It's become very stressful to work here. We are all in suspense as to who will be the next of our colleagues to leave, because those of us who stay will then have to take on additional work and responsibilities. When can we expect the company to finally start backfilling?
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Can't wait for February 1. I'm bringing popcorn.
There wont be any rush to backfill because the expectation for those that remain is to pick up the slack. Attrition with no backfill is away to avoid (or delay) layoffs.
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You won’t be laughing in six months, let alone this time next year.
Yes, I saw many skilled trades making 200,000 plus. The spine deficient Facilities Management at WTC granted electricians unlimited overtime for years.
Not a lot of work got done, all the hard jobs went to vendors. None of the skilled trades were sleep deprived during all that overtime.
It's true!! I know PLENTY of skilled trades people - and they are all RICH!!
Whenever I see a Mercedes Benz parked outside, I don't say - 'hey, that guy must be a dentist', I say 'hey, the plumber is here!!'
You engineers that were laid off should learn skilled trades! You'll be driving Mercedes Benz soon too!!
What do you do for work?
Literally no one in IT is hurting for work. The previous poster is delusional.
It's amusing that there people (@lxi+1jQ4zdVT) who are too simple-minded to debate an idea (or history itself) without substance so they troll.
Reality is going to hit people hard in 2023.
@1xdp+1jQ4zdVT "skilled trades"
To be honest, no one is safe. But I agree about people with skilled trades. Many more will be cut in IT (especially), lower/middle management, business functions and engineering. Can't weld or assemble from a remote laptop in Brazil!
The IT folks are in quite the pickle. They went from threatening to quit and work remote somewhere else (tantrums) to having the oh-sh1t moment as tens of thousands of other IT workers were getting laid off. Too much competition to avoid having to say, "would you like to upgrade to a value meal?" #learntoweld
That won’t happen. Just look at the shortage of skilled trades.
Emotional abuse…if they can’t fire you, they’ll make you quit. Sometimes GM employees just can’t wait until the next layoff. Sometimes groups will single out the weak like packs wild animals.
I'm assuming that most people wondering about back-filling weren't around for the last recession so I'll give you a little history. Please feel free to down-vote if you are triggered by actual history and want to hear only things that make you feel good.
During the last recession, which in Michigan started well before the national recession - I'm talking about circa 2004-2005, GM was laying off thousands of people. Those who were lucky enough to be spared were told so, as in "don't ask for a raise, you are lucky to be working." We worked in an atmosphere of fear and intimidation. We were told that our internet usage was being watched. There were rules in many groups that we couldn't use headphones. They tried to make us as miserable as possible; l1ikely that they wanted people to quit voluntarily.
Few would speak out and as people were let go, others were left to take on their roles. Few complained because they wanted to be spared from the cuts.
Contractors had their pay cut severely; around 20%. This period was before the bankruptcy (June, 2009). It was a long and painful stretch. Wages were stagnant for many years. Back filling absolutely did not occur as GM had a hiring freeze on and off for many years starting in 2001.
"This time it's different." Because the culture never really changed that much in the last 20 years despite all of the sparkly talk about inclusion and being on "one team", I fully expect the same treatment in 2023 with some new surprises. By all means, if you have perspective on this, please debate or elaborate on what I have written about here.
When I read people on here complain about returning to the office, I realize how utterly spoiled people are and how unaware of what is about to take place. Make no mistake, a long stretch of extreme pain is in the cards. Also note that management is absolutely paying attention to who is contributing and who is complaining. If this makes you want to run to your safe place, maybe the automotive industry isn't right for you.