Kicked Out
In the months that have passed since Turtlehead announced our company split, morale here has hit an all new low the likes of which I have never seen before anywhere I've worked. Nobody is happy about it. The majority of employees feel like Bill and Dave's computer division pulled an underhanded back room deal with corporate to ditch us and steal Bill and Dave's name for themselves. Most of us feel this company breakup is totally unnecessary which further aggrivates everyone. It seems so pointless, like it's nothing more than a ploy for Turtlehead and a few of his henchmen on the board to line their pockets with loot and run for the hills. Totally fucked up.
Like many of us here I have been depressed about the situation and I'm apprehensive about the future of our as yet to be named new company. The only reassuring thing I've heard so far about this deal is when we are spun off from the computer division we will leave them with only 30% of the company's technology patents. They will only have their personal computer products, imaging (printers, cameras, and scanners), and institutional mainframes. That's a very weak mix. On our side of the fence we will take the lion's share of technology patents (70%) and intellectual property. We leave with all of our test and measurement instrument product divisions, chemical and life sciences, component test, the medical instruments division, and more.
Management has gone all out to try and get us to buy-in to their company breakup scheme. They haven't been successful. Claiming our input matters to them, they started a contest seeking everybody's ideas on what we should rename the company. I am pretty sure the corporate board could give a shit about what we think nor do they care about allowing anyone here to come up with a new name for the company. No, they've probably already contacted a consulting firm of some kind and come up with a new name and brand logo to go along with it.
They've also planned a massive celebration which will take place soon. Here at our division there was talk Huey Lewis And The News was going to play, but management later said he wanted too much money to do a gig for us on site. Last time I checked on our company finances I think we had a couple billion dollars just sitting doing nothing in the bank. Unless Huey wanted a few hundred million to do an hour long show here, I think we could have afforded it. It's not like I'm a Huey Lewis And The News fan, I'm not, but it would have been kinda funny to have him play here at the factory. I guess what they have in store for us now is a circus, or a carnival type thing.
Like many of us here I have been depressed about the situation and I'm apprehensive about the future of our as yet to be named new company. The only reassuring thing I've heard so far about this deal is when we are spun off from the computer division we will leave them with only 30% of the company's technology patents. They will only have their personal computer products, imaging (printers, cameras, and scanners), and institutional mainframes. That's a very weak mix. On our side of the fence we will take the lion's share of technology patents (70%) and intellectual property. We leave with all of our test and measurement instrument product divisions, chemical and life sciences, component test, the medical instruments division, and more.
Management has gone all out to try and get us to buy-in to their company breakup scheme. They haven't been successful. Claiming our input matters to them, they started a contest seeking everybody's ideas on what we should rename the company. I am pretty sure the corporate board could give a shit about what we think nor do they care about allowing anyone here to come up with a new name for the company. No, they've probably already contacted a consulting firm of some kind and come up with a new name and brand logo to go along with it.
They've also planned a massive celebration which will take place soon. Here at our division there was talk Huey Lewis And The News was going to play, but management later said he wanted too much money to do a gig for us on site. Last time I checked on our company finances I think we had a couple billion dollars just sitting doing nothing in the bank. Unless Huey wanted a few hundred million to do an hour long show here, I think we could have afforded it. It's not like I'm a Huey Lewis And The News fan, I'm not, but it would have been kinda funny to have him play here at the factory. I guess what they have in store for us now is a circus, or a carnival type thing.
posted by factory_peasant at 11:47 AM
4 Comments:
Hey fp,
I remember that time well. We all were suppose to feel grateful to be receiving a huge party. Now, looking back, the circus theme was fitting. If they really wanted to thank me, just split the f***ing money spent on the party among the employees.
Ok... now I will put my ugly face away.
lb
lb- yeah. the whole thing was so stupid. colossal waste of money.
Didn't it seem that the more the spin off company struggled the more silly and elaborate the beer busts got. Back in the day of Bill and Dave's beer busts were simple grub, beer(good beer I might add), shoot the breeze with your friends. With the new company we got a big top circus and then shortly after got the rodeo theme bust where the infamous pack of chickens escapade involving the beard took place.
Step right up! Step right up! to the three ring circus where you can take your chances and win some crap!
Boomer
send in the corporate clowns...
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