Right now at Bethel, they are laying off and reassigning again. If you have cancer or some other illness, you are a liability and it's time to pack. I remember the night when we had the special talk about there being a great need in the field and some would be sent out. That lecture sent everyone running in fear, you could see Watchtower's love and thankfulness in action. Eventually, you began to hear about the people being asked to leave. They basicly would have you come into a meeting and two brothers would tell you how wonderful you are, and how the field really needs you. They would give you two or three months to leave, however the sooner the better. I saw people go home sick for days over that mistreatment. They felt betrayed, confused, down trodden.
The two brothers would hide behind the Branch Committee, saying that is where each assignment originated. I believe that in the first round, they used overseers to determine the weaker links. (Missing morning worship, late to work, missing meetings, etc) Then on the second round, they came back and took out a lot of the overseers. Wow they are so clever with the stratergy. I wonder did they see that coming?
Now, they have to perfect system to get rid of people at will and justify it with "you are needed in the field". Consequently, this whole arrangement has opened the minds of many people. In fact, their were two couples in the first round that I will speak of, the white brother worked here at Patterson and was getting married to a Pioneer sister from the field. He had about 17 years and although he did not get accepted to stay. They assigned him and his wife to be, as Special Pioneers. However, there was a black couple that had both been at bethel for 18 years and they did not receive an assignment. He still is having trouble finding work and it has been over 3 years. How sad of a thing.
Right now I am seeing many Bethelites depressed, paranoid, distressed, and uncertain about their future. When I first went to Bethel, I really did think that everything was legit. However, it is nobody fault but mine.
Right now there is a case in point, where there is a white brother and a black brother that have received their walking papers ( both came in around the same time, 15 years ago, the white brother is going to Special Pioneer and the black brother has to figure something out on his own. Hopefully, his parents did not turn his bedroom into a guess room. What is 15 years of free service worth?
Years ago, we had a Monday night lecture about avoiding the "Corporate Spirit". Well now that is one of their main problems, they run that place like big business. At least in the world, the companies often give you a severence package. How can they run this place and give people such a raw deal in the name of love? Is this religion at its best? Am I suppose to believe that this is the work of God? Could what happened in Spain and Watchtower's response be an eye opener to the naive. Why do they keep going back and forth with this "Generation" and other matters? Does the light get brighter and grow dem again, and then get brighter? Is there a power struggle up in the ranks? Where is the promised end that started over 100 years ago? Could they be making it up as they go? Why do they go after everybody that speaks against them with lawsuits? Do they have something to hide? People spoke about Jesus, however, he was not concerned---because he knew the truth.