Several longtime employees told us this morning they can remember numerous times in years past when they worried their plant might shut down.

This time, however, is different.

And some employees say they feel they really were picking up their final paycheck from DESA.

"We're here to get our last check and find out if we're going back to work or not... and the way it looks... we're not."

There are sixty-two years at DESA between Mary Sneed and her husband, William.

"He's been here for 39 years, and I've been here for 23", said Mary.

"They've got people with less seniority working than I have, and I just don't feel right about it and they could've called to explain everything," stated William.

Instead, Mary and William say the only explaining they've heard comes from this letter by a chief restructuring officer, received with their paycheck.

The letter, sent to Mayor Elaine Walker earlier this week, claims permanent layoffs and plant closure is necessary due to lenders being unwilling to provide additional funds to DESA.

It says, "while the company would have preferred to give earlier notice, the events have occurred so recently and suddenly that such a notice was not feasible, and would have undermined the company's aforementioned financing efforts."

But Mary has questions.

"I came out Wednesday just to find out about our pension."

"It looks like they could've come out and said, 'How you doing?' or 'I'll try to find out for you'. But no. It was 'You need to leave'. That was it. Yeah. That's painful."

And according to Mary and William, what's worse is the uncertainty of their jobs right before the holiday season.

"Our last check right here before, and people think, 'Well, do I buy my child a gift or do I buy groceries this week till I hold out?"

"We have no idea what to do. We're waiting on some kind of answer so we can do something. Get something started."

"You spend more time with the people in the factory than you do with your family at home. You do, and then they do us like this."