What century do you talk about? /Inge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Stadem" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I just joined the ranks of the unemployed... > Hi, Ken > That is now illegal. There are specific methods of informing survivor > employees AFTER the layoff has occurred. The law is very clear on this. > > I once had a manager who came to work dressed in a long black gown, > wearing a black hood and mask, and carrying a scythe. He would walk up > behind the employee to be laid off, tap him/her on the shoulder, and > crook his finger and say, "Your time is up, my friend. Gather together > your personal belongings and come with me". > The day after he was finished laying people off, they fired his ass and > he was escorted out of the building. > They ended up paying umpteen million bucks in the class-action lawsuit > brought about against them for this manager's antics. > > R. Dean Stadem > Consulting Engineer > Analog Technologies Corp./Lumagine, Inc. > 11441 Rupp Drive > Burnsville, MN 55431 > (952)894-9228 > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Bloomquist > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:14 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I just joined the ranks of the unemployed... > > One of the worst layoff's I ever went through, even though I didn't get > laid > off, was a big one where HR would get on the PA every half hour or so > and > read off a list of the next terminations. This went on all day, very > nerve > wracking and a VERY long day! > > KennyB > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text > in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: > http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site > http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 > ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------