As I come into work each day and see the empty office floors that once were full of life and activity, now sit silent. I thought that these floors were getting renovation. But, sadly, no, they were cleaned out and a “office space for lease” sign sits in front of the building. BofA leasing out space that once were full of bank employees. I know that the bank was to layoff around 35k employees as the ecomony sinks or recovers (depends on one’s perspectives). Since the part of the company that I work in, is in healthcare, I did not even know what the people on these floors did. Layoffs here where I work were limited to a few but it is sad that some of coworkers lost their jobs. I may be critical of a few select coworkers from time to time, I don’t want to see any of them (or myself) lose their (or my) job.
I am sure those who lost their jobs are a result of the two biggest recent acquisitions by the bank: Countrywide and Merrill Lynch. Mergers and aquistions always present overlap and redundancies and there are always layoffs… I guess a necessary evil of “doing business.” I am thankful that I am still employed as the alternative would be devistating…
The third floor (the floor I work on) seems to be the only floor outside of the ground floor that has anybody on it. Sad.
I look at the second and fourth floors and see vast emptiness… in hopes that one day they are full of people working to make the bank a better more profitable company.
