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by Kellemora » 12 Feb 2018, 12:25
When I first went to work for the company, they were like the dream company to work for. Had policies in affect for many decades, over 50 years for sure. Then everything began to change drastically, and they started downsizing every chance they got.
I was in training to take over my bosses job when he retired. I was next in line for the position, and there was no one behind me if I didn't take it. Company policy dictated they hired from within. In fact, when they hired outside workers through a temp agency, all of these folks became ineligible to get a full-time job with the company, because they already turned down full-time employment to continue as a job shopper with the temp agency.
Out of the clear blue sky, they went against company policy and hired a former temp, with no training and no managerial experience to train for my bosses job.
I liked the guy well enough we became friends, never any friction between us, and I helped him learn the ropes after he got my position.
I had to leave the company to take over for my dad at his business after he had a heart attack.
While I was away, the company downsized even further, then moved out to Saint Charles County to an old industrial building.
Ten years later, the guy who got my job was still with them, even though all the major departments of the company moved down to Texas and Louisiana. As much as he loved the company like I did at first, he said it was now a hell hole to work for, and he would get out if he could, but was too close to retirement to do so.
The big bosses never had to give a reason for telling a boss or supervisor to let someone under them go. We knew that when we were hired. Our employment could be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason at all, until we were vested. The only way to get vested was to move from employee into management and be in management for five years.
Not many management positions were available in the company either. My boss was already there 37 years when I started working under him. There was only one person left in our ranks with more seniority than me, and he was due to retire the year they put me into manager training. I did end up with his cushy job when he did retire. This may also be why I was dumped from getting my bosses job. No one could handle the work he did without years of experience doing same. So it landed on my shoulders, hi hi.