Having been on both sides of the table, there's no good way to do it, but some are just cruel. When I was at Square D in the late 80's, as the company was being prepped to be sold to their new handlers in order to make a very few people a lot of money, they laid off three engineering groups in one day. I was asked to stay on and help with the shutdown of the engineering department over a 2 to 3 month period, and of course, not having any immediate prospects and a kid in college, I did. I still regard that decision as one of the worst of my life. Watching good friends and coworkers going out a few at a time over that period was probably the most depressing thing imaginable. In retrospect, I wish I'd just said "OK, see ya" and left that day. The worst part is that they were incredible clumsy in handling it. Several days beforehand, I got a call from a job shop I'd often worked with wanting my resume. I was told my name was third on a list they had, and sure enough, a week later, I was the third one called. Bob C. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Bloomquist Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:14 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 -----------------------------------------------------