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Rachel @rachelennia (211) • Montego Bay, Jamaica 3 Aug 20

Just curious! How much EMERGENCY savings do you have? If you lose your job, did you blow through it during the past few months? What is everyone doing who’s laid off?

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Thank God He's Back To Work

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 10 Jul 20

My husband was laid off for 3 weeks. There was concern that the plant might shut down completely. One of the other plants did, but it is in California which is spiking with Covid. When my husband came home from work last night he...

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Never love your company or the work you do.

Bella @BellaEdward (215) • India 3 Jun 20

Go to work, just do your work the way you expect and leave. Dont give so much of your extra effort to make sure the work is perfectly done. Because, when they will tell you to take a break without any pay for 4 months, its...

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Staples Lays Off More Employees

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 28 Jan 16

This past Monday senior and junior Corporate employees were handed their pink slips. It is being said they are trying to steamline their structure and there will be various other leadership changes coming. The chairman and CEO...

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More Layoffs!

BigDreamer @kellyr634 (416) • United States 26 Jan 16

We have had two more people laid off at my company. Two of our drivers had to be let go. Wish the price of oil would go up just a little! I hate seeing anyone getting laid off. I knew these guys and they both have families to...

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Jobs for Teenagers

TrvlArrngr @TrvlArrngr (4044) • United States 3 Jul 12

my son just turned 18 and graduated high school. He cannot find a part time or full time job. Even the fast food places are hiring adults over kids these days. I think it is because so many older people have lost their jobs and...

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American Express Closing their Greensboro NC Center

TrvlArrngr @TrvlArrngr (4044) • United States 22 Jan 11

Have you heard they are closing the American Express Credit Card Center in Greensboro NC. It has over 2000 employees and will close down by 12/31/11. It will be devastating for the economy of the area. I have a few friends that...

proper motivation for work?

vjenkins86 @vjenkins86 (1478) • United States 5 Feb 10

okay yesterday my boyfriend calls me from work and tells me that one of his bosses told everyone that they will be laying off people because of the economy and the government wasnt going to give them as much money in grants. of...

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Raise in Minimum Wage...More Layoffs?

happyness3 @happyness3 (394) • United States 24 Jul 09

Do you think that with the raise of minimum wage, people will be experiencing layoffs to offset the cost? I know when we went through the last major minimum wage hike, we upped the prices of the products that we sold to offset the...

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The big city near me is laying off police officers

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 8 Jul 09

I live near Dayton, Ohio, which one article I read said was one of the most violent in the nation. I wouldn't go that far, but I'm awfully glad I don't live there! Violence is escalating there. So the city is laying off 11 police...

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Work at half salary or loose job. What do you guys say?

narainsa @narainsa (25) • India 28 Jun 09

Hi all, i have been working for this company since the last 2 years. Have been doing good work. For my latest project, which got over a week back, i was also recognised by my client for excellent work quality. That was a week...

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Have you ever been laid off?

b17105 @b17105 (7) • United States 28 Mar 09

Have you ever been laid off? I realize the economy is brutal right now, but being laid off was probably the worst thing I've experienced in my life thus far. I got laid off a week before Christmas from the coolest job I've ever...

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Are you optimistic about the future of our economy?

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 26 Mar 09

I am usually not a pessimistic person. However the future of our economy is one area that I tend to see getting much worse before it ever gets better. I look around where I live and see business after business closing down. On the...

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You know the times are bad when 700 people apply for 1 janitors job

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 8 Mar 09

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29574766/ [i]"MASSILON, Ohio - Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up at an Ohio school which has nearly 700 applications for one open janitorial job. Officials at Perry Local Schools...

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HSBC Another Bank Lender In Trouble

vmenard @vmenard (895) • United States 2 Mar 09

HSBC out of England is the latest in a long line of banks that are in trouble financially. To attempt to keep the company afloat, HSBC has eliminated over 6,000 jobs in the US. The company will reduce it's lending practices...

More layoffs in my area...

tlb0822 @tlb0822 (1410) • United States 21 Feb 09

It sad to say that there are more layoffs coming to the area where I live. My fiance is already laid off. He has been laid off for about two months, and things don't seem to look like they are going to get better any time soon. A...

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Feeling the recession.

Corimore @Corimore (249) • United States 9 Feb 09

Lately I had thought we were lucky we had not been effected so much by the recession. Well I was wrong. My husband got laid off on Friday. Has the recession hit any other mylotters out there. What are you doing about it.

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Getting out of debt

angusthethird @angusthethird (515) • United States 7 Feb 09

How many of you are in hock up to your ears right now? How are you coping, especially in these hard economic times? C'mon, don't be embarrassed about it? It happens to the best of us. At any time, medical bills, credit card...

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Laid off due to economy?

raivenx17 @raivenx17 (67) • United States 12 Jan 09

Just looking to start a discussion to see how many of us have been laid off due to the failing economic conditions around the world. It seems like here in my city, there are many big companies either cutting their workforce or...

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Employee survey

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 17 Dec 08

So my organization is going through this process. We're outsourcing IT and people are either being retained, released or rebadged (get offer from new company, become their employee). And right in the middle of this, the annual...