nuche1973
Structural
- Apr 29, 2008
- 300
Several months ago, me and my cad-tech were laid off. Call this person my cad tech because he and I worked together for nearly 4 years.
The company's stance on training was that if a person, cad techs in particular, wanted additional training, they would have to accquire it on their own. I didn't agree with this policy because it meant that our cad technicians were at different levels of expetise and ability. Which leaves the engineers in a position to either train as they go along or draw their own projects. The majority of engineers did their own drawings. (Ironically they used the excuse that the cad tech's were not knowledgeable to fully draw the projects!)
So, I took this person under my wing and everytime we started a new project, we had an unofficial training session. As you can imagine the more we worked together the more proficient he became. He eventually became my "go to guy" and I could rely on him to coordinate other cad techs. So, that's it for the back story, now on to my question.
As I stated before, we were laid off at the same time. I found employment with another company in another city. He remained in the same small city and is still unemployed. Moving is an option, just not viable, right now. He has been looking but the offers have been few. Recently, he contacted me and said the old company wanted to interview him, for a different department (we were structural, the interview was for an electrical position). He went. It went well and they offered him a job, at the same pay. The attraction is that he learned BIM, Inventor, and Revit, all on his own. I feel that he should at least get a small raise. Since he has shown the initiative to learn new skills at his own expense. I also feel that the old company is taking advantage of him and at least make the offer comparable to his experience.
I am curious to see what your input on this.
Would you go back? If, yes, would you go back at the same pay scale? Especially when another layoff arises, you'll be the first for consideration (last in, first out).
There are days when I wake up feeling like the dumbest man on the planet, then there are days when I confirm it.
The company's stance on training was that if a person, cad techs in particular, wanted additional training, they would have to accquire it on their own. I didn't agree with this policy because it meant that our cad technicians were at different levels of expetise and ability. Which leaves the engineers in a position to either train as they go along or draw their own projects. The majority of engineers did their own drawings. (Ironically they used the excuse that the cad tech's were not knowledgeable to fully draw the projects!)
So, I took this person under my wing and everytime we started a new project, we had an unofficial training session. As you can imagine the more we worked together the more proficient he became. He eventually became my "go to guy" and I could rely on him to coordinate other cad techs. So, that's it for the back story, now on to my question.
As I stated before, we were laid off at the same time. I found employment with another company in another city. He remained in the same small city and is still unemployed. Moving is an option, just not viable, right now. He has been looking but the offers have been few. Recently, he contacted me and said the old company wanted to interview him, for a different department (we were structural, the interview was for an electrical position). He went. It went well and they offered him a job, at the same pay. The attraction is that he learned BIM, Inventor, and Revit, all on his own. I feel that he should at least get a small raise. Since he has shown the initiative to learn new skills at his own expense. I also feel that the old company is taking advantage of him and at least make the offer comparable to his experience.
I am curious to see what your input on this.
Would you go back? If, yes, would you go back at the same pay scale? Especially when another layoff arises, you'll be the first for consideration (last in, first out).
There are days when I wake up feeling like the dumbest man on the planet, then there are days when I confirm it.
