It's Monday @ 11:00 AM in Largo, and only three co-workers have asked if I know of anyone in the area that is hiring. Two others have asked if I've heard of any additional layoffs, oops, I mean restructuring. Definitely, a paranoid group of employees!
Hell, if I knew of someone hiring I wouldn't tell. I don't need any more competition for the jobs elsewhere.
Monday morning on Cafe Pharma after yakking with 5 other workers about quitting or being laid off. And you want a job some where else? Who would hire you ya lazy bastard?!!
This road warrior appreciates that there are still people in Largo who care. We realize management doesn't care what happens. It's nice to be a rep in the field and make a call to largo at 7:25 or so and get someone in CS who cares. This company can go on. If we can find good leadership.
I totally agree!!
So the question is, are you in or out? Are you looking for another job or committed to keep putting in the extra time to make your section of Linvatec rock solid? I wish people would stop complaining about leadership and just be one. I'm no JD fan by any stretch but try to remember that he's getting his orders from JC and the boys. And I hate to say it but some of the changes that have been made make sense and were long overdo. Oh god here comes the backlash to that comment!
It's not a matter of in or out for me. As long as I am here, I will give this job my "all". Loyalty to Linvatec, who keeps laying off some of the best employees, makes all of us question our loyalty. Many of us have to think about responsibilites to our families, kids in college, and elderly parents depending on our support. I personally can't afford to stay here with no raise, no more pension funding, and always wondering if I will be next on the "hit list". Losing my job would mean letting my family down.
Others have posted about the confusion surrounding how those whose were "eliminated" were chosen. A few were dead weight, womanizers, or incompetent. However, many were good hard working people who were the ones we went to "make things happen" when they need to happen. A couple of the R&D engineers who first to go were with the company for 20+ years. One guy was here early every morning and usually still at his desk well past 6PM. He knew his way though our red-tape and systems, better than most, and a many of us owed him for his past help. This guy got things done when no one else could figure out where to start. We need more like him, not fewer.
