Having survived more than a few RIFs, I feel like I’m lost now. I’m a hard worker and I feel like I do a good job, but after seeing how people get treated after being with the company for decades, it’s hard to care. I need my job, I need to pay my bills, so I’ll keep on keeping on as much as I can, I just feel like I lost the drive I used to have and I don’t know how to get it back. It feels like it’s just business now, but it’s my time that they’re buying from me.
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I shake my head at the troll punks that down-squirt people's comment on this entry. When wife and I first came here, first 10 years were great memories. Not easy, but we were contributors. GAC was worth the effort. After that, it was like feeding an ungrateful beast. Shovel as fast and hard as you can, but no joy. Then, the beast started to consume it's own foundation. The erosion of producer's pride, benefits and even brand commitment disappeared like a sunset. The subhumans at gd should be ashamed for the destruction of an American institution of production. We weren't perfect by any stretch of the imagination but we were here. We were working. Working hard. To he'll with gd. God be with the remnants.
Take care of yourself. I k–led myself for this company for 13 years. I took on the horrible job of cleaning up the Rockwell Collins messes on the 650 pilot controls for years. Beat my head against the wall with their incompetence. But finally things came around and I got the job done. It was a long painful process. I was looking forward to the next challenge, but my new boss who came over from another program did not know me well enough to keep me when he had to make his cuts. Plus, I am closer to 60 than 50, so I'm sure my salary made it worth him to get out of his budget.
I am so grateful for the notes of support from colleagues as shocked as I was to be let go. But there is no loyalty and no reward for a job well done. You will just be shown the door. Protect yourself. Don't let your self get attached to this job or anyone there. You will be tossed out the door too someday and you need to be prepared for that to happen at any moment.
@The last 2 RIFs- you are right. People gone during Oct. RIF had a lot of top performers. Nothing to be gained by gac other than seniority issues. Embarrassment to see how company operated. This sort of thought pattern makes Top Men look silly and easily distracted. As silly as when k ris d avis was here.
The last 2 RIFs had nothing to do with the economy. They are just getting rid of the older people. Will allow for lower salaries, lower health costs, fewer life insurance claims and lower retirement costs for those eligible. The problem is they also lost talent and experience and fewer college grads want to work at stodgy old manufacturing companies who doesn’t care about their employees. The younger crowd also doesn’t have the loyalty of the boomers and GAC’s “Lay-off on a whim” reputation will hurt them in recruiting and retention of the next generation. Best wishes for those affected.
Business as usual now. They push the rate out saying they didn’t have enough work, blaming it on COVID-19. They lay a bunch of people off. Week later the rate is what it was before this mess and they’re working OT. Not to mention we are way under head count. It is hard to give 100%, knowing how shady they are.
I worked for Gulfstream from 2009-2018. While I enjoyed my time there I reminded myself to never trust that company. During my employment there I saw long term employees get walked, survived 3 rifts, and saw how good the buddy buddy system was in place. Glad I left when I did!!! Absolutely 0 regrets!! There is life after Gulfstream.
I agree 100%. I spent a good chunk of my career doing my best and giving my all. It hurts to know that no matter how hard you work, it can be taken away at any time by no fault of your own. Things shouldn’t be this way. People should be able to have peace of mind not be so reliant on the whims of corporations. I don’t even know how we will continue to pay bills a few months from now if I can’t find anything.
I’m with you too. This is a bad one. After supposedly having a good year and told that the company is doing good - the first sign of trouble, they decided to cut deep and hard without consideration of the lives at stake. I can only think that this is purely a business decision and gone are the days where a company cares for the livelihood of its employees... I hope that everyone that was affected can find better opportunities elsewhere.
Right there with you bro. This was a bad one. My dad was an engineer in the oil industry laid off at age 57 in the early 1980s. Back then, that was a career death sentence. His accomplishments on the job were how he defined himself. He was never the same man after. He’s gone now. So glad he’s not here to see his son in the exact same boat. But hey! Heard about those crazy mu r de r hornets on the news? Think they take PayPal?? 🤣🤣🤣
After being layed off, I don't feel like a prisoner anymore.