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UNEMPLOYED!!!!

Are the former owners a shower of bastards?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 3 14.3%

  • No!

    Votes: 6 28.6%

  • HECK YEAH!!

    Votes: 12 57.1%
  • Total voters
    21
#21
The owner has several locations throughout the state. But, he is ready to retire.

The kids are taking over, and want everything to be centralized in the Phoenix area.

We are a couple of hours drive away. And so, they decided to sell to a national corporation.

National corporation came in and brought their own people.

And a load of us are getting the sack. Simple as that.
 
#22
Ritchie_Darling said:
The owner has several locations throughout the state. But, he is ready to retire.

The kids are taking over, and want everything to be centralized in the Phoenix area.

We are a couple of hours drive away. And so, they decided to sell to a national corporation.

National corporation came in and brought their own people.

And a load of us are getting the sack. Simple as that.
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Well, at the very least you can ride the fUnemployment train until something else comes along. Guessing you'll get a good recommendation while searching. Who knows, you may end up in a better position a few months down the road ... it's happened to me more than once after playing my forced hand. Best of luck to you!

Edit: i find summer is the best time to be without work :thumbsup:
 
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#23
Accept it an move on is the only useful advice I can give - it's not going to go away because you're annoyed by it.

Whether move on is look for another job like it (perhaps relocating) or getting more full-time/doubled-down about your "other job" with ABW (again, perhaps relocating, if I infer correctly that they and you are not in the same place, other than via the internet) or go into some completely other thing is your call. Sucks to have things disrupted when you've settled into a pattern that works for you, but it's an opportunity (albeit unasked for and somewhat unwelcome) to reinvent what you do...


...or all six of you get together and undercut the heck out of the new management. Since it's well-known that the national companies just end up raising the price of dying, you could be the local outfit that offers a cut-rate pine-box deal just like in the Old West movies (or as fancy as you care to go. But you have a cheap option that keeps the price of dying reasonable.)
 
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#24
Sorry to hear this, kinda big scary. Happened to me a few months back, since I've been working hard since about 1980, I'm kinda enjoying being off and planning my next move. It's stinks and scary and kinda makes ya feel worthless, but everything happens for a reason and I bet you'll land on your feet and be better off when the dust settles. Good Luck to you and yours.
 
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T_Bone_TL said:
or all six of you get together and undercut the heck out of the new management. Since it's well-known that the national companies just end up raising the price of dying, you could be the local outfit that offers a cut-rate pine-box deal just like in the Old West movies (or as fancy as you care to go. But you have a cheap option that keeps the price of dying reasonable.)
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Something to think about.
 
#30
two fingers said:
There's really no good answer.

Scenario 1
The owners come to all of the employees and says "Gang, we're looking for a buyer for our company. We will be selling the business as soon as we find one." You guys all freak out and start looking for other jobs looking out for yourselves. Screw the owners.

Scenario 2
Exactly what happened. They kept the whole deal a secret. When the sale went through you guys freaked out since you were let go. Screw the old owners for looking out for themselves.

There's no "everybody wins" scenario.
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Scenario 3
We have sold the company. There will be a transitional period, but we know the new owners will be making some tough personnel decisions. We also recognize that many of you may want to seek other employment, but we also recognize we need to have the staff to continue to serve our clients. For those of you willing to stay on through the transition, we have an offer. If you stay until (some date certain), there will be an bonus of (some amount) and a severance package if you are one of those laid off.

My wife had Scenario 3 happen to her a long time ago when the bank she worked for had failed and was being taken over by a group of investors.
 
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#31
Gravedigger Dav said:
Scenario 3
We have sold the company. There will be a transitional period, but we know the new owners will be making some tough personnel decisions. We also recognize that many of you may want to seek other employment, but we also recognize we need to have the staff to continue to serve our clients. For those of you willing to stay on through the transition, we have an offer. If you stay until (some date certain), there will be an bonus of (some amount) and a severance package if you are one of those laid off.

My wife had Scenario 3 happen to her a long time ago when the bank she worked for had failed and was being taken over by a group of investors.
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That's great if they have the money to make such an offer. If they don't they simply gotta do what they gotta do.
 

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