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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 668496" data-attributes="member: 9789">Sounds like you are from sue happy California LOL (just kidding)!But seriously....&nbsp;You just are not getting it. Drivers and Hub people are not included in this scenario or redundancy and downsizing cuts. AND HOPEFULLY WONT BE IN FUTURE.&nbsp; This is a key point.&nbsp; As stated before... Regions, Districts, Divisions and Centers are being combined so that means your manager may not have a job but your job is still there. I am reticent to be blunt here, but it seems to me that you are in your 50&#039;s and there is some reason why you have not attained the next level... It does not matter what the reason is.&nbsp; You are not a manager so let it go. This does not affect you.&nbsp; YOU and other supervisors are not in the affected group.&nbsp; You will have a real tough time proving the company is discriminating against your group. Here is what I think is going to happen... **The company is going to identify who they want and where they want them.&nbsp; This is probably already done.&nbsp; The next step is take the offer or take your chances, but your chances are high you will be laid off. **JMO, no inside knowledge, but the company identified a certain age and where they would get the most effective result from the workforce reduction. They have identified who the best candidates are to take on more responsibility from the candidates who are in the age group who are not affected by the reduction.&nbsp; It is also my opinion that there will be transition teams that will help with this process.&nbsp; These people have been identified and will be slotted into areas during and after the transition process has been completed. They are the &quot;bench&quot;. As with any rule, there are always some exceptions but you can be assured that these exceptions will fall into the legal parameters of this downsizing process and will probably remain at the manager level and above. You can also be guaranteed that there are probably other phases that will kick into gear if the results are not met or the economy gets worse. This is all going to shake out over a period of months not days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 668496, member: 9789"] Sounds like you are from sue happy California LOL (just kidding)! But seriously.... [B]You just are not getting it[/B]. Drivers and Hub people are not included in this scenario or redundancy and downsizing cuts. AND HOPEFULLY WONT BE IN FUTURE. [B]This is a key point. [/B]As stated before... Regions, Districts, Divisions and Centers are being combined so that means your manager may not have a job but [B]your job is still there. [/B] I am reticent to be blunt here, but it seems to me that you are in your 50's and there is some reason why you have not attained the next level... It does not matter what the reason is. You are not a manager so let it go. This does not affect you. YOU and other supervisors are not in the affected group. You will have a real tough time proving the company is discriminating against your group. Here is what I think is going to happen... **The company is going to identify who they want and where they want them. This is probably already done. The next step is take the offer or take your chances, but your chances are high you will be laid off. **JMO, no inside knowledge, but the company identified a certain age and where they would get the most effective result from the workforce reduction. They have identified who the best candidates are to take on more responsibility from the candidates who are in the age group who are not affected by the reduction. It is also my opinion that there will be transition teams that will help with this process. These people have been identified and will be slotted into areas during and after the transition process has been completed. They are the "bench". As with any rule, there are always some exceptions but you can be assured that these exceptions will fall into the legal parameters of this downsizing process and will probably remain at the manager level and above. You can also be guaranteed that there are probably other phases that will kick into gear if the results are not met or the economy gets worse. This is all going to shake out over a period of months not days. [/QUOTE]

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