Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

No fun!  Hope you find a way to land on your feet.
-
Max
Charleston SC


On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 1:24 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not
> entirely surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will
> all have to interview for new positions.
>
> Allan
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> > They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all
> excited about the company and the future, bla bla bla.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
> > > itself goes down.  BTDT.
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> > > -- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Yea that’s why I liked the once or sometimes twice a month deal. I am sure I 
will still be gone at times but won’t get to see different parts of the 
country. 

I am sure there will be a mass exodus of people who will not like the new 
situation as some of them did not want to be put on the install team. 

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> On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:03 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Good luck, Allan. Slim pickings around there unless it’s something else with 
> the University, I would think.
> 
> Kaleb, at least you’ll be closer to home. While the road warrior thing can be 
> nice for a bit, it starts to get tedious and causes major interruptions in 
> your “normal” life, for sure. Stuff you want to do in the evenings after work 
> on on the weekends go out the window because you’re either not there or have 
> to leave early to get to a client’s location.
> 
> -D
> 
>> On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:23 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not entirely 
>> surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will all have to 
>> interview for new positions.
>> 
>> Allan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>>> They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all 
>>> excited about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
  wrote:
 
 Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
 itself goes down.  BTDT.
 
 -- Jim
 
 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I am not sure yet. I currently cover west Texas and Little Rock and I fly to 
those areas. I may be going further out which will require flying but otherwise 
I drive my 210 diesel. 

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> On Aug 14, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> On 2021-08-14 13:31, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> I remained in my existing job but will most
>> likely have a lot more area to cover. I will no longer be flying to
>> different areas for installs. This trip to NYC in a couple of weeks
>> will be my last. No idea if or how often I will be traveling now but
>> it sounds like it would just be with my territory.
> 
> So, more driving?
> Do they give you a car or do you use your fleet of 124/210/211 diesels?
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Bob Rentfro via Mercedes]

Yeah, I enjoyed the twice monthly traveling I did when I was doing the 
recruiting of operators for the old nuke plant, but it grew tedious after ten 
years. Eventually, I had to pass it off to the younger, fresher faces of 
nuclear power. 
You can help in the bakery if you run out of things to do at work or in your 
shop.

AZBob

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> On Aug 14, 2021, at 11:03 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Good luck, Allan. Slim pickings around there unless it’s something else with 
> the University, I would think.
> 
> Kaleb, at least you’ll be closer to home. While the road warrior thing can be 
> nice for a bit, it starts to get tedious and causes major interruptions in 
> your “normal” life, for sure. Stuff you want to do in the evenings after work 
> on on the weekends go out the window because you’re either not there or have 
> to leave early to get to a client’s location.
> 
> -D
> 
>> On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:23 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not entirely 
>> surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will all have to 
>> interview for new positions.
>> 
>> Allan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>>> They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all 
>>> excited about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
  wrote:
 
 Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
 itself goes down.  BTDT.
 
 -- Jim
 
 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

Good luck, Allan. Slim pickings around there unless it’s something else with 
the University, I would think.

Kaleb, at least you’ll be closer to home. While the road warrior thing can be 
nice for a bit, it starts to get tedious and causes major interruptions in your 
“normal” life, for sure. Stuff you want to do in the evenings after work on on 
the weekends go out the window because you’re either not there or have to leave 
early to get to a client’s location.

-D

> On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:23 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not entirely 
> surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will all have to 
> interview for new positions.
> 
> Allan
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all excited 
>> about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
>>> itself goes down.  BTDT.
>>> 
>>> -- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

On 2021-08-14 13:31, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

I remained in my existing job but will most
likely have a lot more area to cover. I will no longer be flying to
different areas for installs. This trip to NYC in a couple of weeks
will be my last. No idea if or how often I will be traveling now but
it sounds like it would just be with my territory.


So, more driving?
Do they give you a car or do you use your fleet of 124/210/211 diesels?

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

That sucks.


Rick

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Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not entirely 
surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will all have to 
interview for new positions.

Allan



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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Wow, that sucks.

After weeks of complete silence, they had a call last monday to basically say 
they knew nothing and anything we have heard is just rumors. By Thursday they 
sent out an email saying our new managers would be reaching out to let us know 
what our new jobs would be. Apparently some of our people were staying in their 
current roles and others were moving to an install team. Basically the way it 
is now is we all have 1 week a month where we travel to areas outside our 
normal territory to implement new accounts. Now they will have a team who does 
this full time. I remained in my existing job but will most likely have a lot 
more area to cover. I will no longer be flying to different areas for installs. 
This trip to NYC in a couple of weeks will be my last. No idea if or how often 
I will be traveling now but it sounds like it would just be with my territory. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 14, 2021, at 12:24 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not entirely 
> surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will all have to 
> interview for new positions.
> 
> Allan
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all excited 
>> about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
>>> itself goes down.  BTDT.
>>> 
>>> -- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

Had a meeting yesterday. Our research center is shutting down. Not entirely 
surprising as the head of the center moved to Virginia. We will all have to 
interview for new positions.

Allan


On Wed, Jul 21, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all excited 
> about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
> >  wrote:
> > 
> > Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
> > itself goes down.  BTDT.
> > 
> > -- Jim
> > 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

That’s true in some states, but not all.

In Florida, you’re vested in the pension plan after 8 years. The whole time 
you’re employed, you contribute 3% of your salary and your employer contributes 
3%.

My youngest son works for the City of Flagstaff and in Arizona you contribute 
12% and your employer the same. That’s pretty steep when you think about it, 
and that’s off the top before taxes, too, I believe.

Our county has done a really good job keeping parity with the private sector 
for the most part. We're still probably 20% below what a similar private sector 
job would pay with decent benefits. Our benefits are pretty much on par with 
most private companies.

One of my coworkers used to live in Long Beach and was a civil servant. He told 
me the stories of how lucrative California’s state retirement programs were. I 
did some work years ago with California Department of Corrections, and those 
guys told me they got some serious coin at retirement.

-D

> On Jul 22, 2021, at 7:53 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Yeah. Around here the highway patrol, fire and police are the good jobs.
> And LADWP. And the schools are teachers union first, kids second. I think
> 20% of the city budget goes to pay public employees' pension obligations.
> They way overcompensated the benefit program under Riordan before the dot
> com crash with crazy benefits based on market assumptions that were also
> completely crazy. They get some crazy percentage of their salary per year
> served.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 1:01 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Civil service, baby.
>> 
>> https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0d538925-f918-434e-b3b7-3f3b28a76997
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>> On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:06 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the
>> corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration
>> though.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself,
>> get a golden parachute, repeat."
>> I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more
>> than the minimum" over and over.
>> -Curt
>> 
>>  On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
>> that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
>> were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by
>> corporate,
>> and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what
>> remained
>> of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.
>> (Useless,
>> as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough
>> to
>> remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)
>> _Our_
>> engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world
>> market.
>> 
>> This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our
>> extensive
>> (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
>> silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_
>> much cheaper!
>> They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and
>> moved the remaining
>> engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.
>> 
>> A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided
>> that if I
>> was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a
>> different
>> industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying
>> corporate asshats.
>> 
>> Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.
>> 
>> Good luck, you'll probably need it.
>> 
>> -- Jim
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes]

Yeah. Around here the highway patrol, fire and police are the good jobs.
And LADWP. And the schools are teachers union first, kids second. I think
20% of the city budget goes to pay public employees' pension obligations.
They way overcompensated the benefit program under Riordan before the dot
com crash with crazy benefits based on market assumptions that were also
completely crazy. They get some crazy percentage of their salary per year
served.

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 1:01 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
> 
> Civil service, baby.
>
> https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0d538925-f918-434e-b3b7-3f3b28a76997
>
> -D
>
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:06 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the
> corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration
> though.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>  It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself,
> get a golden parachute, repeat."
> I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more
> than the minimum" over and over.
> -Curt
>
>   On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
> that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
> were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by
> corporate,
> and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what
> remained
> of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.
> (Useless,
> as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough
> to
> remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)
> _Our_
> engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world
> market.
>
> This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our
> extensive
> (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
> silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_
> much cheaper!
> They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and
> moved the remaining
> engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.
>
> A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided
> that if I
> was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a
> different
> industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying
> corporate asshats.
>
> Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.
>
> Good luck, you'll probably need it.
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

Yeah the Enron execs did that too right before the SHTF. It means you’re 
fd. 

--FT
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> On Jul 21, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all excited 
> about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
>> itself goes down.  BTDT.
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

I guess that makes sense but that hadn't occurred to me.

Is it still possible to buy an "individual" plan from a local agent? I had that 
when I worked for a company that didn't offer an employer plan. It was fairly 
reasonable in cost, notably it did not cover maternity but that was no longer 
an issue for my family. I was even able to set it up so that the company made 
the payments, witheld from my salary pre-tax. Did that all go away with ACA?

Allan

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> Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
> itself goes down.  BTDT.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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They had a big all hands call today with the executives who were all excited 
about the company and the future, bla bla bla. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 21, 2021, at 1:41 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
> itself goes down.  BTDT.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

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Just a quick reminder: COBRA doesn't apply if the company
itself goes down.  BTDT.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]



Civil service, baby.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0d538925-f918-434e-b3b7-3f3b28a76997

-D

On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:06 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the 
corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration though.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:

 It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get a 
golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
the minimum" over and over.
-Curt

  On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

Civil service, baby.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0d538925-f918-434e-b3b7-3f3b28a76997

-D

On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:06 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
 wrote:

It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the 
corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration though.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:

 It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get a 
golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
the minimum" over and over.
-Curt

  On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
 wrote:

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Hmm, that’s a good idea 

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 1:55 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Drive your income below the threshhold for ACA and go on the dole.
> File for work related disability (blood clots) and retire.
> 
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[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

Yep, it's expensive as you pay the fully loaded cost but better than a gap in 
coverage in a transition period like that.

Also, this would qualify as a life change so I would think they should be able 
to get onto one of the public options without waiting for annual enrollment.


On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, at 2:48 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
> On 2021-07-20 14:41, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> > Speaking of insurance one guy who got whacked yesterday has a wife in
> > 3rd trimester and their insurance ends in 2 weeks.
> 
> COBRA
> 
> https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/health-plans/cobra
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Drive your income below the threshhold for ACA and go on the dole.
File for work related disability (blood clots) and retire.

Rick

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On 2021-07-20 14:41, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

Speaking of insurance one guy who got whacked yesterday has a wife in
3rd trimester and their insurance ends in 2 weeks.


COBRA

https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/health-plans/cobra

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Speaking of insurance one guy who got whacked yesterday has a wife in 3rd 
trimester and their insurance ends in 2 weeks. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 1:39 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
>  A self-employed friend just took a teaching position at a university for 
> this very reason. He was making enough money to live on but not for health 
> insurance with a 3yo and a newborn...
> -Curt
> 
>On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 2:34:28 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
>  wrote:  
> 
>> On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>>   Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
>> consideration though.
> 
> Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large 
> hospital.
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 A self-employed friend just took a teaching position at a university for this 
very reason. He was making enough money to live on but not for health insurance 
with a 3yo and a newborn...
-Curt

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 2:34:28 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>  Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
> consideration though.

Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large 
hospital.

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[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Yes

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 1:34 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
>> consideration though.
> 
> Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large hospital.
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

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On 2021-07-20 13:05, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

 Unfortunately health insurance is a huge
consideration though.


Regina needs an office job in a medical facility owned by a large 
hospital.


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On 2021-07-20 12:58, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself,
get a golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes
more than the minimum" over and over.


Buying market share until you're a quasi-monopoly (like Verizon and ATT) 
can be a viable strategy for profit, and a near guaranteed strategy for 
"I'm running a bigger company and therefore need a bigger paycheck".


Ditching employees is the way to raise your next quarterly bonus, until 
the customers get dissatisfied and quit too.


But relocating a facility in order to raise costs and get rid of hard 
earned talent, that's just stupid.


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[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

It’s sickening really. I just need to figure out something outside the 
corporate world. Unfortunately health insurance is a huge consideration though. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
>  It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get 
> a golden parachute, repeat."
> I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
> the minimum" over and over.
> -Curt
> 
>On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
>  wrote:  
> 
> Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
> that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
> were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
> corporate,
> and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
> remained
> of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
> as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
> remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
> engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.
> 
> This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
> extensive
> (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
> silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
> cheaper!
> They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
> the remaining
> engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.
> 
> A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided 
> that if I
> was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
> different
> industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
> corporate asshats.
> 
> Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.
> 
> Good luck, you'll probably need it.
> 
> -- Jim
> 
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 It's the MBA mindset, "Maximize shareholder profit, get paid yourself, get a 
golden parachute, repeat."
I swear getting an MBA is just repeating "Layoff anybody who makes more than 
the minimum" over and over.
-Curt

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 9:55:18 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

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Two tickets' worth is MORE than I paid for one car
I drove for years: the Frankenheap.  I do miss that car.
Fing road salt.

-- Jim


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Haha

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Jim will trade you. Bring him a decent used Mercedes and he will provide you 
> with a couple of tickets.
> 
> Randy
> 
>> On 20/07/2021 11:31 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> I guess you could provide free passes if one happened to be in the area.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
 What theme park do you work for?
>>> Silverwood.
>>> 
>>> http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com
>>> 
>>> -- Jim
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

Jim will trade you. Bring him a decent used Mercedes and he will provide 
you with a couple of tickets.


Randy

On 20/07/2021 11:31 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

I guess you could provide free passes if one happened to be in the area.

Sent from my iPhone


On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:



What theme park do you work for?

Silverwood.

http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

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I have a few free tickets.  Part of the compensation package.  Our 
family/friends
never seem to use quite all of them.

-- Jim


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> So, if you had bought, on the day you learned of that decision (a prime 
> example of both stupidity and snobbery in management), $1000 of an S 
> tracking fund, while shorting $1000 worth of the acquiring company's stock, 
> where would that investment stand today?
> Or, better yet, buy $1000 of their top competitor while shorting their stock?

Couldn't tell you.  I do own stock, still, part of the original buyout.  (Share 
exchange.)
I suppose I should sell it.

OTOH, I was laid off from another company, one where I had a significant number 
of
vested ISO shares.  Had I sold all then in a fit of pique, I'd have lost out on 
its growth since
then.  From <$20/share at time of layoff, it peaked at about $210/share.  
Currently $189.

Single biggest part of my retirement portfolio, by far.  Had I _not_ been laid 
off,
I would have several times the number of shares, and would be fully retire-able 
now.
Still, if I can't be retired, working for a theme park is not a bad consolation 
prize!

Life is weird sometimes.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I guess you could provide free passes if one happened to be in the area. 

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:
> 
> 
>> What theme park do you work for?
> 
> Silverwood.
> 
> http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

> What theme park do you work for?

Silverwood.

http://www.silverwoodthemepark.com 

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

That’s pretty much how it is here right now. 

What theme park do you work for?

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 8:55 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
> that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
> were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
> corporate,
> and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
> remained
> of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
> as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
> remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
> engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.
> 
> This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
> extensive
> (and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
> silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
> cheaper!
> They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
> the remaining
> engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.
> 
> A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided 
> that if I
> was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
> different
> industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
> corporate asshats.
> 
> Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.
> 
> Good luck, you'll probably need it.
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

So, if you had bought, on the day you learned of that decision (a prime 
example of both stupidity and snobbery in management), $1000 of an 
S tracking fund, while shorting $1000 worth of the acquiring 
company's stock, where would that investment stand today?
Or, better yet, buy $1000 of their top competitor while shorting their 
stock?


On 2021-07-20 09:54, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:


This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving
our extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern 
WA to

silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are
_so_ much cheaper!


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

Our company was bought, and really _was_ a valuable acquisition in
that our products, added to their line, were highly successful.  Yet, there
were multiple layoffs.  We were continually told that we were valued by 
corporate,
and not to worry.  That is, until they decided to close the office (what 
remained
of our original company) altogether and move all support to India.  (Useless,
as we'd 'trained' them several times, but nobody stayed there long enough to
remember/retain the training.  All real fixes were still done by us.)  _Our_
engineering staff was, IMHO, world-class.  India's was just world market.

This is the same company that had decided to 'save' money by moving our 
extensive
(and expensive) test lab, housed in an _owned_ building, from eastern WA to
silicon valley --- where space, labor, and power (significant) are _so_ much 
cheaper!
They got rid of the building altogether, basically giving it away, and moved 
the remaining
engineering staff to rented space.  Fools.

A (very) few were offered work-from-home status, including me.  I decided that 
if I
was going to work from home, a _different_ offer I had on the table, in a 
different
industry, was far better.  A nice family-run business instead of lying 
corporate asshats.

Screw them.  Now I work for a theme park rather than the telecomm industry.

Good luck, you'll probably need it.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Sorry it's happening to you.  Time to contact the competitors and make a new 
deal?

Max Dillon
Charleston SC


Jul 19, 2021 9:14:45 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes :

> Oh they are. This is about being acquired and new company trimming the fat. I 
> have a feeling they are going to try not having people in the field and just 
> doing everything over the phone. They tried this when it was acquired the 
> last time and it resulted is much lost talent and customers.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 19, 2021, at 7:53 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I read this AM that car dealers are raking in the cash with the shortage of
>> new cars and increasing demand for used cars. Kaleb's company should be in
>> a really good position now.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 7:06 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Makes me wonder what the hell is going on?
>>> I mean car makers are starting to get chips to build cars again.
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>> 
>> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”  
>> Wernher
>> Von Braun
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

Oh they are. This is about being acquired and new company trimming the fat. I 
have a feeling they are going to try not having people in the field and just 
doing everything over the phone. They tried this when it was acquired the last 
time and it resulted is much lost talent and customers. 

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 7:53 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> I read this AM that car dealers are raking in the cash with the shortage of
> new cars and increasing demand for used cars. Kaleb's company should be in
> a really good position now.
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 7:06 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Makes me wonder what the hell is going on?
>> I mean car makers are starting to get chips to build cars again.
>> 
>> 
>> Rick
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> 
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
> 
> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”  Wernher
> Von Braun
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> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

This has nothing to do with that. 

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 7:06 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> Makes me wonder what the hell is going on?
> I mean car makers are starting to get chips to build cars again.
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes]

That stinks. I’m self-employed as a landlord. Has its disadvantages as you all 
know but nobody can fire me!

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The 
> big worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be 
> putting on our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they 
> started scheduling people for calls today. One guy on our team got an invite 
> and on the call they basically let everyone go. They have had several of 
> these today. Lots of people canned. One of my team members got it this 
> morning. Another one had a call this afternoon and I heard he gets to stay 
> till October. One other person said she heard all employees will be gone by 
> October. In other words, not a good day. 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[OK Don via Mercedes]

I read this AM that car dealers are raking in the cash with the shortage of
new cars and increasing demand for used cars. Kaleb's company should be in
a really good position now.


On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 7:06 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Makes me wonder what the hell is going on?
> I mean car makers are starting to get chips to build cars again.
>
>
> Rick
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Von Braun
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Makes me wonder what the hell is going on?
I mean car makers are starting to get chips to build cars again.


Rick
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

I’m still employed. Not sure about the October deal. One guy was told told his 
position was eliminated and he could stay til then. The thing about everyone 
being gone then is rumor at this point. Time to look though. 

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 6:55 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> So you are still employed, at least until October. That's good. No time to 
> waste though.
> 
> 
> Rick
> 
> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Sent: July 19, 2021 6:48 PM
> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
> Cc: ka...@striplin.net
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan
> 
> The bad part is there were several folks traveling and didn’t find out they 
> were fired till their plane landed. I guess they just turned around and flew 
> back home.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:18 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> That sucks, welcome to the new world of corporate life, or maybe the old 
>> world but new to you here.  The execs will make it OK, the rest of y'all not 
>> so much.  You might want to seek a package ASAP and get some payout before 
>> things totally implode
>> 
>> --FT
>> 
>>>> On 7/19/21 5:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>>> If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The 
>>> big worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be 
>>> putting on our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they 
>>> started scheduling people for calls today. One guy on our team got an 
>>> invite and on the call they basically let everyone go. They have had 
>>> several of these today. Lots of people canned. One of my team members got 
>>> it this morning. Another one had a call this afternoon and I heard he gets 
>>> to stay till October. One other person said she heard all employees will be 
>>> gone by October. In other words, not a good day.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

So you are still employed, at least until October. That's good. No time to 
waste though.


Rick

From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: July 19, 2021 6:48 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: ka...@striplin.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

The bad part is there were several folks traveling and didn’t find out they 
were fired till their plane landed. I guess they just turned around and flew 
back home.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:18 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
>
> That sucks, welcome to the new world of corporate life, or maybe the old 
> world but new to you here.  The execs will make it OK, the rest of y'all not 
> so much.  You might want to seek a package ASAP and get some payout before 
> things totally implode
>
> --FT
>
>> On 7/19/21 5:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The 
>> big worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be 
>> putting on our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they 
>> started scheduling people for calls today. One guy on our team got an invite 
>> and on the call they basically let everyone go. They have had several of 
>> these today. Lots of people canned. One of my team members got it this 
>> morning. Another one had a call this afternoon and I heard he gets to stay 
>> till October. One other person said she heard all employees will be gone by 
>> October. In other words, not a good day.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes]

The bad part is there were several folks traveling and didn’t find out they 
were fired till their plane landed. I guess they just turned around and flew 
back home. 

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> On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:18 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> That sucks, welcome to the new world of corporate life, or maybe the old 
> world but new to you here.  The execs will make it OK, the rest of y'all not 
> so much.  You might want to seek a package ASAP and get some payout before 
> things totally implode
> 
> --FT
> 
>> On 7/19/21 5:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
>> If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The 
>> big worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be 
>> putting on our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they 
>> started scheduling people for calls today. One guy on our team got an invite 
>> and on the call they basically let everyone go. They have had several of 
>> these today. Lots of people canned. One of my team members got it this 
>> morning. Another one had a call this afternoon and I heard he gets to stay 
>> till October. One other person said she heard all employees will be gone by 
>> October. In other words, not a good day.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Peter Frederick via Mercedes]

Sound like "Hatchet Al" destroying companies right and left.

Send out your resume, no need to wait.

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

That sucks, welcome to the new world of corporate life, or maybe the old 
world but new to you here.  The execs will make it OK, the rest of y'all 
not so much.  You might want to seek a package ASAP and get some payout 
before things totally implode


--FT

On 7/19/21 5:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:

If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The big 
worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be putting on 
our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they started scheduling 
people for calls today. One guy on our team got an invite and on the call they 
basically let everyone go. They have had several of these today. Lots of people 
canned. One of my team members got it this morning. Another one had a call this 
afternoon and I heard he gets to stay till October. One other person said she 
heard all employees will be gone by October. In other words, not a good day.

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

That totally sucks.


Rick

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Sent: July 19, 2021 4:32 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: ka...@striplin.net
Subject: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The big 
worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be putting on 
our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they started scheduling 
people for calls today. One guy on our team got an invite and on the call they 
basically let everyone go. They have had several of these today. Lots of people 
canned. One of my team members got it this morning. Another one had a call this 
afternoon and I heard he gets to stay till October. One other person said she 
heard all employees will be gone by October. In other words, not a good day.

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Re: [MBZ] It’s hitting the fan

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

Sorry to hear it. These consolidations/downsizings suck. I've only been through 
it once. Survived the first round but a few months later the money ran out and 
they just shut everything down.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021, at 5:32 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> If you recall I mentioned a few weeks back about my company being sold. The 
> big worry at the time was this tracking software they are supposed to be 
> putting on our computers. That is the least of our worries. Today they 
> started scheduling people for calls today. One guy on our team got an invite 
> and on the call they basically let everyone go. They have had several of 
> these today. Lots of people canned. One of my team members got it this 
> morning. Another one had a call this afternoon and I heard he gets to stay 
> till October. One other person said she heard all employees will be gone by 
> October. In other words, not a good day. 
> 
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