Posts by Tom Johnson 4 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Aug 2007
Re: his comment about spammers..
You make me laugh! It must be really difficult to block the sender and delete unwanted emails...that must really put you out...people have lost their jobs and all you care about is your inbox. Irrelevant, inconsiderate & stupid comment mate.
Good luck to all who lost their jobs. Evesham Technology will be missed.
There seems to be a few people angry at Richard Austin both on here and in other places, which I don't think can be entirely justified.
As far as I am concerned, going back to my earlier comment, the one thing Richard Austin was guilty of is not keeping us informed. It is the 1 and only thing he owed us then we couldve had time to look for other work. Its now a race against time to find work. This is the hardest thing to come to terms with for most of us.
However, I am sure it has been difficult for Richard seeing his company struggle and to an extent I sympathise with him a little. We were all pulling in the same direction and unfortunately it didn't work, well not enough for most of us to keep our jobs. I am saddened to see the company in the hands of others, as far as I can see standards will drop and naturally so will the good reputation of Evesham Technology. Very sad indeed :-(
When all is said and done though I'd like to thank him, the company and my departmental managers for the opportunites given to me. For the most part it was an enjoyable 5 and a half years with fantastic working conditions and colleagues. I will miss Evesham Technology greatly and look back on my time there fondly (minus the last 2 months)
A sad and rather undignified way to go out, but then given the last few weeks I suppose we should've expected nothing more or nothing less. I wasn't in on Friday, but heard all about the sorry debacle when my boss called me at 5.15pm to say I was out of a job. 5 and a half years gone in the blink of an eye. C'mon Richard, a months notice is the LEAST we, your loyal employees should have expected and received don't you think? :(
HCi might have played a big factor, but of course its not the main reason a few hundred staff are now out of jobs and heading for the dole queue Monday morning...however I'm not gonna sit here and start slagging off the management, no point.
I'd just like to say I worked with some great people at Evesham, more than a job, it was a group of friends who I hope to stay in touch with. I thank Evesham for the opportunites given to me but a bitter taste is left in my mouth at how this has been handled. Now the good people of Evesham are left competing for jobs...fingers crossed we all get work at companies where we are are treated in a more dignified and professional manner in times of hardship. Next few weeks will be tough on all of us, especially those with mortgages to pay and families to feed but we'll survive and come back stronger. Good luck everyone. Tom
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