Unfairly Laid off?? Where is the loyalty??

[replicant4319]

Hello, I was laid off 2 weeks ago. I was with the company for 8 years and worked my butt off the entire time. I am one of the few individuals who helped the company grow into something very large. About 2 years ago, we baught another company and the two merged. Many people from the that company came into our company, including my manager. Of course my manager wanted to hire people he knew from his previous position and tried hard to get some of them on full time, one actually came to work in our department and a few became contracted "temps". I still wokred very hard, sacrificed many things in my life for the better of the company. Now, the point...I was laid off due to "budget cut-backs" however, my department is still contracting 2 people, paying them more and this is work that I, a full time employee could do. I have people at the VP level baffled as to why I was selected to be laid off. Is this fair? Is this legal? I know the corporate world has gone into the crapper....

 

[HomeGuru]

Hello, I was laid off 2 weeks ago. I was with the company for 8 years and worked my butt off the entire time. I am one of the few individuals who helped the company grow into something very large. About 2 years ago, we baught another company and the two merged. Many people from the that company came into our company, including my manager. Of course my manager wanted to hire people he knew from his previous position and tried hard to get some of them on full time, one actually came to work in our department and a few became contracted "temps". I still wokred very hard, sacrificed many things in my life for the better of the company. Now, the point...I was laid off due to "budget cut-backs" however, my department is still contracting 2 people, paying them more and this is work that I, a full time employee could do. Is this fair? Is this legal? I know the corporate world has gone into the crapper....

**A: what state are you in?

 

[replicant4319]

**A: what state are you in?

I live in Georgia. Which is a right to work state, I know.

 

[CheeseBlotto]

Fair is in the eye of the beholder. But it's legal.

 

[HomeGuru]

I live in Georgia. Which is a right to work state, I know.

**A: then my next response is, yes it is fair. This is America.

 

[replicant4319]

**A: then my next response is, yes it is fair. This is America.

Well gee! I am glad I also spent 8 years defending this wondeful country.

 

[CheeseBlotto]

I served as well and I hate it when people play the "I'm owed" card. When I was in, I got the check and benefits I was promised. I'm owed nothing else.

 

[replicant4319]

I served as well and I hate it when people play the "I'm owed" card. When I was in, I got the check and benefits I was promised. I'm owed nothing else.

I said nothing about being "owed" anything. I was just stating how screwed up the legal system is in this country and the fact that I defended it.

 

[cbg]

First of all, right to work means you can't be forced to join a union to get work. What you mean is that GA, like every other state in the US except Montana and even Montana in some circumstances, is an employment at will state.

What happened to you may or may not have been fair, but nothing in your post suggests it violates any laws.

 

[replicant4319]

First of all, right to work means you can't be forced to join a union to get work. What you mean is that GA, like every other state in the US except Montana and even Montana in some circumstances, is an employment at will state.

What happened to you may or may not have been fair, but nothing in your post suggests it violates any laws.

Thank you for the polite response.