Who has worse timing: BOK or the Bush Admin?

[tulsacyclist]

Friendly Bear, I did click the Opt out button and am still employed. I do live in the Tulsa area. Thank you for your concern.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

Still bad timing.  I know that sometimes a company has to do what a company has to do to survive, got it. Ten weeks is not that bad severence pay, copy that.  How many were this close to retiring? How about them?  How many were offered other positions in the Co. to keep their time served?

And helping the market may not have helped BOK directly, but if it helped the market stabilize would that not have helped? These layoffs are directly related to the credit crunch, right?

Me and the liberal Dems, boy, who woulda thunk it?  Even if Bush does not nuke Tehran, it still looks like the end of the world.

This layoff is no different than Wil-Tel, McDonnel-Douglas, nor hundreds of other companies who have lay-offs around the country every year as far as tenured people losing a job.  

Does look odd on the surface when a large share-holder is committing $100 mil or so in philanthropic gifts to the community, but that's from his personal wealth he has amassed by providing viable services to the community through his businesses and thousands of jobs to people across the state.

I don't really know how you could define "good" timing when it comes to layoffs.  Yes, some are worse than others.  Worst time would obviously be right before Christmas.  At least everyone has a chance to find something before then.

In my friend's case, his mother had just passed away last Friday.  I doubt HR had a single inkling of that.  He's still got a positive attitude about it.  For me, it would have been a pretty big load to handle.  You can either sit there and cry, or get up and move forward.

[tim huntzinger]

Everything I know about BOK is positive, and I do not think less of the co for this action.  I hope everyone gets new jobs and do not panic.  You are right, there is no good time for this and I sincerely apologize for discussing the matter in this fashion.