#memorialday

Just thinking about this on Memorial Day...
HCA Healthcare spent years telling everyone how much they "support our veterans." They joined big programs like Hiring Our Heroes, bragged about hiring tens of thousands of veterans and military spouses, got all the awards, and used it for great PR. "We know the positive difference veterans make" — their words, not mine.
A lot of us took those jobs. We brought the same discipline and work ethic we learned in the service into their hospitals and offices. For a while, it felt like they actually valued that.
Now this Memorial Day, while we're remembering the people who didn't make it home, HCA is busy building a huge new center in Hyderabad, India. They're pouring in $75 million and planning to hire thousands of people there for IT, finance, accounting, HR — all the back-office work that used to be done here.
At the same time, American employees — including some of those same veterans — are getting laid off and forced to train their replacements. The company calls it a "small portion" of the workforce, but it doesn't feel small to the families losing their income right here in the U.S.
It feels like a slap in the face. They were happy to wave the flag and hire heroes when it looked good. Now that they see cheaper labor overseas, those same people are apparently disposable.
I’m not saying every job should be protected forever, but this one stings. Especially today. Their Facebook post feels insincere.
If you’re a veteran who worked at HCA, or you know someone who got caught up in these cuts, you’re not alone in feeling betrayed by this.
Just doesn’t sit right.

Thank you to all the Veterans.

Do they get off on Memorial Day like the rest of the company?

Bloodbath after Memorial days weekend.

Pretty moving.

Does the power structure in this company understand that forcing people into the office on Thursday next week after having Memorial Day off feels like a punishment for having the audacity to acknowledge a federal holiday?

I know they don't care but really? Waste our money and time and the company's utility bills because we've just GOT to have 3 days in the office?

Zero benefit, only inconvenience and annoyance. I suggest everyone just chit chat all day and use the bathrooms as often as possible.

Anyone know if memorial holiday Day week will be tracked?

Does anyone know if summer Fridays are going to be observed under this new regime? We’re only about 3 weeks away from Memorial Day. Tick tock.

If U.S. Bank truly cared about our country, CEO Andy Cecere would not be putting so many Americans out of work and outsourcing American jobs overseas just to give himself and the rest of the C-Suite more millions each year. #USBankGreed #USBancorp #USBancorpGreed #MemorialDay #Hypocrisy #USBank #AndyCecere #AndrewCecere #GreedyAndy