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kerosene · 12-05-2003, 10:19 AM

The "buzz" is a little creepy. I sometimes wonder how long it will be until someone snaps.

We had lived in Fort Collins, which is about 2 hours North of here (very, VERY different from here.) We worked at the HP site in Loveland and there were rumors that our division was going away. Faced with the prospect of competing with 300 of our peers for jobs in a diluted job market, we decided it would be a good idea to transfer within the company. Our managers were actually encouraging people to find other jobs, so it was pretty plain to see we weren't going to have our jobs much longer. The division still exists, up there, but it is dwindling pretty quickly, now. Of course, we still see a lot of layoffs in the Springs, but the groups we work in are more secure. Its always a gamble anyway, I figure.

12-05-2003, 10:19 AM	#3
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	The "buzz" is a little creepy. I sometimes wonder how long it will be until someone snaps. We had lived in Fort Collins, which is about 2 hours North of here (very, VERY different from here.) We worked at the HP site in Loveland and there were rumors that our division was going away. Faced with the prospect of competing with 300 of our peers for jobs in a diluted job market, we decided it would be a good idea to transfer within the company. Our managers were actually encouraging people to find other jobs, so it was pretty plain to see we weren't going to have our jobs much longer. The division still exists, up there, but it is dwindling pretty quickly, now. Of course, we still see a lot of layoffs in the Springs, but the groups we work in are more secure. Its always a gamble anyway, I figure.