Massive Re-Org Holy crap. The company I work for is a joint venture - we have two parents. One of the parents, I don't mind, but honestly, I don't work a lot with them. The other, well, I abhor. I despise. I spit on.
Today we had a huge company wide conference call where the CEO announced that we are getting a divorce. We are kicking one of the companies out. Good news is: It's the company I spit on. Bad news: No idea what that means for me on a paycheck/job level.
The whole office is walking around all freaky (imagine our whole building walking around).
Lay-offs So, there will be lay-offs because, well, some people will be redundant. Lay-offs really really screw people up.
I survived one round of lay-offs at the dot-com place I worked at. That was painful, and I was just a peon and not the person who had to make the calls on who would go. I drank a lot that day. Let's not talk about it.
Then, a bit later, the company ran out of cash (those stupid pricey lightbulbs) and we all got laid off. Now, I am a workplace paranoid. Even when people joke about firing me or that there will be lay-offs, I always think, "they might not be kidding".
I'm scarred from the past experiences. I'm paranoid and shell-shocked right now. But, I think it'll all turn out fine. Fingers crossed.
