I hate layoffs

[indigo32]

even when I'm not layed off :(

[Wolfman 11]

1. I wish I could get laid off

because that would infer that I could get a job

[Love Bug]

2. Well, me, too!

Why do they call it "layed" off? Sounds too much like "laid" which implies what is happening to you is fun. "Screwed" off is more like it! :evilgrin:

[indigo32]

3. exactly

especially in this economy...
theres nowhere to go.

[wakfs]

5. At my old company

They called it "Reduction in Force" or RIF. In fact (and I know this to be true), the managers were all required to refer to it as RIF. So you'd be at meetings and a manager would say something like "blah blah blah the RIF blah blah" or "The RIF is blah blah" well, you get the picture. They were not allowed to use the phrase "layoff" under any circumstance.

Needless to say, I too was ultimately RIFFED.

[cosmicdot]

4. we could start calling it 'getting bushed'

did you get bushed?

what am i going to do, i just got bushed

[kcwayne]

6. Or BushWacked

Changing the english language to make a permanent reminder of Bush's incompetence would be a good thing...

[Liberal Veteran]

7. I'll be bushed at the end of the week

In more ways than one. Talking to these so-called "techs" in India is like talking to a brick wall.

[indigo32]

11. ughh

it's just plain WRONG to make someone train their replacement when they aren't voluntarily leaving.

[Drifter]

8. We are amidst a ...

10% work force reduction at my company. I am in a division that is not part of the mainstream commercial products. We are profitable.

I think I am safe, but like the poster, there are people that I know and care for that might be out of work very soon.

Cheers
Drifter

[meegbear]

9. Try being on the other end ...

laid off since November 1, 2002

[indigo32]

10. It sucks

no doubt. I wish you luck in your search. We've gone about a year now without any reductions... I'm now scared again. More than that I hate seeing people go through it. As for going through it myself... well I'm thanking my lucky stars.