Stevedog13: I'm in on the condition that the "weird technique" used to determine a winner involves some form of VooDoo, HooDoo or Wichcraft. I don't trust the pseudo-science of random numbers.
Random numbers and not weird at all so rest assured that it would be a weird technique ;)
Stevedog13: I left my last job under similar conditions. The company was taken over by another and the new owners sent in their PR guy to tell us "Don't worry. Nothing is changing. You all still have jobs with us, we have big plans for you." A week later half my department was fired, then half of what was left got fired over the following 2 weeks. Those of us who were left got packets to fill out where we basically had to justify reasons why we should not be fired. Another company siezed the opportunity and hired the whole group that got fired. They then called me up asked if I wanted a job with all my old coworkers. My old boss found out and was very upset. She asked me point blank if I was leaving. I said that nothing was definite but I was considering it. She told me to hand in my resignation in the morning. At that point I said no need to wait and quit right then. I found out later that my old boss had tried to use me as part of the justification for keeping her position.
I'm sorry to hear that. There are a$$holes everywhere...
coxdr: Sound like typical managment. They yell alot and flail about, but really dont have any idea what there doing.
Exactly! I'm not trying to underestimate their input. But the fact is that I can easily imagine a lab where everything is run by scientists (including administrative part which none of us are good at). But you cannot do the opposite: a lab without scientists, just with a management simply cannot exist. And they seem not to realize that. Or at least they behave so.