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Uncle Joe

(63,377 posts) Fri Jul 4, 2025, 01:59 PM Jul 2025

High-Paid Exec Gets Laid Off with No Warning (Opening Scene) The Company Men

The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.

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High-Paid Exec Gets Laid Off with No Warning (Opening Scene) The Company Men (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jul 2025 OP

God this hits home - punch in the gut jmbar2 Jul 2025 #1

It just happened to my friends daughter. 23 years with the bank, worked her way up the ladder to VP and PooF mitch96 Jul 2025 #2

jmbar2

(7,367 posts)

1. God this hits home - punch in the gut

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Fri Jul 4, 2025, 02:16 PM

Jul 2025

Went through several of these. Wrecked my retirement, but glad to not be in the workforce today. Seems much worse today with AI.

mitch96

(15,524 posts)

2. It just happened to my friends daughter. 23 years with the bank, worked her way up the ladder to VP and PooF

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Fri Jul 4, 2025, 08:24 PM

Jul 2025

As in the movie Bull Durham, "The organization has decided to make a change".....................
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