The company is out Source everything they can. I'm highly paid blue collar trades and that last of the in house people. We were told 7yrs ago we would the last touched and that has be true. I started then to get ready for now. Off to a meeting with senior management.
I'll be on the graph with you Drew maybe a party is needed.
jo6pac
Thanks jo6pac - good luck to you. Keep us posted. BTW, what 'trades' you in? Are there local openings for it near you? Nationally? Globally? Is there a future in the biz or is it dead end?
For example - I have a friend who is a welder (large structures & process equipment). If he got laid off tomorrow there would be HR people at his front door asking him to come to work for them. They would pay his full relocation expense if he agreed to go 'oil patch'.
On the other hand I know automation engineers w/ automotive experience who can only find work IF they agree to travel to Asia, Mexico or Eastern Europe - nothing domestic right now. If they don't agree to 'fly' they could be UE for the rest of the decade.
Anecdotal stories like yours are a lot more helpful when there is context & we are trying to get that (without asking for your personal info - we respect your anonymity). TIA.
Drew writes:
Actually, I've been enjoying it. Does that make me a bad person?
Yes. You arouse feelings of envy and you encourage daydreaming on the job.
I've got a couple of acquaintances who UE and enjoying the freedom. Sooner or later the money will run out and then we'll see. Both are single, of courde.
CR: On the graphs, I would find it very helpful if you included a secondary graph that just showed the last one or two years, instead of going back to 1929 or whatever.
The friend who just purchased an established auto repair biz needs three ASE techs. The biggest hurdle. His liability carrier requires random drug testing and a clean driving record(No major violations).
I just called him. Over 30 resumes,half of them not even qualified. The other half can't pass the drug test or driving check...BTW he'll pay 30-35/hr for someone with 10-15 years turning wrenches(ASE Master cert)...
My firm just let go about 35% of the staff. The remainder of us get 7% salary reductions and more work. We are retail/shopper insights consultants. It seems like the firm can't fire me for the remainder of 2008 due to the projects underway, but after that I question the firm's survival. There are certain fixed costs that have to be met to keep going. Gross revenues are down sharply, our margins are dropping and the cost of each new sale is growing.
CR -- Do these statistics get adjusted for population growth? Obviously, 375,000 new claims was more significant in 1989 than it is today because the labor force is much bigger.
The Homeland is creating so many bar/restaurant and health care jobs that unemployment claims have hit a permanently high plateau.
Those deadbeats should go get a job.
I'll know in late Aug if I'm going to be part of this graph.
jo6pac
The race to the bottom continues.
jo6pac writes:
I'll know in late Aug if I'm going to be part of this graph.
jo6pac
The race to the bottom continues.
jo6pac | 06.19.08 - 9:31 am | #
Why do you say that?
What part dryfly
The part about you losing your job!!maybe!!
I'm already in the graph... I think when I squint, I can see my personal datapoint!
Best of luck, jo6pac, and the same to you, Drew. It's no fun being a statistic!!
Actually, I've been enjoying it. Does that make me a bad person?
The company is out Source everything they can. I'm highly paid blue collar trades and that last of the in house people. We were told 7yrs ago we would the last touched and that has be true. I started then to get ready for now. Off to a meeting with senior management.
I'll be on the graph with you Drew maybe a party is needed.
jo6pac
I'll be on the graph with you Drew maybe a party is needed. - jo6pac
Good luck!!!
Thanks jo6pac - good luck to you. Keep us posted. BTW, what 'trades' you in? Are there local openings for it near you? Nationally? Globally? Is there a future in the biz or is it dead end?
For example - I have a friend who is a welder (large structures & process equipment). If he got laid off tomorrow there would be HR people at his front door asking him to come to work for them. They would pay his full relocation expense if he agreed to go 'oil patch'.
On the other hand I know automation engineers w/ automotive experience who can only find work IF they agree to travel to Asia, Mexico or Eastern Europe - nothing domestic right now. If they don't agree to 'fly' they could be UE for the rest of the decade.
Anecdotal stories like yours are a lot more helpful when there is context & we are trying to get that (without asking for your personal info - we respect your anonymity). TIA.
Drew writes:
Actually, I've been enjoying it. Does that make me a bad person?
Yes. You arouse feelings of envy and you encourage daydreaming on the job.
I've got a couple of acquaintances who UE and enjoying the freedom. Sooner or later the money will run out and then we'll see. Both are single, of courde.
CR: On the graphs, I would find it very helpful if you included a secondary graph that just showed the last one or two years, instead of going back to 1929 or whatever.
dryfly | 06.19.08 - 10:07 am |
The friend who just purchased an established auto repair biz needs three ASE techs. The biggest hurdle. His liability carrier requires random drug testing and a clean driving record(No major violations).
I just called him. Over 30 resumes,half of them not even qualified. The other half can't pass the drug test or driving check...BTW he'll pay 30-35/hr for someone with 10-15 years turning wrenches(ASE Master cert)...
Chris
Cobradriver: Looks like "barriers to entry" sometimes work both ways ...
Maybe that "scarcity" of "qualified" personnel is the very reason these guys are paid those amounts.
Who knows.
My firm just let go about 35% of the staff. The remainder of us get 7% salary reductions and more work. We are retail/shopper insights consultants. It seems like the firm can't fire me for the remainder of 2008 due to the projects underway, but after that I question the firm's survival. There are certain fixed costs that have to be met to keep going. Gross revenues are down sharply, our margins are dropping and the cost of each new sale is growing.
CR -- Do these statistics get adjusted for population growth? Obviously, 375,000 new claims was more significant in 1989 than it is today because the labor force is much bigger.