Okay, this is a touchy subject, but I'm working at a large corporation that is doing some house cleaning to the tune of 10,000 terminations or so. They call it layoffs, but this term implies that once things pick up, you'll have a job again. This is not going to happen here to my knowledge.
The company is not offering early retirements, voluntary separation packages or anything of that sort as in the past. They just fired 1000 managers worldwide, many of whom are what truly made the culture here fun. Many of them have been here 15-20 years. In two weeks, rumor has it, they sweep though the engineering ranks, no numbers yet. Two weeks later, they sweep through the technicians.
The culture here is high stress but we really don't have any wacko's. What should one do if and when someone goes ballistic and enters the premises with a gun, hellbent on finding the manager that wielded the axe.
I've already concluded that if I hear gunshots near me, I'm tossing my chair thru the window and diving out from the second story. Thankfully, my cube is right next to the window, so this would only take seconds. I'd gladly risk a broken bone or two over a gunshot wound.
I won't bring a firearm to work because it is against company policy and just bad juju in general. If I get cut, I get some vacation before I find another job. Do I want to lose my job, heck no, but things are looking bleak and everyone is nervous. I think anyone could bring in a pistol in their bag, I don't believe there are metal detectors at the turnstiles because laptops have enough metal to set those things off.
How should one respond if this ugly situation were to occur? I have a friend from high school who was involved in such an incident, and he was shot in the belly with a 9mm, so trying to stop the guy would be out. Thankfully, he lived to continue raising his two daughters. But him and I were so tight and alike in high school, I can easily relate to the "step in and do something" mentality.
Comments welcomed, real world experiences welcomed all advice taken for what I pay for it as usual.
jeepmor
The company is not offering early retirements, voluntary separation packages or anything of that sort as in the past. They just fired 1000 managers worldwide, many of whom are what truly made the culture here fun. Many of them have been here 15-20 years. In two weeks, rumor has it, they sweep though the engineering ranks, no numbers yet. Two weeks later, they sweep through the technicians.
The culture here is high stress but we really don't have any wacko's. What should one do if and when someone goes ballistic and enters the premises with a gun, hellbent on finding the manager that wielded the axe.
I've already concluded that if I hear gunshots near me, I'm tossing my chair thru the window and diving out from the second story. Thankfully, my cube is right next to the window, so this would only take seconds. I'd gladly risk a broken bone or two over a gunshot wound.
I won't bring a firearm to work because it is against company policy and just bad juju in general. If I get cut, I get some vacation before I find another job. Do I want to lose my job, heck no, but things are looking bleak and everyone is nervous. I think anyone could bring in a pistol in their bag, I don't believe there are metal detectors at the turnstiles because laptops have enough metal to set those things off.
How should one respond if this ugly situation were to occur? I have a friend from high school who was involved in such an incident, and he was shot in the belly with a 9mm, so trying to stop the guy would be out. Thankfully, he lived to continue raising his two daughters. But him and I were so tight and alike in high school, I can easily relate to the "step in and do something" mentality.
Comments welcomed, real world experiences welcomed all advice taken for what I pay for it as usual.
jeepmor
