'Depressing' atmosphere envelops DuPont as layoffs begin

[Sherman A1]

A grim mood hung in the air Monday as DuPont Co. workers in Delaware learned whether their positions will be included in a massive round of layoffs that will eliminate 1,700 positions in the First State.

Ron Ozer, an engineer at the DuPont Experimental Station near Alapocas, lost his job Monday after nearly 25 years with the company. He described the atmosphere among DuPont workers as "depressing."

All employees at the Experimental Station had a one-on-one meeting with their supervisor to learn whether or not they will remain with the company, according to Ozer, an Arden resident. The meetings were said to have begun in the morning and continued through late afternoon.

The people who are staying aren't exactly happy, either," Ozer said. "It's not like people came out of those meetings and said, 'Yeah, I've got a job.' They are coming back to a very different organization."

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2016/01/04/dupont-workers-learning-their-fate-today/78255924/

[liberal N proud]

1. Been in that state for nearly 4 years

Our company did a massive layoff in 2012 and continued with layoff each year since. Facilities were closed and positions eliminated and each year, you see a new round, you just wonder when the axe will swing your way.

[NeoGreen]

2. I wonder how much this has to do with "the chemicals which shall not be named"...

...aka PFOA (and derivatives), their failed lawsuit defense in WV, the dumping of the chemical side of the industry (i.e. Chemours) and the desperate attempt to merge with Dow, all as a explicit strategy to create a shell "DuPont" that can be the sacrificial lamb for the 100+ years of environmental liabilities (ask Gibbstown NJ residents how they like drinking their Nitrobenzene/Chlorinated Benzene tainted groundwater water or Niagara County NY residents how they like their Hexachlorobutadiene) created in the name of profits at any cost?

[Human101948]

3. Probably a lot...these companies want to take the profits but leave the poisons behind...

which seems to be the big motivation behind the Koch brothers jihad against America. Their businesses are all ones that scoop up natural resources, process them for sale and them leave huge amounts of deadly by-products behind--which they want no responsibility for cleaning up.

[glinda]

4. This is also connected to Fleet Farms selling off to an investor to

avoid bankruptcy. There is no one to blame but Companies that have made their fortunes on poisons and poisoning the environment. They are in the business of death.