I hope the best for you. Train your replacement like you own the place. Treat him/her like you'd like to be trained/treated. Yes, it sucks, but the professionalism you show can open a new door or even keep you around. You never know who is watching or who might offer you a job in the future.
^^good advice here. if you become proficient in documenting processes, training manuals, etc., they will keep you around until the lights are turned off. Mgt doesn't want a workforce to have to re-create the wheel. Keep copies of what you research and publish so you can use as examples while you are interviewing. Good luck in whatever path you choose.
Absolutely! The few training guides I helped with I have saved, and from a business stand point I 100% understand why they're shipping my job over seas. I'm a little bitter of course, but this pushes me to either try something new here or find something different that I'd rather do instead of being complacent where I am.
Wow, at least they are keeping you around. That says a LOT these days!
I had a plant I worked in shut down (it was announced when I was serving in the Guard on Hurricane Katrina duty) and it was the best thing ever happened to me career-wise. Wasn't any fun at the time, though, I can tell you!
Good luck!
I think it's partially because they desperately need the help on the customer care side, and partially because they surely don't want to pay me unemployment. Haha. But while it stinks right now, I think it's going to work out just fine in the end. Today was just the first day we saw the names of those that are taking our places and it really kind of hit home. We will most likely never speak to one another, even through emails, since we aren't actually training them, our manager is, but it's still a bizarre feeling.
It's always interesting to see what other people have gone through and what similar situations others have been in, and to see how it worked out for them in the long run.
