Layoffs

[wart57]

So today I am working away, when I look behind me and the boss is standing there with the lady who sits next to me in my cubicle, and they start clearing out her desk, and out the door she goes. She and 3 other people on our floor, and 650 company wide went to work this morning without a care, and now they are looking for work, just like that. My desk is being absorbed by 5 people, and my job duties are changing for the 4 time in the last year. But at least I still have a job. I think I need to get my resume together and start looking for a new job.

[docellis]

Scary...yuck.

What is the industry?

[wart57]

Scary...yuck.

What is the industry?

Grocery industry. I am a produce buyer.

[docellis]

I was just reading about how much food prices were rising...some article about how restaurants and other vendors were going to have to raise prices...

[wart57]

I was just reading about how much food prices were rising...some article about how restaurants and other vendors were going to have to raise prices...

The price of fuel and labor is going way up. All that food needs to be transported. The immigrant work force that picks and packs most produce is drying up because of strict labor laws. I only see much higher prices in the future.

[docellis]

I guess that means more gardens?

[Radbird]

Good luck, wart. I think everyone needs an updated resume these days.

Glad to hear that you survived this round.

[wart57]

Good luck, wart. I think everyone needs an updated resume these days.

Glad to hear that you survived this round.

Thanks, my nerves almost didn't make it, they were just coming around picking people off, no-body knew what the hell was going on. Very nerve wracking day.

[Leroy]

Good luck, wart. I think everyone needs an updated resume these days.

Glad to hear that you survived this round.

Thanks, my nerves almost didn't make it, they were just coming around picking people off, no-body knew what the hell was going on. Very nerve wracking day.

Go into weed. Much more money and job security. You stand of chance of getting off'd sometimes, but high risk equals high reward.

[jim]

We are bracing for layoffs, and I have to take 4 unpaid weeks off this year to help with a massive budget shortfall. The layoffs are just a black cloud - nobody knows yet how many, where they will come from, or when it will happen.

Glad you made it through wart.