Have Any Of You Lost..

mkcaps
mkcaps Posts: 36
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Or are going to lose your job because of the economy right now?
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  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    Not this guy

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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    mkcaps wrote:
    Or are going to lose your job because of the economy right now?


    nope.. i do not know of one person who has been affected by this.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    mkcaps wrote:
    Or are going to lose your job because of the economy right now?
    On the verge..

    20 year career maybe going down the drain.

    4 good friends lost their jobs yesterday and my dept may be closed or taken down to minimum people.
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    dunkman wrote:
    nope.. i do not know of one person who has been affected by this.
    Well here I am! Not lost a job but as a freelancer the work is drying up, companies aren't spending and one of the first thing they stop is advertising, literature etc.

    October is normally my busiest month of the year but at the moment there's fuck all. Why do you think I'm on here? :)

    This has happened to 3 other friends in the same business, I've just been into my local town and 2 shops have closed down. It was so quiet there I was expecting to see tumble weed. And this was at lunch time.
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    I could be losing my job. My famlies small business is having trouble getting a line of credit from a bank we've been a customer of for years. Need the line for inventory and for payroll.

    It's going to be close the next few weeks.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    my fiance works in the financial market and a ton of people have been let go..I hope she doesnt
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    I did twice last year when the mortgage industry first blew up.
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  • PJSerf
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    My firm's share price dropped about 70% a few weeks ago and we were an acquisition target before some drastic actions. Hoping things stabalize soon.
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Yes. Not me (yet), but my sister-in-law got her benefits taken away and they cut her from full time to part time, then her company let go a bunch of other people. She may be next. :(
    Also, one of my friends got let go earlier this summer and hasn't been able to find a job since.
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    The staff of my association (over 200 people)were told that some positions will be combined. We will find out in December what positions have been combined.
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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Idaho state government has already announced one hold back and more are on the way. State employees will be laid off soon. The last time this happened back in 2001 - 2003, I was the Reduction in Force Project Manager for every state agency in Idaho. I got to deal with every single person the state laid off and there were tons. Good times...

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  • dunkman
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    nuffingman wrote:
    Well here I am! Not lost a job but as a freelancer the work is drying up, companies aren't spending and one of the first thing they stop is advertising, literature etc.

    October is normally my busiest month of the year but at the moment there's fuck all. Why do you think I'm on here? :)

    This has happened to 3 other friends in the same business, I've just been into my local town and 2 shops have closed down. It was so quiet there I was expecting to see tumble weed. And this was at lunch time.

    hope things go well for you soon then amigo. :)

    i meant on a personal level... i don't know one single person who has lost their job, but then i'm not exactly 1. in the private sector or 2. friendly with accountants... but then who is friends with accountants? :p
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    I think its a little too early to tell. I work for a heating and AC company and we have been suffering because of the housing marking because most of our sales go to residential new construction. But we haven't had any layoffs and budgeting is going on as normal for next year so who knows?
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  • xscorcho
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    i havent.. i am in a contract until next summer... ill have to see how it is to find a job then.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    dunkman wrote:
    hope things go well for you soon then amigo. :)

    i meant on a personal level... i don't know one single person who has lost their job, but then i'm not exactly 1. in the private sector or 2. friendly with accountants... but then who is friends with accountants? :p
    Hulloooooooooo... you know me :p

    I lost my job cos of this... my sisters husband also lost his. I worked in construction so I know way too many people to even begin listing. It was good for me cos I'd been hoping for redundancy... but if anyone has a mortgage or a family to support I really feel sorry for them :(
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  • dunkman
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    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Hulloooooooooo... you know me :p


    as i said.. i dont know of one person, etc etc ;):p

    ok... i know Helen lost her job but i genuinely though that was because she was shit at it... that and the fact she just posted on here mon-friday 9am-5pm....
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    dunkman wrote:
    as i said.. i dont know of one person, etc etc ;):p

    ok... i know Helen lost her job but i genuinely though that was because she was shit at it... that and the fact she just posted on here mon-friday 9am-5pm....

    You are soon to know quite a few more.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    dunkman wrote:
    as i said.. i dont know of one person, etc etc ;):p

    ok... i know Helen lost her job but i genuinely though that was because she was shit at it... that and the fact she just posted on here mon-friday 9am-5pm....
    Nope.. you know well that wasn't the reason :p there were plenty of people let go the same day as me! I was actually good at my job... hence the reason I was ABLE to post here plenty... cos I did my work 3 times quicker so I could get back to the board :p
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  • dunkman
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    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I was actually good at my job... hence the reason I was ABLE to post here plenty... cos I did my work 3 times quicker so I could get back to the board :p


    good answer :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    dunkman wrote:
    hope things go well for you soon then amigo. :)

    i meant on a personal level... i don't know one single person who has lost their job, but then i'm not exactly 1. in the private sector or 2. friendly with accountants... but then who is friends with accountants? :p
    Ah yes, the public sector employees... the benefits are there for all to see.

    I don't know anyone who is friendly with accountants. They speak with forked tongue and in a strange lingo and normally can't add up.

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