I was fired from OI in April after 7.5 years of faith full service for no good reason. I was lied to by my manager and HR. I tried to go to my director but he didn't seem to care. I was put on a PIP for trumped up charges. None of which were my fault or worthy of loosing my job for. Some of the action points were well over a year old. I was told if I completed objectives X, Y, & Z above my other work I would keep my job yet hours after going over those objectives three months later, all my discharge paperwork was ready and I was fired with out any discussion of my completed objectives. Despite being in good standing with every other department besides the one that fired me I was not allowed to even apply for a manufacturing job I was more than qualified for and for which I already had done for 5 years.
The Engineering team used me to gain an understanding of the manufacturing process and dumped me when they thought they knew everything they needed. My manager treated me like shit and questioned everything I did only giving me direction after the fact or not at all. I never received any of my written reports back although according to her they were always wrong. She even had the nerve to ask me to write a report I was never asked to do the morning she fired me. I held my tongue while I was being fired thinking I was way to valuable to not be allowed back in any other department but that would have been just prolonging the inevitable.
It sucks to have to hear about all this. I was really proud of the work I did at OI and it felt good to make a product that could make a difference in some ones life. It is going to be hard to find another job that satisfies that feeling.