Things are starting to look a bit grim at my employer. Layoffs are surely right around the corner. I don't think I'll be impacted, but if/when layoffs do occur, the morale will tank and it won't be that fun/carefree work place anymore! :nono:
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Things are starting to look a bit grim at my employer. Layoffs are surely right around the corner. I don't think I'll be impacted, but if/when layoffs do occur, the morale will tank and it won't be that fun/carefree work place anymore! :nono:
I hope everyone here gets to keep their job. No idea about mine but I am not going to worry ahead of time. I am in pretty comfortable position in that I do not have a family so I don't have to worry about wife and/or kids.
I am hiring a few... :ne_nau:
My roommate is unemployed and thinks he has a better chance of finding work in California (really he just wants to play volleyball on the beach) so he's selling his motorcycle and moving out there (dumb if you ask me).
So I have to find a new roommate or a new place to live. Damn. :frustrated:
Things are tight around here these days. No word about layoffs...yet.
We have had several customers go out of business, and several others who have not paid in a while. My company is still doing well, but we have stopped growing.
What erks me is that I feel so lucky to have a job and feel like my fate is intertwined with my co-workers. And I feel like several of my co-workers are lazy and could care less what happens to my company. I hate seeing them do nothing at work, while I pick up their slack.
Things are alright at work. They just had a $12M budget cut from the IT dept and nobody is getting raises this June. They've cut out all travel and most of the training budget, so we're starting to feel it somewhat. All I can do is keep my head down and do a good job on the projects I'm handed. There's some people you just don't want to be on their radar, ya know? While some folks are paid less than they're worth, it sucks. For me, I'm paid more than I'm worth (skills wise anyways) and I know it. So, I ride the gravy train and try to pick up what I can just in case I ever have to justify my existance to the company. :eek2:
Props to you for being able to recognize that. Good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by ilanimaka
Well I sopoke to soon, we just laid off laid off 10 people. Thank goodness I wasn't one of them.
The company that owns my newspaper, CNHI, announced yesterday that all employees will be required to take five unpaid "recession days" in the second quarter. This was designed to avoid any layoffs. Presumably, if things pick up, they won't have to do it again this year. Wait and see. I am glad no one lost their jobs.
-R
I work at a small/medium financial institution and we have had a large increase in bankruptcy
Uh oh. My company just sent out an email saying we need to be better if we are going to make it.
"The state of the economy is having a negative impact on our business...."
Scary times :)
My company decided to get out of the business area that our SLC site is in. This means I will be out of the job by the end of the year at the latest, heh. So if anybody has a need for a technical writer or a beer taster I am your man! :2thumbs:
Things have improved for us. We're now back to full staff, revenues are back up and we're hoping for the best but prepared if things change for the worse again.
Edited to add: And I've just added two contract-to-hire staff to my team.
Sorry to hear that! Good luck to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by KapitanSparrow
My company fired the two people who were kind of dragging us down in March and we are doing much better now. Thankfully.
Here's an update. I am still employed for the time being, heh. However, I realized something today. If I do get the boot, at least I won't have to sit next to the moron who called her mother on the phone and said, "Mom, how do you spell "favor?" :frustrated: Few days later she called to find out how to spell "bridge". Morons, morons, morons!
You should buy her a dictionary as a parting gift. :roflol: Hey Mom's they know everything!Quote:
Originally Posted by KapitanSparrow
Good news for southeast Utah.
The company I work for will be hiring about 50 people in the next few weeks...mostly heavy equipment operators.
:2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:
How about an update?
On my end things have picked up quite a bit. We just hired about 50 people. Heavy equipment arrives on site this week, and operations officially re-start a week from today. There's an air of heightened optimism around here these days.
We launched a product the other day and had our highest sales day in history. Good sign. It seems to be sustaining. :2thumbs: