Ouch! Sorry about your situation.
Keep your chin up there are a few jobs left out there, hopefully your wife and you can find something to patch you through for a while.
In the mean time you've got preps to live on right?
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by biofuel13 » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 12:58:36
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by Ayame » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 13:06:39
I played the messages on our work answerphone today and one was from a local recruitment consultancy asking if we had any vacancies because they had lots of new people on their books who had recently been made redundant. Brought it home to me that this is really starting to bite in the local area.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by AlexdeLarge » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 13:15:22
Sorry to hear that CB. Hang in there....the worm will turn in time. Meanwhile, we are all in this together!
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by CarlosFerreira » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 13:54:56
Damn, man. They comes in droves.
Keep up, hopefully you'll be OK.
Keep up, hopefully you'll be OK.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by PenultimateManStanding » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 13:56:41
Sorry for your misfortune, CB. I hope your luck changes for the better.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by Plantagenet » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 14:05:37
Thats terrible news, CB. No one should have to deal with a double whammy like that.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by PenultimateManStanding » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 14:37:04
The declining price of oil is having repercussions, I guess. Hard to really say what's going on. But oil going from $10/bbl to $147/bbl back down to 60 in short order is crazy. I think people are unsettled and worried.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by Roy » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 14:40:04
cbxer, sorry to hear that.
Bad economic news is all over the place. Folks are getting laid off and plants are closing around here way too often.
Just try to keep your head up and make something happen.
Bad economic news is all over the place. Folks are getting laid off and plants are closing around here way too often.
Just try to keep your head up and make something happen.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by Revi » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 14:49:53
I've been there. It's no fun. Hang in there, CB.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by emersonbiggins » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 15:23:44
Bummer, man. Things are still tense here after the first round of layoffs a few weeks back. Dodge the bullets you can, and have a practical hobby as a bartering backup plan.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by AlCzervik » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 15:34:58
:struggles not to take a shot at cbx about how union representation may have left him better off:
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by Novus » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 15:40:35
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cbxer55', 'F')riday my wife got laid off from her job as Payroll Secretary for one of the major waste hauling companies.
Today we get informed that G.E. is cancelling all of its orders for wind towers, that we were to start building in January. So I now have a 60 day notice for loss of my job.
Guess we will get to join all the others participating in this new economy. There are many houses in my neighborhood that are for sale, Many for a long time. So that will be out of the picture.
Welcome to the future.
Today we get informed that G.E. is cancelling all of its orders for wind towers, that we were to start building in January. So I now have a 60 day notice for loss of my job.
Guess we will get to join all the others participating in this new economy. There are many houses in my neighborhood that are for sale, Many for a long time. So that will be out of the picture.
Welcome to the future.
Well cbxer55, I have seen you say a lot of things about others loosing there jobs and how it was all greedy business and they somehow deserved it. Well you know Karma is a bitch and it is a lot different when it hits closer to home.
Welcome to now.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by yeahbut » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 16:01:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cbxer55', 'F')riday my wife got laid off from her job as Payroll Secretary for one of the major waste hauling companies.
Today we get informed that G.E. is cancelling all of its orders for wind towers, that we were to start building in January. So I now have a 60 day notice for loss of my job.
Guess we will get to join all the others participating in this new economy. There are many houses in my neighborhood that are for sale, Many for a long time. So that will be out of the picture.
Welcome to the future.
Today we get informed that G.E. is cancelling all of its orders for wind towers, that we were to start building in January. So I now have a 60 day notice for loss of my job.
Guess we will get to join all the others participating in this new economy. There are many houses in my neighborhood that are for sale, Many for a long time. So that will be out of the picture.
Welcome to the future.
I'm sorry to hear that, cb, that's rough. The times are starting to bite among people close to me now. My friend's son(who was a bit lost and who we were concerned about)got a good job with a building contractor which he really enjoyed, he was learning a lot and kitting up with all the tools. He was recently laid off, along with most of the other guys there. He hasn't been able to find work since and is back to moping and getting into trouble, and we're back to worrying about him. My partner's son has a job with the local branch of one the world's larger computer companies and was about to start a training program which would have given him a lot of new skills and confirmed his position there, but the company is stopping all such programs as part of cost cutting. My mother-in-law has been babysitting and nannying for two families for about 7 years. It keeps her in spending money, and makes her feel busy, wanted and involved in the world. Unfortunately, one of the families earned it's living from real estate, the other from finance
They have both ended her employment in the last two weeks(the finance guy's wife didn't even speak to her- just left a note, pretty classy after bringing up her kids for seven years).
Other people suffering are members of my family who have an events catering business which has thrived and grown for years, and employs a lot of people but is now feeling the pinch big time as companys pull back- not too many xmas parties this year...
Personally I haven't been hit yet, but I'm sure I will. People start doing their own gardens and landscaping when times get real tough.
Anyway, hang in there cb, this sh*t will turn around.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by PenultimateManStanding » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 16:15:45
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('yeahbut', '
')Anyway, hang in there cb, this sh*t will turn around.
That's just it, this won't turn around. Things are bad and they will just get worse. Peak Oil. 9.1% depletion rate. We're screwed.')Anyway, hang in there cb, this sh*t will turn around.
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Re: Bad news comes in threes!
by emersonbiggins » Mon 03 Nov 2008, 16:18:01
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('yeahbut', 'A')nyway, hang in there cb, this sh*t will turn around.
That's just it, this won't turn around. Things are bad and they will just get worse. Peak Oil.These are just things that you say in order to... well, you know why people do it.
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