@ALL: I am available, to call YOU or your ex-boss, for a LIVE call, at just $9.95 per call. This is a LIVE call from Samwell the Entertainer, you may know me from my "What, What, in the Butt" song, though I do other comedy. Please check here at this... — read more 

Yes, the upper management are all overhead labor making big bucks but of course, they save themselves and axe over 150 direct charging engineers. Direct charge is billed directly to the customer at more than double the salary rate. How in the world... — read more 

@Wifey: Absolutely! Not only do they protect themselves, they fired the most productive individuals, anyone seen as a threat to their realm, as a pre-emptive strike. Hard work, productivity, ethics, ALL out the door, if your manager saw an employee... — read more 

What I have found informational on this site: L3 management and up are like the people on rescue boats when Titanic sank; they will secure themselves despite room to save others on their lifeboat and will try to assuage their guilt that there was... — read more 

The supervisors and managers are only making sure they secure their jobs. Only when all the real workers are gone who is going to do the work. Maybe they can manage over zero people and still charge to over head.

Anonymous, according to today's pie chart, this site has 85% useless information, 14% actual funny comments, and 1% useful facts. Stay tuned for more pie charts.

The severance packages were the same as the VSO people go. If employed 1-10 years they got 10% of annual pay plus $3000. If 10-20 years 20% plus $3000. If over 10 years 30% plus $3000.

I have nothing to say today. I think I will go hunt Bambi's Daddy with my bare hands. I am the snakeskin cowboy!

4 from Administrative Support 2 Business Process Analysts 3 CAD/CAM Designers 1 Director 50 Hardware Engineers 1 Human Factors Engineer 7 Logistics Engineers 40 Software Engineers 52 System Engineers 9 Test Engineers 6 Inspectors 6 Project Managers... — read more 

4 from Administrative Support 2 Business Process Analysts 3 CAD/CAM Designers 1 Director 50 Hardware Engineers 1 Human Factors Engineer 7 Logistics Engineers 40 Software Engineers 52 System Engineers 9 Test Engineers 6 Inspectors 6 Project Managers... — read more 

The only managers that we let go of were questioning the value of pie charts in recent meetings and defending the worker bees. The severance package was similar to past layoffs. A new pie chart shows that 90% of L3 employees are slightly stressed out... — read more 

Can anyone give me some useful information about these layoffs? All I am reading is a bunch of clowns post jokes. What were the severance packages? What groups were cut?

Can anyone give me some useful information about these layoffs? All I am reading is a bunch of clowns post jokes. What were the severance packages? What groups were cut?

I just look mad all the time because I am.

@Anon: Sorry, anon, you ASS-U-ME'd that I think I'm the only one to have gone through multiple-company layoffs. I never claimed that title. chill out, if you have better information or advice to offer then DO so! I am not stopping you from... — read more 

BillyBob, seriously? You think you're the only one to go through layoffs like this? You think you're the only one to predict these layoffs? This is a sad hobby. And people with sad hobbies have sad lives.

What? I only had 3 years!! Troy, their picking on me again.

What happened to all my customers? What am I supposed to do with all these leftover refried beans?

Shut up and do what I tell you to do! I have to go to another meeting now and explain my fuzzy math.

Who stole my dry cleaning. Damnit! I may not have an education but I sure look good fakin it!

With fewer cars in the parking lot it be lots easier doing burnouts and donuts during lunch. Bet 50 bucks my screaming chicken can beat whatever you got

@Professor Farnsworth; I happen to love my unit!

@Billy Bob; TMET is one of the few places where people know how to get things done. I am further South. Can't see the humor in any of this. Sad as hell if you ask me.

@Toad: Good NEWS everyone, gather round! Toad has a new job either with his "manager" performing "service", or with his unit "servicing" his "unit". I think this is a "win-win" situation for ALL! That is all, get back to work!

OpsPlanner; Sorry about the loss. Not sure it makes sense to cut more of the small potatoes from the work force. I cannot imagine too many of the managers would even know what to do if they had to step in and actually do something. There are some... — read more 

@ Scotty: I hope you are not the "Super Scott" I knew in TMET compound. Well, even if you are, and you were "released" you are bound for greener pastures. Good luck to everyone that stayed and were released, I say! :)

Ms. Leilani; I think we still have that opening for a language instructor. We sure could use help with communications. That Barry sure knows how to sing me to sleep. Hey Professor Farnsworth; we sure had a good time without you. Those cats sure know... — read more 

@Billy Bob; It's always been about the kids!

@Anon: Why so hostile? This is sort of a hobby of mine. Not only did I predict all this would happen when I got hired 5 years ago, I correctly predicted each stage, what would happen, when, and how, How would I know this, you ask politely? I've been... — read more 

When this is all over I am going to make my millions by writing the next best selling recipe book; How to boil water and cook the books. I would push Soozy Schmoozy in front of an L3 shuttle just for fun!

Hey, BillyBob, get a life. You got laid off months ago and the fact that you are spending so much time on this site is sad. Move on.

As long as I get my bonus and can scowl at the little people as I strut the halls holding hands with my lover man I will stick around because I am loyal to myself and my lover man second. Just know this; I would push my lover man in front of a moving... — read more 

We never had cable and are conservative people. Looks like we know where the fat is sitting.

Do you like sequels? I am still waiting for the sequel to Xanadu but lest I stray too far let me get to the point. Enron II is about to hit Salt Lake theaters within a few short weeks. My evil plan is working. I am so Brilliant.

@Ops Planner: I've heard there will be an Ops cut, management, HR, Finance, and etc.. coming right around the corner. Next payday Thursday. The company wants to downsize in "batches" so they can evaluate as they go, however this next one is really... — read more 

My husband was laid off and it will severely effect our life with no healthcare as of today. Now I hear of these mandatory overtime hours for those who remain. I don't understand how quality educated people were let go under such circumstances. The... — read more 

They let three of my co-workers go, people that were helping me "fix" the system and get jobs back on the floor. This is a joke. Now we are short staffed and are required to work 50 hour weeks (mandatory overtime)to make up for the losses. Me and... — read more 

They let three of my co-workers go, people that were helping me "fix" the system and get jobs back on the floor. This is a joke. Now we are short staffed and are required to work 50 hour weeks (mandatory overtime)to make up for the losses. Me and... — read more 

Yeah, how can you design things to sell when the people that do that job are gone? I suppose if you can get the people left to work a lot harder then there would be more profit, and it would be more competitive. except you still have so many layers... — read more 

Supervisors?? They are direct charge and have no say in any decisions. Out of 62 Directors that were on the list, only 1 was let go. It is interesting now that we can't ship anything, or produce anything, they chose to cut engineers and the direct... — read more