Just found out I may not be loosing my Job (long)

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Right on KC!

-Raffi


At 09:44 AM 1/21/2004, John Ringham wrote:
>Wow Kevin,
>
>Looks like you got the best possible outcome from what could have been a
>really crappy situation. Good Luck. Are you still going to make treks up
>here for RITF's and ND?
>
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Collins
>Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:20 PM
>To: Scirocco List
>Subject: Re: Just found out I may not be loosing my Job (long)
>
>
>Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>
> > Hell - in this economic climate, being jobless is no fun. Hopefully,
> > your new arragement will work out and things won't end up being as
> > aggressive as you anticipate.
>
>Gotta chime in.  2 weeks ago today the CEO & VP of sales of my company
>flew into California from Greenville SC for a "stealth" meeting that was
>set up in advance but never announced.  We found out they were coming
>and could come up with NO good reason for their visit since we were all
>going back to Greenville a week later for our annual sales meeting - no
>logical reason to fly all the way out here a week earlier since we'd be
>in front of them right afterwards.  In the days leading up to the visit,
>I hit on the only logical reason - closing the California office.  It's
>just a sales office with about 15-18 employees but causes all kinds of
>cost headaches for the company, the latest being a full-on Jesse
>Jackson-style shakedown by the California franchise tax board, demanding
>we pay sales tax on a bunch of shit sold out of state and drop-shipped
>into California.
>
>I turned out to be right.  We shut down March 31.  Everyone was offered
>to relocate to our existing office in Phoenix, with full expenses plus a
>substantial relocation incentive (enough to buy about 10 very nice west
>coast Sciroccos) offered for making the move.  Those not able or willing
>to go are receiving 6 months severance + job placement assistance.  I
>immediately chose to make the move.  I was in Phoenix looking for a
>house by that weekend, found one, and my offer was accepted yesterday so
>I'm charging in full steam ahead.  $140k is buying me a 4-year-old house
>in Chandler that would cost me $450k+ here where I'm at in SoCal.  My
>incentive is more than covering the down payment & other expenses, and
>the moving expense is 100% covered on top of that.  It's great to work
>for an awesome company that truly gives a shit about its employees.
>
>I like Phoenix and I think I'll handle the heat out there just fine.
>And for all intents and purposes, I just effectively received a huge
>raise.  Anyone on the list in the area, drop me a note offline, let's
>hook up.
>
>--
>Kevin Collins
>Huntington Beach, CA
>'86.5 16v 2.0
>'02 GTI 337
>
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