This is just not right!

“Dang - all these layoffs hither and yon, and I elect to resign from my great job. Well, it's maybe not a "great" job, but it's pretty nice... "okay", at least. Alright, it's gotten pretty stale - time to shag-out.

But I can't help but to be kinda curious about what lies around the bend.

"bend"?
Bend!
Bend, Freakin-Oregon!

Whoo-hoo! That would be kewl!

*gojo skurrys about packing this and that, including the road atlas*”

“Bacpac, calling you an a-hole is just an observation.”

“You go Joe! =D I'm so happy for you.”

“Yeah, my brother used to work for Nortel (and we all know what happened to that co.)...he finally got chopped during their 6th major layoffs.

Everytime the co. announced a major layoff, and co-workers were called into "The Office"...everyone knew their time was up.”

“all we ahve to do is give these companies tax relief and they won't have to chop so many heads....”

“Thank Goodness for labor unions”

“Well good freakin Monday Morning.
so far 2 of my friends have been let go and it's not even 9:00am. They should have finished the axing job on Friday. The one guy called me and he was crying. can you believe it!! I am so pisssed and sad at the same time. It's just not right.”

“#3”

“What #3?”

“3rd person gone so far this morning. they think that there are about 6 people that will be let go.
that will bring the total to 11 people fired.”

“Sounds like a massacre!”

“go postal, that will teach em to fire people.

J/K!!@!!”

“Don't push her over the edge, DOM!!!”

“all we have to do is give these companies tax relief and they won't have to chop so many heads...."
stratdewd
12:29:41 AM
05/11/03

ROFLMAO..get real. Do you realize how much tax relief these companies get already. They pay very little in property, local or state taxes. Those deals are worked out before they ever move to a state/town.”

“ewker, that may be so but i have been in business before and taxes SUCK!


anybody in here own their own business? if so, do you feel like you get all kinds of cushy tax cuts and back room deals? are you undertaxed?


if clintonomics are so great, and the cornerstone of his philosophy was to raise taxes, how come dem'
s aren't calling for tax hikes now?”

“Strat, you are due back on planet earth now!”

“strat, when you say give these companies a break and they won't lay off, what size companies are you talking. There is a big difference between Dell and your business. Dell will get the deal while you won't but who has more people working for them you or Dell.
It isn't the small companies that are laying off 100's of people it is the large companies who overpay their CEO's, CFO's, etc. To pay a CEO 10 million dollars a yr not including bonuses while they lay off their employees isn't right. If the guy who makes 10 million is so good let him go down to the mfg floor and work. If the CEO wants his company to prosper let him take a paycut to say 5 million a yr. That is money he can put back into his company.”

“tree, Victor is gone.”

“Really sorry, Maple! I liked him him... :(”

“#4”

“I wonder whether stratdewd could read a thread without politicizing it. Nah, ... never happen!”

“It would make me nervous, even if there was a 99% chance my job was secure. Just seeing all those people booted out would make me start asking myself all kinds of off the wall questions.”

“Stickman, I am soo sick from this. I have a headach and a stomach.
Not feeling very well right now.
:(”

“So much for "compassionate" conservatism. Not a word to the unlucky ones whose families have a lot to worry about tonight. Can you feel the love!!!!!”

“There is a solution... start updating your resume, why hang with a failing company? Life is too short to spend it worrying over employment.

or just start cleaning a gun at your desk every day during lunch...

APWU + NRA = match made in the USA :}”

“Maple, sorry to help in ruining your thread but like Geo said someone has to turn it political and thinks that solves everything.”

“I work for a old Telephone company (Rochester Telephone) that was a nice 100 year place. It became the first to De-regulate and become Frontier in 1995, then it was bought by Global Crossing. I'm sure you guys haveheard of them ! They are the Enron of Telecommunications. Luckily I'm in the Union and the local side of the house, so the PSC still has expectations for service comittments. So just before Gloabl's sh-t hit the fan, they sold us to Citizens Communication which hates Unions. So now the talk is our entire Union will be SQUASHED come next April. I can feel for you Mapleleaf, we have been thru the grinder a bunch of times too. They have had some layoffs even with the Union. Mapleleaf All I can tell you is to hang tough, and if it happens it may be a Good Omen and you may end up somewhere better and happier. I know I hate working for corporate america and their Greedy F@@king CEO and board members. I have lost tons in 401k and they walk out with 50 mil in their pockets. I woked in payroll for awhile and the a-hole CEO got a 80k and a Rolex gift one year!
GREED is one of the 7 deadly sins.
They will have to answer to their maker someday. Mapleleaf, best of luck ..lots of Fruit Farms to work on around here! can you drive a tractor? Good luck.
PS...I have a friend that works for Xerox and he sez he has seen entire Mfg lines loaded up on tractor trailer and sent to Mexico!!!”

“Let's all open a chain of Chik-Fil-A franchises. We'll form a corporation and each own the profits from one store. A high demand product with decent overhead and good profits, plus Sundays automatically off! Then WE will control the hiring/firing!! 15% discount to people associated with backpacking. In fact, we'll buy land next to existing outfitters.”

“snafu29, you know if we give those companies a tax break they won't leave or lay anyone off :)”

“ML
ooops now I did it... I mentioned some polictical stuff too...My intentions are to only try to cheer ya up.....Dont worry everything will work out, one way or another...you never know, change can be good.....”

“If not then barrow Geobeets M1A2 tank and drive over the ceo's car....preferrably with him/her in it...”

“Ewker,
I would not bet a Red cent on the moral or ethics of any corp nowadays......A tax break ? who knows? It could just mean more $$$ in their pockets...
It is really sad that foundation of our country is is going deep six. We need a rebellion! We dont Make anything anymore, we are a Service country and not a Manufacturer, Few kids have any trade knowledge, they can flip a burger, or run a cash register but they can't cut a board, or weld steel...etc... We send all our stuff to China, hong kong, mexcico...bla bla bla....
........................
Mapleleaf.....Sorry, I get fired up on this, cause I know good people like you and many others are the ones who get hurt... Feel for ya.....”

“Thank you all for your concern. The hardest part is NOT KNOWING.

My boss is in the bigger boss's office as we speek. It could be to fire myself or her losing her job or it keep be nothing other then biz.
But treebeard and myself are strong people and we will survie this no matter what the outcome may bring. We have been through tougher times and it seems that when things like this happens to us it only makes us stronger as a couple.



(if I do get fired then who is up for a hiking trip? LOL)”

“That's the spirit!”

“Thats the attitude !!!
Imporvise, Adapt and overcome !!!
Think of the good and fun things
:-)
It is definately good that your companion will be there for you. adversity makes you stronger as a person and has a couple. I just hope you dont have to go though it.”

“I feel for you and your friends. I was laid off on Friday and have now joined the ranks of the unemployed. Unlike you, I knew this was coming. Still, it's tough.”

“well it seems that im ok with the job situation.
YEAH YEAH YEAH.


But i still feel very bad. they asked one guy to stepdown in his postion and do a lesser job. he said bullshyit and handed in his 2 week notice.


So I guess its time to up date my Resume ASAP.”

“Yeah, don't assume your job is safe. Be prepared in the event you do lose your job. At my company, the layoffs came in rounds. A few hundred every few months. This may only be the first round of layoffs for your company.”

“gawddamn mother@#$%$#
they fired the sweetest man in the company. the maintance guy who was due to retire this Dec.
that is just freaken wrong.....
ive got to bit my tounge so i still have a job!!”

“That SUX!!
He should still get part his retirement I hope?

I have cut out ALL extra's due to fear of future Layoffs. Except Back Packing Stuff (Figure I may need it to live in the woods someday if I loose my house, due to a layoffs)....
But the govt wants people to spend more, so the economy thrives, yet how can you spend more when your worried about having a job and paying bills? Or you can go get 50 credit cards and run them up and claim bankruptcy, when your job gets sent to mexico or china.
Global economy sux....Sorry... I just go political again on this....
Mapleleaf, Go hide in the bathroom for the rest of the day, then sneak out to go home at 5....”

“Personally, I think some companies are jumping on the layoff bandwagon. They are laying off people during a time when there are so many companies in the layoff mode that one more added to the bandwagon might not be so noticeable to Wall Street. This layoff environment might make it easier for the decision makers to cut costs by downsizing the workforce, whether they actually need to do this or not.”

“If ya get canned, I'm heading for the Smokies wednrsday. I'll just be staying in one of the developed camps, and do dayhiking and watercolors. Interested?”

“hhhhhhh YES

But I still have to go to work so I cant complaine to much ay??”

“What will happen when everybody's laid off?”

“We will be a communist country, working 80 hours a week for peanuts...”

“well nothing like getting to yell at a manager.


i guess I will be recving my first write up. boss is pissedd at me so I may join you soon treebait afterall....


I think I may have messed up this time.

I guess there are no take backs in the biz world..”

“so far they have fired 5 people and it's not even 9:30am (EST)
this sucks so bad
they are talking about firing another 6 people.
I don't think I will be one of them (at least I pray I won't be)
But I feel so bad for these people. I wish they would fire the people that I don't like instead of the one's that I do.
If I get fired I'm going on a 7 day backpacking trip!!”

“Firing or laying off?”

“Packman, it's called creating a career change opportunity.”

“is there a difference?”