Over many years, I have witnessed my fair share of shady acts by management, from lying to your face to ignoring safety issues and suggestions. But what I witnessed today was one of the worst demonstrations of bias and disregard for loyal employees I have ever seen.
Without any warning, 20 people were plucked right off the manufacturing floor, taken into an office and—-
TERMINATED. Not a lay off, but a legitimate termination. This took away much needed benefits and salaries at a time when the financial future is already uncertain, We are lucky as essential workers to still be able to work, and they took away this tiny bit of security and basically told these shocked people to just get unemployment, NO SEVERANCE, no notice- just SEE YA
These people ranged in age from 19-65 and their length of service was anywhere from a year to 30+ years!! There was no common factor as to why they were selected . Two of the people were touted as being top production achievers. Among them, no one had attendance issues, None of them had disciplinary actions for any reason and a few even traveled outside the country to help open a new plant in Mexico!
They were released due to covid 19- so THIS is what you can expect. After spending more than half your life you too can carry your belongings out in front of your coworkers and experience the humiliation of everyone asking what you did to get fired, Use the provided answer-that you were dumb enough to devote years to a job that kicks their employees to the curb and tells them to depend on the government.
This is very scary for those of us still here - this is why I will not post my position- management will retaliate -
