GolfHos

I just came from the meeting, and it was worse than i thought. they terminated (their term not mine) 57% of the employees today. it wasn't pretty.
99% of these people had no idea it was coming, i did. seniority played no part, it was strictly down a fiscal line. those who made the least still have jobs. my boss who is also a good friend, apologized 20 times to me personally because he had no say in the matter.
They hired a guy to help me and he started 3 days before  :airquotes: the accident :airquotes: he now has my job.
Due to their German style of mismanagement they lost our 2 biggest contracts with Chrysler.

As i said, i was pretty sure i was going to be let go regardless. but i had to feel sorry for most of these people the majority of which are production workers, some of which had been there for 7 years. people who have been there less than a year will be doing there job tomorrow.

Things are really ugly in this area right now. not a good time to be looking for a job, but the truth of the matter is working for this company was the worst experience of my life and i'm glad to be free of there. :)

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sorry to hear, best wishes on your job hunt

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Those Ratbags!!! :sad3:

That sucks.  :sad3:

mojo coming your way birdy.

Did you work for Plastech (http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/020508/local_20080205001.shtml)?

Good luck

no, i worked for a German company, Goertz and Schiele. they have plants in Michigan, Germany, Mexico and China. their specialty is high production CNC machining of auto, tractor and motorcycle parts.

Dude, sorry you lost the job.  Glad you're happy to be away from it.  Best wishes in your search for new employment. 

+1 just for grins

Sorry to hear of it.  One door closes, another opens, and so on.  8)

Guess you weren't a union shop?

no. we fought the union off last summer. [sm_oops]

Bummer.

I may have missed a post or two.........

So, you got your job back after they took it away from the accident/convalescence?

well, this is where it is kinda cloudy.
i was cleared last Wednesday  to go back to work on monday.

then they called on Friday and said not to come in because they had someone doing my job and had to clear the staffing levels with the VP who was out of town until today.

then they called this afternoon and said i was being let go with a bunch of other people due to a lack of work.

so if it wasn't for the accident i would still be employed, but they said they let me go due to a lack off work.

my wife wants me to talk to the lawyer tomorrow. there is several things in play here. the insurance company (according to my wifes friend who works in the industry), has to keep paying my lost wages if i lost my job due to the accident.

the company says that they laid me off due to a lack of work, but that isn't true.

sue thosse mofo's for every $.01

Hmmm.  Multi bummer.

Sounds like you've got a good grip on it.  Best of luck.  We'll be here pulling for you, and help with expertise in many areas if you need it.  ;D

not interested in suing anyone. just want what the law says i am due.  :)

Poopy.

That blows.  Best of luck.

Talk with him/her, but I suspect it's a dead end.  MI is an at-will employment state, so they can terminate employees based on high wages/salaries.  (Although if the higher-earning employees seem to be predominantly those of age 40 or older ...)  If they have any smarts whatsoever, they will never state that you were separated because of your injuries or for taking maximum FMLA leave.

If they had this layoff in the works for a little while (i.e., before you were cleared for work, which it sounds like) and the targeting was based on high-earners, it's going to be a severely uphill battle to prove that your particular termination was for another reason.

But MI at-will employment law isn't simple, so definitely talk to the lawyer.

well, there is the fact that i was the only non production employee terminated.  ;)

Hey!  I'm a non production employee too!   :D

Yeah, I guess technically speaking, one is a minority.

 [sm_enguard] :tape: ;D

Man sorry to hear that. Hope things work out.

There does seem to be alot of that going around these days.

Sorry to hear that.   I hope things work out for you!