WTF!
I can hardly believe I work for a company as corrupt and unethical as I do. Up until now I had been keeping a lot to myself, but, no more. It has to be said.
The corporation I work for is a lying, cheating, disgrace. I still vividly recall, back in March, when the president and both vice presidents stood before the entire plant and proclaimed to everyone they had no intentions on closing the plant, that they were in the business to make money and we were an untapped resource for them to do so.
Lie!!
Only 2 months later we all found out, thanks to media and newspapers alike, that this had been a statement devised to give us all false senses of hope and security. Not only had they already considered closing our plant, and had been right from the start, but they had acknowledged this fact to the media where everyone and their brother had the chance to learn of the news.
Let's just add a little insult to injury now.
3 weeks ago it was found, by one of the production floor associates, that each and every person inside our plant had personal information documented in an intranet file that was unsecured and visible for anyone who found it.
PERSONAL INFORMATION!
I'm talking social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, the works! What does the company do about this? They give us the website for 1 free credit check. 1 free credit check?! What happens when, 6 months down the road, the plant is closed and someone steals our identity?
The answer we received?
It would be up to us to take action and see legal council. The Assholes!
And yet the saga continues......
Only yesterday I found out that our General Manager has taken it upon himself to make phone calls to the potential employers out there who our people have been sending resumes and interviewing with. Why you may be asking? Well, he made these phone calls to these employers to see if they would consider not hiring them right away, perhaps waiting until the end of our current employees retention time, so our "small division" would be able to have a smooth transition.
SMALL DIVISION!
I'm appalled that this guy had the nerve to do this! Kimball is the one who had decided to close us down, force us to relocate and change our careers, disrupt our lives, and still they are not satisfied. They have to go to future employers, might I add BEHIND THE BACKS OF EVERYONE, and put yet another road block in the path.
It saddens me to think Kimball bases itself on being a company 'for the people'. They aren't a company for the people, they are a company for profit hiding behind 'the people' for appearance only.
Oh, and don't think for a second that the other facilities that were owned by my former corporation are safe, because, they aren't. I give it one year before our sister facility in Minnesota closes, and 3 before our former corporate in Florida closes.
I was once told by a former Director of Operations that the only way to win new business in the electronics market was to steal business from someone else. Truer words could not have been spoken.
The corporation I work for is a lying, cheating, disgrace. I still vividly recall, back in March, when the president and both vice presidents stood before the entire plant and proclaimed to everyone they had no intentions on closing the plant, that they were in the business to make money and we were an untapped resource for them to do so.
Lie!!
Only 2 months later we all found out, thanks to media and newspapers alike, that this had been a statement devised to give us all false senses of hope and security. Not only had they already considered closing our plant, and had been right from the start, but they had acknowledged this fact to the media where everyone and their brother had the chance to learn of the news.
Let's just add a little insult to injury now.
3 weeks ago it was found, by one of the production floor associates, that each and every person inside our plant had personal information documented in an intranet file that was unsecured and visible for anyone who found it.
PERSONAL INFORMATION!
I'm talking social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, the works! What does the company do about this? They give us the website for 1 free credit check. 1 free credit check?! What happens when, 6 months down the road, the plant is closed and someone steals our identity?
The answer we received?
It would be up to us to take action and see legal council. The Assholes!
And yet the saga continues......
Only yesterday I found out that our General Manager has taken it upon himself to make phone calls to the potential employers out there who our people have been sending resumes and interviewing with. Why you may be asking? Well, he made these phone calls to these employers to see if they would consider not hiring them right away, perhaps waiting until the end of our current employees retention time, so our "small division" would be able to have a smooth transition.
SMALL DIVISION!
I'm appalled that this guy had the nerve to do this! Kimball is the one who had decided to close us down, force us to relocate and change our careers, disrupt our lives, and still they are not satisfied. They have to go to future employers, might I add BEHIND THE BACKS OF EVERYONE, and put yet another road block in the path.
It saddens me to think Kimball bases itself on being a company 'for the people'. They aren't a company for the people, they are a company for profit hiding behind 'the people' for appearance only.
Oh, and don't think for a second that the other facilities that were owned by my former corporation are safe, because, they aren't. I give it one year before our sister facility in Minnesota closes, and 3 before our former corporate in Florida closes.
I was once told by a former Director of Operations that the only way to win new business in the electronics market was to steal business from someone else. Truer words could not have been spoken.
@ 7:19 AM
6 Comments:
I was in the same situation, years ago the president told my dept that we would not be relocated that we will be staying in the HQ and that we would stay under his umbrella.
Less than a month later he called us all the in conf. room and told us we no longer work under his division called in the ops VP and left....they de-centeralized the dept.
He also screwed the company and was asked to leave and then he pops up a few weeks later at a competitor.
It sucks...my advise...never tus a sales man who wears eyeliner to look mre sincear...it was true he wore eyeliner!
Yikes! A man in eyeliner??
It's often called "guyliner." :)
The business about sending everyone a link to check their credit reports... well, I'm almost speechless. It reminds me of when Northwest Airlines laid off employees and gave them a booklet, 101 Ways to Save Money.
Here's the article:
And don't forget, you only need one kidney...
In July [2006], bankrupt Northwest Airlines begins laying off thousands of ground workers, but not before issuing some of them a handy guide, "101 Ways to Save Money."
The advice includes dumpster diving ("Don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash"), making your own baby food, shredding old newspapers for use as cat litter, and taking walks in the woods as a low-cost dating alternative.
Companies keep moving jobs overseas, yet the C-level bonuses and options keep growing.
It really is sad that as employees, we're seen as being expendable with no regard to the fact that many of us need these jobs to survive. I'm sure that those who are attempting to prevent the current workers from leaving have already lined up something for themselves. It's sickening.
((((Hugs)))) to you. What b*stards!!
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