Long story short, 11/28/2018. Email invite to conf. call from someone I never heard of. Declined, came back an hour later as Mandatory. Was busy, joined late. All I heard was “today is your last day with NCR”. Then the SVP leading the call left, turned over to HR.
Over 44 years, flushed in 5 seconds. Never a bad review, never performance improvement plan, always all S or E.
Anger, denial, desire to punch someone still longer to this day. Manager said he had no input or voice, was told evening before. Learned the SVP had only been with NCR 6 months. He was making a name for himself to impress CEO. But-hole was gone 3 years later. Still vow to punch his lights out if I ever see him.
But I did get 28 weeks severance. Since I worked in a remote lab by myself, I took what I wanted and left it for someone else to clean up.
Seeing NCR split in two, maybe I got out while the getting was good?
I feel sorry for the front line folks and those with 15+ years. Sorry but it may be too late for you.