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Wendy
@jerzgirl (9384)
• United States
18 Sep 23
Two Fridays ago, my daughter was laid off, after only being back to work for two weeks. They offered her a month's severance, so we thought we'd be good to go once unemployment kicked in. Midway through the next week, the old job...
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Mohammed Karjatwala
@karjatwala (1120)
• Pune, India
29 Apr 16
In these days of lay offs and a bad economy the wise thing to do is not work for one person. As a freelancer one can have as many clients as you want and even if a couple of them lay you off, you are not jobless. You can add more...
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seren3
@seren3 (387)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Sep 15
Hewlett Packard has announced it will lay off 30,000 people soon. That will save them 3 Billion a year. I wonder how many jobs are going off shore.
For now I will not buy any HP products. It doesn't matter how much I may have...
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Katie Vasquez
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
16 Nov 11
This is a problem I've been having with Tan lately. He lost his job on the first of this month. While I understand that it is a frustrating situation, I am even more frustrated than him, since he busies himself with things other...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
15 Aug 11
So, since they are a business, and have to make money to stay in business, they are doing something that businesses do in such situations... they are laying off workers.
42 Employees of WEAC, (Wisconsin's largest Teachers...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
29 Jun 11
They call each other "brother" and "sister" in the union, but where is the "brotherhood" when those who knew they wouldn't lose their jobs voted against the jobs of those without tenure?
Gov. Walker's newly signed budget gave...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
21 Apr 11
Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker submitted a budget repair bill that included measures to allow cities, counties and school districts to reduce expenses without laying off workers. The unions and their members are fighting the...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
24 Jul 09
Today, the few people making the federal minimum wage get an (up to) 70 cent/hr raise. That's great for those getting it!
Not such a good day for those whose minimum wage jobs will disappear so the others can get a...
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maiyhenzkee
@maiyhenzkee (682)
• United States
23 Mar 09
I recently visited a friend of mine. She got laid off from one of the popular companies in the bay area. She worked as a Human Resources Assistant.
Weeks before getting laid off, she was asked to write down in details, step by...
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amabellaagustin
@amabellaagustin (4)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
I was lay off and I want suggestions on how can I survived with this 13t pesos separation pay. Good luck to me.
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jkennedy215
@jkennedy215 (6)
• United States
9 Mar 09
People and businesses all over the world have been going through some very rough times lately. The unemployment rate has skyrocketed and businesses have been shutting down or laying off record amount of people. I myself am...
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KimarasKuteKreations
@hardworkingmom (1130)
• United States
26 Jan 09
I'm sitting here listening to Foxnews and they are stating that Sprint is laying off 8000 people, 7000 people from HomeDepot, & now Caterpillar is going to layoff some poeple also mainly contractor.
I'm sitting here like WOW, I...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
9 Dec 08
The anti Prop 8 crowd in California is really doing their part for the economic woes of that state. I have to hand it to them, they have come up with a way to make it easier for management to decide who should get the ax when lay...
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justin0101
@justin0101 (102)
• United States
26 Oct 08
The Center for Union Facts is offering the nation's 10 worst teachers $10,000 to quit their jobs. It claims teachers unions are ruining education for kids by sheltering bad teachers. The National Education Assciation claims...
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