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A kick in the nuts...over 150 (30% salary) people fired, 5% pay cut...ZERO pay raises

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Originally posted by: PowerEngineer

Sorry to hear about your setback. I'm tempted to suggest that you might hang in there for a year or two to see if things will turn around, but I don't have that much hope for the domestic auto makers. Are there any jobs with Toyota in Goergetown that'd suit you?

Good luck.
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move there and you'll be close enough that I can start teaching you how to drink
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Go get some beer and spruce up your resume. Don't start drinking with hard alcohol.
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HELL NO! Start with some sweet "girly-drinks" that taste good and don't fuck you up too fast. As long as you don't over-do it, the sweet syrupy stuff won't give you a bad hangover. (yes, too much will leave you worshipping the porcelain god whose name is RALPH! 😀
I never did develop a taste for beer. I can drink it, but I really don't like it. If I buy a 12 pack, 9 of them get used for beer can chicken.

Engineer...sorry to hear about the job misfortunes. I've been through very similar situations over the years, and there's no way around the fact that it sux.

Definitely time to polish the resume and start looking. Maybe the job you declined before might be a good interim place to start. (you can always bail if it turns to shit too)

Sometimes a bad job is better than no job, but usually only for as long as it takes to find a better job. I've bounced from job to job all my life, working from a union hiring hall, and know allegiance to no company. IME, there isn't a single one that would hesitate to do to you exactly what yours did if it meant saving a bit of money for the bottom line, or to pad some CEO's golden parachute. (fucking cocksuckers):| They want/demand your loyalty to them...but they show you ZERO loyalty. That used to be one of the great things about this country...people worked for the same company their entire career. They took care of the company, the company took care of them. No so nowadays.
Fuck the corporations.
 
If you don't get paid for OT, don't work OT. Is that an option?

I didn't know OT existed for salaried employees. I sometimes have to work crazy amounts of hours but don't get any extra compensation since I'm salaried.
 
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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WTF?
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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go troll somewhere else asswipe!

 
Since the US dollar is worth shit right now, how easy is it for foreign companies from countries of favorable exchange rates to employ US personnel within the US?
 
Originally posted by: Sinsear
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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WTF?
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YASphinxnihpsP
 
Well, at least you're in a safe position. You've got a house paid off and a marketable career. Keep working to pay the bills, but I would start looking.

If you call up the company that was interested in hiring you and explain that your situation has changed they may help you out.
 
Originally posted by: Sinsear
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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WTF?
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McDonald's employee.
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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I would be glad to beat the living shit out of you right now, you fucking prick. Right now would be a good time for you to crash into a tree and die in a slow, smoldering fire. Asshole!

Edit: Fuck you!
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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This is the most retarded comment I've ever heard.
 
Originally posted by: Cattlegod
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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This is the most retarded comment I've ever heard.
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What program do you use to turn text into sound?
<ignore this Juno>


:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: Cattlegod
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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This is the most retarded comment I've ever heard.
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You should see his other posts.
 
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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I would be glad to beat the living shit out of you right now, you fucking prick. Right now would be a good time for you to crash into a tree and die in a slow, smoldering fire. Asshole!

Edit: Fuck you!
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:thumbsup: for the edit.

Sorry about the situation Engineer, good luck, but at least your still employed. I spend most of my days right now waiting for a person to show up at my cube with a empty box for my stuff. Good times. :beer:
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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hey look, its a moron
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: AlienCraft
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
I hope your company expect turnover on top of hte people that they already got rid of.
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Absolutley they do.
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You should all quit on the same day
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LOL. About half of the people (all skilled trade machine, tool and die builders) on the floor have 35 years or more (up to 42) years experience. They could all retire, and many could make almost as much as they do now, since there is no overtime right now (even with jobs piling up).
 
Look at it as a wake up call, you might find better job now that you have more experience. Lighten up man, just don't buy any xmas gifts this year 🙂
Are you in Michigan ?
 
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: Casawi
Are you in Michigan ?
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Thank God NO!
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Hey! While our job market may be in the crapper, our state still is pretty effin' beautiful. Northern part of the Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula for the win.

Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor are doing pretty well for themselves (Quite a bit of growth, you should see the GR skyline! GR is building tall buildings, where as Detroit is slowly demolishing everything.) GR can thank the Devos and VanAndels and all the other filthy rich philanthropists who are building our city and providing non-manufacturing jobs to the area.
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
gee whining from fat underworked overpaid american workers

personally i can't wait until china and the free market give the land of the "entitled victim" the kick in the nuts wakeup it needs.

as far as the free market goes, i'm sure you can find some other company willing to pamper your ass and shower you with all the riches you so desire and deserve.

and severance, lol, look up "at will".
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What's fair wage?

$3 hr?

$2 hr?

$1 hr?

25 cents?

You and your buds talk the talk but never say what the wage should be.
 
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