After working for 8 years for the same company, we got
sold to an outsourcer. A year later, I got an instant
message from my boss on a Friday afternoon if I had
time to call him.
Basic line of phone chat follows…
How have you been doing?
(Background: Just had a heart attack, three stents
installed couple of months earlier…)
Well, you may not have heard as you were out, but we
are eliminating your job as it is second level.
(Note: Everyone else except one other person on team
is third level. This even though both the other co-worker
and I do the same daily work and have good job
evaluations with the former employer.)
Boss: I am not sure what is available via online internal
job postings, but this is a great chance for you to
advance your career.
Any questions? No… Well, have a great
weekend…bye.
Aside from being extremely tacky, this is a real kick in
the teeth. I guess on the bright side, at least he did not
phone me in the hospital while hooked up to IVs and an
EKG to give me the news!
