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.