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Received 18 August 2004

Came across your website when I was still employed by Airborne Express earlier this year and decided to write as I was laid off by now DHL the end of last month after over 15 years of employment. I still keep in touch with people who will be getting laid off next week. Seems that DHL still has their heads buried in the sand (but what else is new??) and that it's true.....they really don't give a rip about customers that they've acquired during the merge and seems that they are still looking at business from the international side rather than both domestic AND international. Quite a few Airborne customers have went to the competition because they are pissed off and quite a few more will probably move their business to the competition due to the lack of concern/consideration that DHL has for them and their business. I've also heard that many Airborne employees, who chose to work for DHL and have moved, get down to their new place of employment and are then told that there is no work for them and they cannot be used and they are then left high and dry. There is supposed to be some sort of audit the end of this year/first part of next year and I'm sure that many employees will be laid off. I agree, I give it until next year and I'm sure that DHL will sell their domestic side of the business and go back to being an international only company and people who thought they would have jobs will go through what they I and many hundreds of other former (or soon to be former) Airborne employees have went through and that's too bad. The only people who voted for this whole entire merger are probably either retired employees, employees who had large shares of stock or people who really didn't give a damn. To all of those who voted for the merger, shame on you. Those of us who knew better/could see through the bull they were feeding us, or those of us who never had a chance to vote because we never received a ballot, voted no on the merger. Good luck to those that are still with DHL.....they need it! As for me, I just got back from a vacation down in California and look forward to working for anyone other than DHL....whee!

Received 15 August 2004

Dear Inmate,

I read almost 80% of your essays today. I loved many of them. You have
put into words many of the things I have felt toward my job but could
never articulate. I read them on company time. This is wrong and I have
no excuse for it. Maybe your should not write so well.

Six hours of work is just about right. I however just can't gather the
courage and put it up to my General Manager. Who knows maybe a stronger
dose of corporateassylum's products will induce a stronger me. Recently
our office was hiring staff and there was no space to put them. A
colleague of mine suggested half seriously ( she has corporateassylum
based attitudes although she has never read the site) that we share a
workplace and work for 6 hours each so that one workstation gets freed
up for the new people.

Keep writing. Hope your web design / programming course gives you the
chance to meet more interesting people and situations.

P.M.

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