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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:06 AM Original message |
"The company is closing in 18 months" |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's the exact same thing that happened to us in 2008. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 6 years ago it happened to another friend..only with 2 weeks' notice |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I wish you and yours a lot brighter future Fasttense. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. it's that 'there are no other jobs to run to' that's so frightening. nt |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. delete -- double post. nt |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. He is fortunate to have such long notice. The Hershey chocolate plant here in Reading, PA |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. he should consider himself lucky that he got that much notice. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No shit... my company gave us two weeks notice before shutting down. |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That bonus/severence at the end can become a millstone |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. It is truly pathetic that someone is considered "lucky" |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Who could work knowing in 18 months they won't have a job? question for the OP in text |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. They make vitamins. I am not sure exactly what HIS job is there |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm not saying it's possible to find a new job in 18 months BUT |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Practically every construction subcontractor.. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The whole point of construction, to put yourself out of a job |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. True for the mechanicals.... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. My comment was only partially toungue-in-cheek |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. After I built a house, a guy down the street was building one |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. The job goes almost every time to the lowest bidder.. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Hear hear. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The old "you get what you pay for" argument? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I've never done residential new construction.. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. It's good to know, because it lets you get resumes out without being unemployed. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. He's off to a good start |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. Welcome to the land of the 99's.................n/t |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's happening all over. |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. Thats happening to my friend, and she has been forced to train her departments replacements in india |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. But hey! the recession is over and has been for almost a year!!! |
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