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My job description just changed and I am MAJORLY freaking out!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 669537" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Copa, I've been forced out. Why? I was an older worker who, as the saying goes, " could be replaced by two twenty year olds for less than what they were paying me."</p><p></p><p>And, that's exactly what happened. Except, it wasn't twenty year olds; it was two H1B workers from India. </p><p></p><p>It wasn't politics or personalities in my case. I was well-liked and respected in my workplace. It was a simple, financial decision by the bean-counters in San Diego who had taken over the company six months prior.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and technically, I couldn't collect unemployment because they did offer me another position. In San Diego, for less money/fewer benefits. I wasn't able to consider accepting the position because I had an ill husband to consider. (Not to mention that the salary offered wouldn't have been enough to survive on in San Diego.)</p><p></p><p>The company I went to after that fiasco, outsourced my entire department to Bangelore, India. I suppose one can manage an international network from anywhere. By then I was in my late 40s and the economy was in the process of crashing. IT is a young person's game.</p><p></p><p>But yes, people get forced out all the time. My mother was forced into early retirement after 25 years with the same company. That was politics and personalities, and she went through hell before she finally knuckled under and retired.</p><p></p><p>The thing that is most critical here is that CB NOT quit this job. Either they fire her, or she leaves this position after accepting a new position. If she is terminated for something that is part of her disability, that helps with getting SSDI.</p><p></p><p>CB. Be sure to save any and all "write-ups", etc, even notices of verbal warnings,any communications from management, all of that stuff. It's all "ammunition".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 669537, member: 1963"] Copa, I've been forced out. Why? I was an older worker who, as the saying goes, " could be replaced by two twenty year olds for less than what they were paying me." And, that's exactly what happened. Except, it wasn't twenty year olds; it was two H1B workers from India. It wasn't politics or personalities in my case. I was well-liked and respected in my workplace. It was a simple, financial decision by the bean-counters in San Diego who had taken over the company six months prior. Oh, and technically, I couldn't collect unemployment because they did offer me another position. In San Diego, for less money/fewer benefits. I wasn't able to consider accepting the position because I had an ill husband to consider. (Not to mention that the salary offered wouldn't have been enough to survive on in San Diego.) The company I went to after that fiasco, outsourced my entire department to Bangelore, India. I suppose one can manage an international network from anywhere. By then I was in my late 40s and the economy was in the process of crashing. IT is a young person's game. But yes, people get forced out all the time. My mother was forced into early retirement after 25 years with the same company. That was politics and personalities, and she went through hell before she finally knuckled under and retired. The thing that is most critical here is that CB NOT quit this job. Either they fire her, or she leaves this position after accepting a new position. If she is terminated for something that is part of her disability, that helps with getting SSDI. CB. Be sure to save any and all "write-ups", etc, even notices of verbal warnings,any communications from management, all of that stuff. It's all "ammunition". [/QUOTE]
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