Companies started this crap just after 9/11. I guess I was a boomer IT guy and never saw the point of unions HOWEVER very early in my career I saw that the "company loyalty" mindset ONLY benefitted the company. This was BEFORE the pension reforms and when the company I worked for in NY decided to leave for Chicago they offered me (IT admin) all kinds of benefits to move and folks that had literally MONTHS left to meet their 10year pension were almost to a woman told "goodbye" too bad so sad, no pension for you. 10 years later with the PIVOT crap starting and folks I knew particularly, those at 40 or older getting the shaft I was no longer so anti-union. Im retired now but, there is strength in numbers OR sue them. I sued about 15 years ago. Ended up with TEN times the severance I was offered even after paying the attorney retainer fee (not cheap) but her communications started DIRECTLY with the firm's C-Suite Managing Director Lawyer and NOT the HR drones. The head corporate lawyer was quick to make the pending suit "go away" since they knew they were in the wrong "at will employment" be damned. Join a union if possible and don't take "at will" as anything get a lawyer and follow through with a suit if you have to.
gymbeaux|2 years ago
Of course it’s a tragedy of the commons, but what are you gonna do?