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I was restructured

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:34 pm
by Jccarlton
Does anybody really believe that just because you use buzzwords for something ugly that you are fooling anybody? My former employer, Perkin Elmer, laid off a bucnh of people yesterday, including me. :cry: Calling it restructuring doesn't hide the truth tha the company must be in trouble. The stupid thing is that I was highly involved in the latest new mass spectrometer project. Basically I have almost five years invested in mass spectrometer development and they flushed that investment down the toilet with me. If anybody needs a vacuum or mass spec engineer, let me know

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:40 pm
by Skipjack
If anybody needs a vacuum or mass spec engineer, let me know
Sorry to hear about your job, man! I cant remember where, but I am pretty sure I read a job post for a mass spec engineer somewhere... Tri Alpha, maybe? I am pretty sure it was one of the fusion research labs.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:46 pm
by Blankbeard
Sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope they are short lived and happily resolved.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:48 pm
by GIThruster
Very sorry to hear about your situation. Best hopes you can find a better job soon.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:50 pm
by Jccarlton
I've already started to get the jobshops calling me and I haven't had time to update my resume yet. I would like to get into the fusion biz though, so I will check it out.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:00 pm
by Skipjack
Did a quick google and could not find it anymore :(
Hope you have some luck!

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:42 pm
by Jccarlton
Skipjack wrote:Did a quick google and could not find it anymore :(
Hope you have some luck!
I couldn't even find a webpage for tri alpha.. That outfit is sort of weird.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:42 pm
by Jccarlton
I wish I had seen this earlier:
http://www.biofind.com/rumor-mill/perkinelmer-layoffs-0
The comments are, interesting, and seem to be right on target.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:29 am
by choff
Been there, it sucks. Hope you and your fellow ex staffers share list of emails/phone numbers. Sometimes when one guy gets on at a new place they ask if they know more good people to recruit.