I'm almost through with my 2 week layoff from work.....and yet the rumors are still haunting me.
Here is proof that even though you may have a factory where you must be 18 or older to work there, it doesn't mean the under 18 (scratch that, under 10) behavior won't stop.
We had the month long layoff, and then it was announced that we'd have another layoff for two weeks, only this one was voluntary. No one would be forced to take it, it was just recommended that 1/4 of the factory take it.
That plan backfired. After all the drama and chaos of the first layoff, nearly everyone applied for the second layoff. Somehow, the stars aligned properly and lady luck was on my side.
I was told in confidence by my supervisor that I'd gotten it.
People who didn't get the layoff started rumors that NO ONE was getting the layoff, and that we were all going to be told the next day that they'd changed their minds. These, of course, were the angry jealous people that couldn't get the layoff because their work areas are too shortstaffed as is.
Another rumor going around was that anyone who volunteered for the 2nd layoff would NOT return, as it would be a permanent layoff.
I didn't believe any of those rumors, as I know how the people I work with can be. They are all teenagers at heart.
So early last week, a maintenance man I work with messaged me online (maintenance men and supervisors could not take the layoff) and said to be ready to come back, because business all of a sudden picked back up. I asked him "Who told you that?". He said his boss was talking to the big wigs, and that they would be calling people back to work that day or the next day.
Guess what? Didn't happen. I called him on it the next day online, and he said give it another day. I told him to stop making shit up because he was jealous that he couldn't get the layoff, and that big wigs don't associate with any of us peons, so don't lie to me.
Guess what? This last Monday he started it up again, saying I'd be called back probably that very day. Didn't happen.
Seriously, rumors are for kids. In the midst of a layoff, it only adds to the chaos and unfamiliarity when people start making shit up and spreading it around like wildfire.
Here is proof that even though you may have a factory where you must be 18 or older to work there, it doesn't mean the under 18 (scratch that, under 10) behavior won't stop.
We had the month long layoff, and then it was announced that we'd have another layoff for two weeks, only this one was voluntary. No one would be forced to take it, it was just recommended that 1/4 of the factory take it.
That plan backfired. After all the drama and chaos of the first layoff, nearly everyone applied for the second layoff. Somehow, the stars aligned properly and lady luck was on my side.
I was told in confidence by my supervisor that I'd gotten it.
People who didn't get the layoff started rumors that NO ONE was getting the layoff, and that we were all going to be told the next day that they'd changed their minds. These, of course, were the angry jealous people that couldn't get the layoff because their work areas are too shortstaffed as is.
Another rumor going around was that anyone who volunteered for the 2nd layoff would NOT return, as it would be a permanent layoff.
I didn't believe any of those rumors, as I know how the people I work with can be. They are all teenagers at heart.
So early last week, a maintenance man I work with messaged me online (maintenance men and supervisors could not take the layoff) and said to be ready to come back, because business all of a sudden picked back up. I asked him "Who told you that?". He said his boss was talking to the big wigs, and that they would be calling people back to work that day or the next day.
Guess what? Didn't happen. I called him on it the next day online, and he said give it another day. I told him to stop making shit up because he was jealous that he couldn't get the layoff, and that big wigs don't associate with any of us peons, so don't lie to me.
Guess what? This last Monday he started it up again, saying I'd be called back probably that very day. Didn't happen.
Seriously, rumors are for kids. In the midst of a layoff, it only adds to the chaos and unfamiliarity when people start making shit up and spreading it around like wildfire.
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