[ The daily sessions involved us training our foreign replacements for several hours. We all felt humiliated when the foreign workers sat next to us and watched everything that we did. ]
Train them WRONG...
That is what i would do.
Grace, the extreme video taping would have prevented that. All bases were covered in advance by the ‘foreign’ CIO.
You may be financially stable enough to do that, as doing so would likely mean immediate termination and forfeiture of one's severance agreement. Other people may not be as fortunate as you in that regard.
The overwhelming majority of people today are literally living paycheck to paycheck however.
Disney was sneaky. They dangled the possibility of new, even more interesting jobs in front of the displaced workers. No doubt the workers tried to do a good job training their replacements in hopes of getting those new jobs, which turned out to be nonexistent.
That is what i would do.
I personally know 3 people with similar IT positions. They were faced with similar situations. These three people chose your coarse of action.
They were called in to management offices, and summarily fired for cause.
Being fired for cause meant the following:
No severance package.
No exit bonus.
No letter of recommendation or references.
No access to company sponsored job placement services.
and most importantly, NO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
That's the reality of what happens in the IT field when you do not properly train your own replacement.
“Train them WRONG...”
I started an 11 year run at the Anaheim Theme Park, as a temp, in night audit, filling in for a lady who was on leave. After four months, they disbanded the department, so one guy did exactly that. When the transition was complete, everyone, including myself, was hired in other areas, except for that fellow. Even people who had worked with him for over a decade, and liked him, were left with ill will towards him.
Now I have to agree, they were an awful company to work for, as soon as I saved enough to buy my first home, I left (on good terms) - NOTHING is as important as your good name, and he trashed his. Too bad, really.
Thank you.