Can’t believe it’s been seven years. The day I wrote this, they (Mgmt) were saying I was going to be outsourced instead of laid off. A couple/few days later, I was laid off…after almost twenty nine yrs with Unisys (formerly Burroughs). ==== From June 15, 2009: “Inside sources say layoff date is this Thursday. TM […]
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Part 6: My career at Unisys and the constant fear & threat of layoffs.
Gee whiz, where does the time go when you’re laid off and have an extra 8-10 hours a day?? Well, it’s been a bit more than 2 months since my last “blog” entry regarding Unisys/unemployment/etc. Not much to update, getting a tiny bit discouraged now since my severance “pay” was up a week ago (due […]
Part 5: My career at Unisys and the constant fear & threat of layoffs.
Well, it’s been 2 months since my last “note” (blog entry). Thought I would update everyone. Here is what I wrote as a status update on June 19th: ‘Too wiped out to type anything today, still wrapping things up from yesterday’s news. Will add long winded boring blog entry later. The outsourcing deal was cancelled/denied […]
28 yrs, 9 months. Couldn’t they wait until I got my 30 yr plaque?
I’ve been hinting to some of you since mid February about this day. Originally I had been told I was to be laid off end of first quarter. Turns out it was postponed to end of second quarter. Various people have been really trying behind the scenes to save my job, and, as of Wednesday […]
Part 4: My career at Unisys and the constant fear & threat of layoffs.
I wrote the following a month ago (but didn’t post it as a note). [Published: April 22 at 4:21pm ] New “U” mid mgmt has changed “the plan” from laying me off (paying severance for 28 yrs of service) to outsourcing me to XYZ Solutions, letting “XYZ” do the layoff after I’ve finished sharing my […]
