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Just found out I may not be loosing my Job (long)



Thats great news Kevin, things worked out well for
you. Sounds like you were really lucky.

I wanna chime in too. Not too long ago I was
unemployed as well. I got a job that I have been at
for almost 2 years now. We were outsourced early last
year. A lot of the guys here were complaining about it
and they had good reason. If you were here for a while
and got outsourced, you had to take huge losses on
your 401k plans. For me it did not matter, and I was
just glad to still be working.

I hope that you have a smooth move Kevin, make sure to
label all the boxes and have a master list. Moving is
like cooking, its 90% preparation.




--- John Ringham <jrringha@adobe.com> wrote:
> Wow Kevin,
> 
> Looks like you got the best possible outcome from
> what could have been a
> really crappy situation. Good Luck. Are you still
> going to make treks up
> here for RITF's and ND?
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf
> Of Kevin Collins
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:20 PM
> To: Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: Just found out I may not be loosing my
> Job (long)
> 
> 
> Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> 
> > Hell - in this economic climate, being jobless is
> no fun. Hopefully, 
> > your new arragement will work out and things won't
> end up being as 
> > aggressive as you anticipate.
> 
> Gotta chime in.  2 weeks ago today the CEO & VP of
> sales of my company 
> flew into California from Greenville SC for a
> "stealth" meeting that was 
> set up in advance but never announced.  We found out
> they were coming 
> and could come up with NO good reason for their
> visit since we were all 
> going back to Greenville a week later for our annual
> sales meeting - no 
> logical reason to fly all the way out here a week
> earlier since we'd be 
> in front of them right afterwards.  In the days
> leading up to the visit, 
> I hit on the only logical reason - closing the
> California office.  It's 
> just a sales office with about 15-18 employees but
> causes all kinds of 
> cost headaches for the company, the latest being a
> full-on Jesse 
> Jackson-style shakedown by the California franchise
> tax board, demanding 
> we pay sales tax on a bunch of shit sold out of
> state and drop-shipped 
> into California.
> 
> I turned out to be right.  We shut down March 31. 
> Everyone was offered 
> to relocate to our existing office in Phoenix, with
> full expenses plus a 
> substantial relocation incentive (enough to buy
> about 10 very nice west 
> coast Sciroccos) offered for making the move.  Those
> not able or willing 
> to go are receiving 6 months severance + job
> placement assistance.  I 
> immediately chose to make the move.  I was in
> Phoenix looking for a 
> house by that weekend, found one, and my offer was
> accepted yesterday so 
> I'm charging in full steam ahead.  $140k is buying
> me a 4-year-old house 
> in Chandler that would cost me $450k+ here where I'm
> at in SoCal.  My 
> incentive is more than covering the down payment &
> other expenses, and 
> the moving expense is 100% covered on top of that. 
> It's great to work 
> for an awesome company that truly gives a shit about
> its employees.
> 
> I like Phoenix and I think I'll handle the heat out
> there just fine. 
> And for all intents and purposes, I just effectively
> received a huge 
> raise.  Anyone on the list in the area, drop me a
> note offline, let's 
> hook up.
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Collins
> Huntington Beach, CA
> '86.5 16v 2.0
> '02 GTI 337
> 
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