Do you go to work each day fearing for your own job?

Answer 1

Friend, I have been working in the aerospace defense industry for 30 years. My dad worked in the same industry for 38 years.

During that time, I have seen entire departments get pink-slipped because of program cancellations. I have seen hundreds of people get layoff notices because their jobs were reorganized out of existance. I have seen people laid off because of "re-engineering," "right-sizing," "down-sizing," and "streamlining." I have seen co-workers laid off when we went public, when we were sold, when we were merged. I have seen people laid off because we weren't doing well and laid off because we were doing well. I've seen people who were great workers and company people get laid off while people who were lazy and unproductive kept their jobs. Over and over and over and over again.

There's a part of me that's numb to fear of job loss after so long, and there's a part of me that's fearful every day of job loss.

It's a jungle in here. No doubt about it.

Answer 2

Yes. Mainly because after being screwed over so many times by companies, being paid poorly, getting laid off in mergers and acquisitions and restructurings and all this corporate crap, I am now officially a "dissengaged employee". I would like to change that, but I don't know how to motivate myself when I have to compete with sh1theads in India who are willing to get paid less than I was getting paid 20 years ago at McDonalds. The employment picture sucks and nobody cares about people who are hurting.

Answer 3

I have worked a places where I felt that way....not anymore!

Answer 4

Ye gods, no. That would be dreadful. I hope that you don't, either!