled with nothing more than agreeing to go to a lesser franchise? Let's see how this plays out
A “lesser franchise”. Hopefully for you there will not be a position available and you’ll be updating that outdated resume.
 












Asshole! People are losing their incomes! Karma is a bitch!

Yes, people lose their incomes my friend all the time. What a friggin shock this must be to those who thought this gravy train would go on indefinitely. There are those who look to the future and saw this coming and made changes.
I doubt the severance package will suck for those who were let go either, it's highly likely that it was agreed that those let go would be well taken care of. As a matter of fact, many will likely be "placed" in the various open field positions should there be one in the neighborhood.