Comments on: Careerbuilder.com Layoffs http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/ Entrepreneurship, choosing the road less traveled Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: One of the axed http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/comment-page-1/#comment-52 One of the axed Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:14:57 +0000 http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/#comment-52 The layoff came out of nowhere. We had a conference call a couple weeks ago where they told us our jobs were safe. They told us the cuts would come naturally as they were no longer adding to the work force. They herded us into a room for a "heads up" and told us to grab our coats and leave. We asked why they thought putting 110 people into a room and telling us we weren't worthy was dignified. Their response? "We were thinking of the number" I'm glad to know I came in everyday and tried my hardest to be a "number". I'm done with corporate America, I can't imagine this is much different from other companies, and if that's the case I'd rather work somewhere that will treat me like a person and not a piece of trash. The layoff came out of nowhere. We had a conference call a couple weeks ago where they told us our jobs were safe. They told us the cuts would come naturally as they were no longer adding to the work force. They herded us into a room for a “heads up” and told us to grab our coats and leave. We asked why they thought putting 110 people into a room and telling us we weren’t worthy was dignified. Their response? “We were thinking of the number” I’m glad to know I came in everyday and tried my hardest to be a “number”. I’m done with corporate America, I can’t imagine this is much different from other companies, and if that’s the case I’d rather work somewhere that will treat me like a person and not a piece of trash.

]]> By: Venky Chinnathambi http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Venky Chinnathambi Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:40:26 +0000 http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/#comment-51 Maria- Sorry to hear this. Yes, holiday seasons is the worst time for the layoffs. Good luck to you and your co-workers, hopefully you will land on a better job. Maria-
Sorry to hear this. Yes, holiday seasons is the worst time for the layoffs.

Good luck to you and your co-workers, hopefully you will land on a better job.

]]> By: Maria http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Maria Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:20:15 +0000 http://chinnathambi.com/2008/12/05/careerbuildercom-layoff-is-it-a-rumor/#comment-50 This is a very unfortunate incident. Hundreds of people are without jobs and right before the holidays. You don't think we're in a recession until it hits close to home. There has been buzz about the restructuring of CareerBuilder but I don't think any expected something like what we saw today. This is a very unfortunate incident. Hundreds of people are without jobs and right before the holidays. You don’t think we’re in a recession until it hits close to home. There has been buzz about the restructuring of CareerBuilder but I don’t think any expected something like what we saw today.

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