So I promised to fill everyone in on Doyle's work a few posts back, and I hate people who don't keep their promises. A little background for those who don't know: Doyle has worked for this company for about 16 years, the first 5 years or so he worked on second shift (which is a total bitch and will totally ruin your family life), finally he was able to transfer to first shift and have a life again. With the housing market in the toilet and the downturn in the economy (who can afford to remodel?) the flooring market sucks. They had been working 4 day weeks, then 3 day weeks, then when we had the ice storm they closed the plant (which they have NEVER done before for weather) for the rest of that week. Then word came that they would be dropping an entire shift. Everyone figured it would be third shift, but they surprised us by laying off second shift. Now comes the twist--people with seniority would be able to "bump" those on the other two shifts with less seniority. The domino's began to fall. And true to this companies past rep they let the rules change when they need to to accommodate certain workers. Long story short, Doyle still has his job and is safe for now, although they are still working 3 & 4 day weeks. Some people still have jobs but not the same job, if that makes any sense. If you get "bumped" you can go down in pay grade and "bump" someone else with less seniority. It's a crazy system, and I have a hard time understanding it, it just makes my head hurt too much!!!
This is the last day of my four day weekend, I've enjoyed everyday of it. Today I must get some things done around the house and get myself ready for my work week. Well, now I've said it, so I better get to it.
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I have been patiently waiting for you to let us know what is going on with Doyle's job. I am so happy to hear that he did not lose his job. Hopefully the economy will turn around soon. Keep us updated.
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