Well it's over...this has probably been the worst feeling ever. In the beginning of March, my employer announced that over 900 staff were to be permanently laid off and over 200 of that were in the Sudbury and 65 of those 200+ were unionized staff, which I am part of. Well everyone was laid off in the beginning of March except the 65...reason being is negotiations between the union and the "Company" but nothing would be settled till the end of the month. There is nothing worse than having a noose tied around you neck with the trap door rattling under you feet the whole time...it's a little demoralizing if you ask me. Well today was the big day...funny thing is people that didn't even work at the "Company" knew it was today except for us employees...WTF...I think our union should have at least warned us about today. Anyhow, the boss man came around to the unfortunates at work, called them into his office and no more than 10 mins later the co-workers were escorted off the property...damn it was nerve wracking, watching a close buddy have that done to them...and no one knew who was next. About an hour later, boss man comes to my cubicle...this is it I thought...and tells me I was not affected by the lay offs and that no one else was going to be let go. All in all there were only 3 excellent co-workers in my department laid off and the rest of the staff including myself were SAFE!!! (for now)
Good Luck Gentlemen, it was sad to see you go and who knows, maybe someday we could work together again.
Your Brother Nuno
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