V8 Beast Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/12/01/daily30.html Making huge profits with the iphone and still having to cut jobs. This shocked the mess out of me when I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Job security has always been a myth. That is why I choose not to be an employee. I would rather rely on myself. When you are an employee, you are relying on the companies ability to go out and provide you work. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Mine is secure, unless tons of huge places can go without heat/ac. lulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Job security has always been a myth. That is why I choose not to be an employee. I would rather rely on myself. When you are an employee, you are relying on the companies ability to go out and provide you work. No thanks. You speak the truth. Either they are trying to find a way to get rid of some of the union, or they are not managing their finances properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 You speak the truth. Either they are trying to find a way to get rid of some of the union, or they are not managing their finances properly. Plus paying taxes as an employee sucks. I like to buy things plasma Tvs for the office with pretax money *cough, cough, wink, wink* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Plus paying taxes as an employee sucks. I like to buy things plasma Tvs for the office with pretax money *cough, cough, wink, wink* Get me one.. for your office... that I keep at my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Mine is secure, unless tons of huge places can go without heat/ac. lulz So, you must work for one of our competitors, who might that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourString Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Job security has always been a myth. That is why I choose not to be an employee. I would rather rely on myself. When you are an employee, you are relying on the companies ability to go out and provide you work. No thanks. Truth. I hope I can say that for myself one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 So, you must work for one of our competitors, who might that be? Ingersoll Rand/Trane Who do you work for? Not welding anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Everyone is feeling it....small, medium, large companies....in some way are feeling it and looking to streamline. Scary shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 http://blogs.reuters.com/summits/2008/12/04/diller-to-profitable-companies-lay-off-the-layoffs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 http://blogs.reuters.com/summits/2008/12/04/diller-to-profitable-companies-lay-off-the-layoffs/ unfortunately there are a lot of companies using 'these times' as the excuse and reasoning behind getting rid of folks. it's more politically acceptable to wipe out the expense of higher paid senior folks today that it was just a few years ago when times were good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Well Limited Brands seems to be doing well, they keep sending a ton of candles for me to test. So I'm not complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 AT&T is actually losing a shit-ton of customers on the land-line side of things. Basically, who the hell needs a landline when you have a cell-phone? And dial-up internet is slowly dying out, so there goes another reason to keep a landline. At the same time, AT&T and Cingular, who they bought out, are losing market-share to Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, and all the various smaller cell companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Secure. You wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 AT&T is actually losing a shit-ton of customers on the land-line side of things. Basically, who the hell needs a landline when you have a cell-phone? And dial-up internet is slowly dying out, so there goes another reason to keep a landline. At the same time, AT&T and Cingular, who they bought out, are losing market-share to Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, and all the various smaller cell companies. AT&T made way more money than Verizon Wireless last Quarter, and are in position to do the same this quarter. They are also growing their cusotmer base at a nice pace. The landline side is losing a hell of a lot of customers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc5.0 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Everyone is feeling it....small, medium, large companies....in some way are feeling it and looking to streamline. Scary shit. honestly, nothing has changed in my business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 honestly, nothing has changed in my business... Ditto. Our department is growing and turned the highest profit for our company (which is HUGE). Also, there are only like 17 of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Ingersoll Rand/Trane Who do you work for? Not welding anymore? You should transfer down here. There is a huge IR facility on the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 honestly, nothing has changed in my business... I am noticing the insurance carriers are getting a little slower to pay. Seems like they are trying to hold on to $$ a little longer. Since insurance companies put the premiums into investments, I am sure they are hurting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 You should transfer down here. There is a huge IR facility on the lake. I'll check job openings down there on Sunday. I hate what I do here anyway. Edit: Doesn't look like anything all that cool right now, but I can only see what non-employees see for job postings until I go in to the office. I'll have to look again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I was at the gm plant putting in new automatic press' that the workers all cried for. Job security, oh the irony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Ingersoll Rand/Trane Who do you work for? Not welding anymore? I still have the same gig at Speer Mechanical. We sell, install, and service some of your units. As far as job security, I'm not worried. There is only a small handful of people that can do what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I still have the same gig at Speer Mechanical. We sell, install, and service some of your units. As far as job security, I'm not worried. There is only a small handful of people that can do what I do. Speer mechanical hugh. Do you work at the shop or in the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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