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hughee99

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21. I had this happen to me at 20 years old.

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 09:38 PM

Mar 2013

My boss at the time asked me how hard it was to learn CAD for what we needed to do. I told him I did most of the work already and created templates of commonly used parts (I was converting old paper electrical schematics to digital), and now it's just snapping a bunch of things together. A few weeks later I found out the oldest son of the department head would be taking my job (it was a "temp" job for me, but they were hiring him full time) and they asked if I could please train him. Not a big deal for me at the time (it was pretty easy to get a temp job in the mid 1990's if you had some computer skills), but after temping there for 2 years, they could have handled it much better.

I did find it a little disturbing that with a 4 year sociology degree, the best my replacement could do was to take a job from a temp, outside their own field of study, that they could learn to do in a week. Seems like a waste of college to me.

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So they told me today they hired my replacement, oh and by the way come in tomorrow to train him [View all] DainBramaged Mar 2013 OP

. LWolf Mar 2013 #1

That's rotten LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #2

I would quit... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #3

You won't get unemployment or severance, that is usually what they do still_one Mar 2013 #6

Hang in there. Don't quit. RebelOne Mar 2013 #15

That was exactly my point still_one Mar 2013 #42

"You'll still be working" they say? PearliePoo2 Mar 2013 #4

good idea watch the sky Mar 2013 #25

Sorry about your situation. They did something similar to us but called it still_one Mar 2013 #5

Not right. Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #7

At one time they used to pretend and give you a gold watch. Cleita Mar 2013 #8

I say it's 50-50. But you would do well to update your resume/linked in and work all of your stevenleser Mar 2013 #9

Stick around long enough to make them regret it. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #10

It's really sad to hear. You know damn well your going out the door. It may not be southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #11

That happened..... MyOwnPeace Mar 2013 #12

If you think they might be going to screw you, you could figure out some kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #13

They did the same to me but differently: elleng Mar 2013 #14

You'll need something reasonably comfortable to sit in if you are to do this training. Turbineguy Mar 2013 #16

My company is terribly short handed, but won't hire. Archaic Mar 2013 #17

Please visit the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions website Melinda Mar 2013 #18

+100. Unless you told them you're retiring in a few months, this is discrimination. n/t winter is coming Mar 2013 #24

Yup, that's what I thought also, discrimination.... a kennedy Mar 2013 #44

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2013 #29

document this elehhhhna Mar 2013 #41

That really sucks, DB. 99Forever Mar 2013 #19

I'd say "fuck you", give them the finger, and leave. Initech Mar 2013 #20

I had this happen to me at 20 years old. hughee99 Mar 2013 #21

I would live in.... sendero Mar 2013 #22

Train him horribly (not his fault, but you want to survive) NightWatcher Mar 2013 #23

That sucks! City Lights Mar 2013 #26

Find a new job asap and don't give them 2 weeks notice LittleBlue Mar 2013 #27

What if he needs the income, does not have immediate job prospects, and does not want to AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #36

The suckage of this game is you play nice and they hire you back as a consultant. hunter Mar 2013 #28

I'm getting sick of the US MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #30

That sucks. But can't say I'm surprised. The way companies are acting after the Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #31

Bad habits obxhead Mar 2013 #32

start documenting everything to build an age discrimination case. unblock Mar 2013 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #37

Document! Document! Document! MsPithy Mar 2013 #34

Right now you have them by the short hairs. After you train your replacement, not. Doremus Mar 2013 #35

A thought... icarusxat Apr 2013 #46

Bummer.... LeftInTX Mar 2013 #38

Give them the 30,000 foot overview, substantial but lacking in practical specifics. Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #39

is your replacement in India, China, Brazil? Skittles Mar 2013 #40

Illegitimi non carborundum EOTE Mar 2013 #43

This is greed and evil in the 21st Century Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #45

this is the way the world ends... icarusxat Apr 2013 #47

They can't pour a 50 yr olds experience... absyntheminded Apr 2013 #48