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Layoff day at work...

  • justincredible
    Got the news at noon today that 12 people throughout the company (4 in our office) were being laid off. I was safe, but it is pretty terrifying to think about now that my wife and I are down to just my income for the next year.
  • Lovejoy1984
    Not for me.


    Hope this helps.
  • Lovejoy1984
    But seriously, I feel your pain, ever since the planned Merger with TWC and Comcast, i've been on pins and needles.
  • Curly J
    They usually do the lay offs where I work on Thursday. Termination Thursday. You don't want to see any Invites in your email that day.
  • like_that
    justincredible;1654318 wrote:Got the news at noon today that 12 people throughout the company (4 in our office) were being laid off. I was safe, but it is pretty terrifying to think about now that my wife and I are down to just my income for the next year.
    Wife going to school or having a kid?

    At the worst, I feel like you are in a field you can find a job pretty quickly at least.
  • justincredible
    like_that;1654329 wrote:Wife going to school or having a kid?

    At the worst, I feel like you are in a field you can find a job pretty quickly at least.
    Grad school internship.

    Finding a job in my field isn't generally tough, and my brother-in-law is a tech recruiter so I'd like my chances if the day ever did come.
  • salto
    justincredible;1654333 wrote:Grad school internship.

    Finding a job in my field isn't generally tough, and my brother-in-law is a tech recruiter so I'd like my chances if the day ever did come.
    I'm sure if times get too rough for ya Justin you can always scrap all that iron fence in your back yard for some money.
  • derek bomar
    HighRoller74;1654320 wrote:But seriously, I feel your pain, ever since the planned Merger with TWC and Comcast, i've been on pins and needles.
    fuck both of those companies
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    Mrs. MB had to lay off a few people a few Fridays ago - very bad. One of the guys came to our house to try to get his job back...nothing we could do. Horrible situation all around.
  • adog
    As CEO's get richer..BS I say
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    CEO's aren't the problem, the problem is how expensive it is to hire people. Just healthcare costs alone will cost a business $10,000+/year.
  • sherm03
    Sucks to hear that Justin. Glad you're still good. Hopefully this is the only round of layoffs planned.
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    Manhattan Buckeye;1654365 wrote:CEO's aren't the problem, the problem is how expensive it is to hire people. Just healthcare costs alone will cost a business $10,000+/year.
    So they could only afford healthcare for 500 employees versus the total compensation of the CEO.

    Yeah... Healthcares the problem lol.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    ZWICK 4 PREZ;1654370 wrote:So they could only afford healthcare for 500 employees versus the total compensation of the CEO.

    Yeah... Healthcares the problem lol.
    The CEO of my wife's company has a $225K base. That isn't excessive by any means. Now he can make a multiple on bonus and stock options, but even then it isn't like all of us are rich. Stop listening to Michael Moore.
  • Belly35
    Bitch, Bitch about the rich ..... and how the boss get richer

    Quit your fucking job, use your fucking brain, take those fucking talent you say you have, put your fucking house, car and saving account up for collateral, deal with the fucking government on workmen comp, employer taxes, business tax, sale tax and a whole lot of fucking legal shit and start your own fucking business … its that fucking easy do it, then if and when the business makes it …. Then you’ll have a better understanding of why the boss/owner takes his cut… you chicken shit … it about risk = reward
  • Pick6
    A client's CEO brought in 60+ million last year crazy. Top 5 paid CEO

    edit: I have zero issue with what CEO's get paid, though.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    Larry Ellison?
  • HelloAgain
    Belly35;1654395 wrote:put your fucking house, car and saving account up for collateral
    Being successful and a reckless idiot aren't the same thing.
  • Pick6
    Manhattan Buckeye;1654397 wrote:Larry Ellison?
    W. Nicholas Howley
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    Yeah those are option/restricted stock payments. Howley might eventually get that, but it isn't as if he has a $60,000,000 salary.
  • Classyposter58
    Lol but the wealth gap isn't a problem guys. Like I said I'm not a liberal but when the top 1% have 20% of the wealth where as in 1970 it was only 7%. And thanks to Obama and the Dems in DC the Affordable Health Care Act this is going to continue widening
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    Manhattan Buckeye;1654372 wrote:The CEO of my wife's company has a $225K base. That isn't excessive by any means. Now he can make a multiple on bonus and stock options, but even then it isn't like all of us are rich. Stop listening to Michael Moore.
    Yeah b/c I said base and not total compensation. Stop being retarded.
  • Belly35
    Classyposter58;1654444 wrote:Lol but the wealth gap isn't a problem guys. Like I said I'm not a liberal but when the top 1% have 20% of the wealth where as in 1970 it was only 7%. And thanks to Obama and the Dems in DC the Affordable Health Care Act this is going to continue widening
    Dem want people to be poor and uneducated... that there voter base..

    more job cuts because of mandate to ObamaClusterFuck



    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/16/businesses-reported-cutting-jobs-due-to-obamacare/


    http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/090514-669013-obamacare-employer-mandate-a-list-of-cuts-to-work-hours-jobs.htm
  • friendfromlowry
    Belly35;1654463 wrote:Dem want people to be poor and uneducated... that there voter base..

    more job cuts because of mandate to ObamaClusterFuck



    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/16/businesses-reported-cutting-jobs-due-to-obamacare/


    http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/090514-669013-obamacare-employer-mandate-a-list-of-cuts-to-work-hours-jobs.htm
    No one cares. Speaking of uneducated, you're usually the one sounding retarded. "That there voter base"?
  • vball10set
    HighRoller74;1654320 wrote:But seriously, I feel your pain, ever since the planned Merger with TWC and Comcast, i've been on pins and needles.
    Which one you with now?
    derek bomar;1654353 wrote:fuck both of those companies
    Easy to say when they're not your employer.