what if it was you

[reppy007]

I remember 10 years ago what happened to some of my friends that I worked with,one was Centerpoint Ex,they were all good lineman and they all worked for the company around 18 years,guess the company had to get rid of someone so it happened to be them......all they had were minor incidents like a backing accident,nobody hurt or anything like that,just a dent or two.......they were on some sort of probation,usually a minor accident wouldnt even have put you on probation.........this is how it was done....that morning as everyone arrived at work 8 am,they were told to go to the auditorium for a meeting.....between the breakroom and linemans room and the auditorium were a few doors and thats where some foreman waited......most guys continued to the meeting and a few were called into those doors,for a talk they were told.............meanwhile the meeting starts..........outside of the meeting the unlucky guys are told to pack their stuff,leave,bye bye...thanks for 18 years......the meeting goes on...........finally the guys in the meeting are told thats its over......told that those that would be layed off/fired were gone........so what was susposed to be a meeting ,really wasnt a meeting,it was a deversion to get the guys seperated,so that there wouldnt be guys sticking up for the guys that were just let go................thats how this one was done......union you may ask,they couldnt do anything about it.....even if some guys that stayed had less time...way less......I was at another center when I heard the news and how it was done.....how would you feel if you were one of those guys?

[BigClive]

If that's how they handled it I'd be glad to disassociate with them.

[Pootnaigle]

Ummmmm same thing happened to some of us in the early 90s. Only we were individually called into one of 3 rooms and basically told that we would not be affected by a reduction or that our services would no longer be required. I have never understood what criteria they used to decide who stayed and who went. They kept some useless dead weight and let go some really good hands. Most of the better foremen were let go and No apprentice or Truckdriver survived the cut.
They had obviously cut too deep and wound up rehiring many of the journeymen within a year or so. Some wouldnt come back on a bet, and did alright for themselves either at another company or another avenue of employment My best friend moped around until his last severance check and then took my advice and went to Houston and was put to work out of local 66 as a contractor and has never looked back.He has done very well for himself .
The only good reason for working at a utility in the first place was job security, and that vanished when they pulled that stunt.

[reppy007]

Ummmmm same thing happened to some of us in the early 90s. Only we were individually called into one of 3 rooms and basically told that we would not be affected by a reduction or that our services would no longer be required. I have never understood what criteria they used to decide who stayed and who went. They kept some useless dead weight and let go some really good hands. Most of the better foremen were let go and No apprentice or Truckdriver survived the cut.
They had obviously cut too deep and wound up rehiring many of the journeymen within a year or so. Some wouldnt come back on a bet, and did alright for themselves either at another company or another avenue of employment My best friend moped around until his last severance check and then took my advice and went to Houston and was put to work out of local 66 as a contractor and has never looked back.He has done very well for himself .
The only good reason for working at a utility in the first place was job security, and that vanished when they pulled that stunt.

Poot,let me tell you the way the mechanics were let go,there basically was two bigwigs/or their bosses.........one in the northern section and one in the southern section,the one in the southern section was told not to rate his mechanics above an 85......the one in the northern section was told not to rate them above an 89..........funny that the only mechanics that were let go were the ones from the southern section.........and it wasnt as if we had tons of mechanics in the first place...........I , like you, just didnt like the way it was done and saw some good hands being let go..........its a big time shame.

[bren guzzi]

We worked for a firm in the 80,s. We used to get paid with those little clear envelopes (full of cash) near the end of the contracts we used to dread oppening them. Because inside there would be a piece of paper with D.C.M. Written on it. And that ment you were laid off. DCM ment DON'T COME MONDAY..... :(

[reppy007]

We worked for a firm in the 80,s. We used to get paid with those little clear envelopes (full of cash) near the end of the contracts we used to dread oppening them. Because inside there would be a piece of paper with D.C.M. Written on it. And that ment you were laid off. DCM ment DON'T COME MONDAY..... :(

Which brings me to this question,so are you paid in pounds or euros,and if its with the euros,how do you like that compared to using the British pound?

[bren guzzi]

Which brings me to this question,so are you paid in pounds or euros,and if its with the euros,how do you like that compared to using the British pound?

We get paid in UK sterling "British pound". But its euros in Ireland.

So I've a uK bank account and change my money to euros when I go home. OR more often than not I shop in northern Ireland which is also british pounds. Its only an hour to the "border" from my house in Dublin......