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Started by Brock Samson, June 21, 2007, 09:10:52 PM

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Brock Samson

June 21, 2007, 09:10:52 PM


  & i don't mean the boss heard ya' making jokes about him at your Mc donalds when you were 16,..
I mean your Corp. HQ in N.Y. laid off 300 folks in an office of 420 and out sourced the work to India...
then reassigned the remaining workers with a hefty pay cut?..


   

pettyfan43

#1
June 21, 2007, 09:17:43 PM
NOt for that particular reason but YEAH it has happened!

moparsons

#2
June 21, 2007, 09:23:00 PM
Yeah...about 5 years ago I worked at a plant that made automotive wiring harnesses (mostly honda). They picked up and moved half the operation to Japan and the other half to Mexico. They just shut the doors. Left about 250 people outta work. The only one who kept his job was the plant manager who had to move his family to Mexico. It sucked to say the least. :down: :mad:

lumpy

#3
June 21, 2007, 10:19:19 PM
Getting laid off was the best thing that ever happened to me  as far as a job. I went from making $10/hr in a factory to a 65k/yr sales job. That led to real estate investing and early retirement (self employment) Point is, there are always better opps. out there.

dkn1997

#4
June 21, 2007, 10:35:12 PM
I've been laid off many times...minus the "off" part...
RECHRGED

Forza

#5
June 22, 2007, 12:22:30 AM
And minus the "laid" part, right? :icon_smile_big: :lol:

kab69440

#6
June 22, 2007, 12:54:33 AM
Yes, Brock. Incessantly. I had 6 jobs last year alone. That's just the way life goes around here, though. No big deal. Get laid off from one, go find another... Don't waste time worrying about it. It isn't that big a deal.
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Lowprofile

#7
June 22, 2007, 01:46:19 AM
Bro, that's one of the many reasons why I bought my own truck. I work when I want for who I want. I was never much of a 9 to 5 kinda guy anyways. It hasn't always been great, but I don't have to worry about my next paycheck.   :cheers:
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TruckDriver

#8
June 22, 2007, 05:41:58 AM
I get layed off every December til about April or May depending on the spring weather.
PETE

My Dad taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" :P

Hondo66charger

#9
June 22, 2007, 05:51:05 AM
Its about to happen to my wife and I, we both work for the same company  myself 20 years and  my wife 19 years.  the corporate honchos came in 2 weeks ago and said they are thinking about closing our plant and will give us thier decison by the end of June.

They claim  they own 6 plants doing the work that 5 plants could do and we make the most money  its cheaper to pay $8.00 an hour in south carolina and ship the merchandise to the north east than to keep paying $14.00 an hour in Pennsylvania .
We have some employees with over 30 years there.

My wife and I plan to drive tractor trailer after this is over.  If we like it we will buy our own rig  and work when we want.

Duane

NYCMille

#10
June 22, 2007, 07:36:13 AM
I am actually TRYING to get laid off, but the bastards at Citigroup want to keep me around... it's killing me.

PocketThunder

#11
June 22, 2007, 08:01:17 AM
Quote from: NYCMille on June 22, 2007, 07:36:13 AM
I am actually TRYING to get laid off, but the bastards at Citigroup want to keep me around... it's killing me.

Ya because they want to start using you and Mr. Angry in commercials!  :icon_smile_cool:  :rofl:   :rofl:
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

hemihead

#12
June 22, 2007, 09:19:01 AM
Everyone thought it was ok when the Unions got busted up and they sent the labor jobs out of the country but now they are sending the White Collar jobs overseas and everyone is getting upset. Oh well....   :shruggy:
Lots of people talkin' , few of them know
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jasonfromIKILLYA

#13
June 22, 2007, 09:25:31 AM
oh yeah.  it has turned out for the best though.  I was hired almost 2 years ago to run a painting company out here.  The guy who owns it is not a painter and bought the company because he just thought he could make money.  when he handed me the reigns it was grossing 875,000 a year.  March of 07 (a little over 1 year later) we hit 1.9 million.  we moved into a new building, almost trippled in business and employees, and then once it was running smoothly he "downsized my position".

I actually couldn't have asked for more.  He was Bi-polar and running that company on the basis of his mood swings SUCKED.  I got severance pay and now I work in the music industry which just got me closer to my passion anyway! 

so what happened man?  did you get canned?
"Great souls have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Einstein

Brock Samson

#14
June 22, 2007, 09:41:04 AM

http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/2007/06/ten-top-editors-out-at-san-francisco.html

   though this deals with the few top editors let go, crucial editors BTW,.. 80 rank and file reporters and editors are soon to depart...
or as they are now calling it,.. "released"...
  this is the third round of layoffs,.. the paper has been gutted over the past few years...
I grew up down there and it breaks my heart to see... i have much more of a personal involvment then most folks have with their place of employment.. it's been my family for more than the 25 yrs i've worked there..

So,..  i need advice... should ya' have any...  :scratchchin:
   

AKcharger

#15
June 22, 2007, 09:48:14 AM
No, not me

PocketThunder

#16
June 22, 2007, 10:16:08 AM
Quote from: Brock Samson on June 22, 2007, 09:41:04 AM

http://francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com/2007/06/ten-top-editors-out-at-san-francisco.html

   though this deals with the few top editors let go, crucial editors BTW,.. 80 rank and file reporters and editors are soon to depart...
or as they are now calling it,.. "released"...
  this is the third round of layoffs,.. the paper has been gutted over the past few years...
I grew up down there and it breaks my heart to see... i have much more of a personal involvment then most folks have with their place of employment.. it's been my family for more than the 25 yrs i've worked there..

So,..  i need advice... should ya' have any...  :scratchchin:
   

Let me guess, is your internet handle on that site "Anonymous"   :scratchchin:               :shruggy:                      :rofl:

You could start up your own website.  I assume the newspapers are loosing money to the internet so maybe there is a job for you on the internet somewhere.  Kind of like the old mining town days, when the town dries up you move on to the next town where business is booming.

Or if you want a job in construction, we are dying for Engineers, what do you know about petro-chemical refining? :popcrn:
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

Brock Samson

#17
June 22, 2007, 11:09:03 AM
  i wanted to be a auto designer when i was a kid,  :scratchchin: well till i got in to rock and roll anyhow,.. 
but when i got into college my severe dyslexia made anything beyond high school math impossible...
   and as ya' know they don't allow calculators in math class..
   I am open to suggestions, willing to go back to school,.. but I for now am tryin to get my mind around the idea of unemployment,..
I've had a job (at least one) ever since i was 12 years old...

Ponch ®

#18
June 22, 2007, 11:23:09 AM
Quote from: Lowprofile on June 22, 2007, 01:46:19 AM
. I work when I want for who I want. 

Damn...I didn't know Randy Moss was a member here! :icon_smile_big:
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nh_mopar_fan

#19
June 22, 2007, 12:48:22 PM
Couple times.

The first was after 16 years at the company. Compaq bought Digital and closed our plant. I got close to a years worth of severance and was working 2 months later.

The 2nd was 2 years later at a job that I had grown to hate. Left and started my own biz.

Charger1973

#20
June 22, 2007, 12:55:07 PM
Quote from: Brock Samson on June 22, 2007, 11:09:03 AM
  i wanted to be a auto designer when i was a kid,  :scratchchin: well till i got in to rock and roll anyhow,.. 
but when i got into college my severe dyslexia made anything beyond high school math impossible...
   and as ya' know they don't allow calculators in math class..
   I am open to suggestions, willing to go back to school,.. but I for now am tryin to get my mind around the idea of unemployment,..
I've had a job (at least one) ever since i was 12 years old...

Hey man its never too late.  Im just starting college at 26 after trying many different jobs and even a couple years in the Army.  I finally decided I better get with it if I ever want to make any decent money.  Oh and as for no calculators in math class...  thats BS  :P  We use them everyday in my Algebra class.  I thought I would fail this one and im 1/3 of the way through the class so far with an A... 103%  :2thumbs:

PocketThunder

#21
June 22, 2007, 01:27:47 PM
You could go to work for the Discover Channel and document the building of this bridge   http://enr.construction.com/news/intl/archives/070501.asp  maybe its time to move out of San Fran for a couple years  :scratchchin:  I hear the weather is nice over there.
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

PocketThunder

#22
June 22, 2007, 01:55:13 PM
Or if you want to stay in the Western Hemisphere you could document the expansion of the Panama Canal.  You seem to be good and taking pictures and, well, you are a journalist arent you?

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/index.html

"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

Charger_Fan

#23
June 22, 2007, 02:27:56 PM
Quote from: PocketThunder on June 22, 2007, 01:27:47 PM
You could go to work for the Discover Channel and document the building of this bridge   
Idiots. They should just hire Moses. He could part that thing again, then they could slap in some retaining walls while it's open & wah-lah! ;D

Sorry you're having to deal with this, Strat. I have my own little idea why some newspapers are having a rough go at it, but I ain't gonna turn this into a possible flame-fest. If you do need to leave, I hope another good opportunity presents itself & you end up happier in the end. :cheers:

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Charger_Fan

#24
June 22, 2007, 02:31:37 PM
Oooh! Since you're in the land of car magazine publishers, you should maybe check out the possibility of a columnist at a car mag. I bet you'd like that, yes? :2thumbs:
If they're full up, maybe there's an opening at a guitar mag, or a music mag, or...

The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

Neal_J

#25
June 22, 2007, 02:57:27 PM
Not to get too personal, but are you facing the prospect of the axe or are you already holding your head?

Sad to hear, regardless.  Even though lots of folks have been there before (many, many in the manufacturing sector as those jobs went overseas), it sucks when it happens to you.

Unemployent is not fun but try not to wallow in the emotions.  Decide what you want and go for it 100%.  Expect some rejection and try not to let it affect your ego, amigo.   Those that know you couldn't care less what job your have or don't have.

Hang in there,

Neal

Brock Samson

#26
June 22, 2007, 03:18:22 PM
right now im negotiating my buyout agreement with HR...
and simply praying for God's will not mine..
I'm sure things will work out,...
still appreciate your kind words and suggestions, what I need will come through,.. i think i may take some time off to travel some...
maybe rent a winnabego 'n go down to Baja... after the Charger Meet in Aug..

TUFCAT

#27
June 22, 2007, 07:43:09 PM
No worries Brock - - Cody doesn't have a job....and he's even got a Charger!   :scratchchin:

RD

#28
June 22, 2007, 07:52:46 PM
man stratman.. that sux... you could always attempt at finding a government job, no layoffs there :D  Move to Kansas.. I can find you a job  :2thumbs: that is my job is to find jobs for those who need jobs.  Do you have a disability other than dyslexia?  I know of programs that may help you (pm me if you are interested).
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Daytona R/T SE

#29
June 22, 2007, 10:29:38 PM
My job sucks. After 20 + years I'm thinking about quitting and weaving baskets from hemp and selling them out at the rest stop on Interstate 70 :smoke:

lumpy

#30
June 22, 2007, 10:30:14 PM
Just some ideas, if you have any money saved up or equity in your house you could start your own business or invest in real estate. I bought my first rental property for $50,000. It was a 6 unit apt. building that was a bit run down. I maxed out my  building supply credit card and fixed it up. Once I got it fully rented it brought in over $2,000 per month. I had the bank re appraise it, and bought my next 5 unit property with no money down!! I had two old cars and borrowed money against them to buy another property. In less than three years I had 9 properties and 33 total units, bringing in over 11k per month. I know it kinda sounds like an infomercial, but after getting laid off from the factory and going thru a bunch of other dead end jobs, I decided that i could do just as good or better doing my own thing. We sold off seven of the properties to invest in new housing here in Tucson AZ. I moved my family 1800 miles across the country from Iowa last year, only to have the real estate market out here crash !!! But not to worry, my wife bought a Salon and Spa business, I sold cars at Tucson Dodge until i got my dealers license, and now I go to auctions looking for cars nobody else wants and sell them on ebay!! I have also made a considerable amount of cash buying items at local auctions and selling them on ebay. Last year I bought out two old Chrysler dealerships of all their NOS parts and made a ton of money selling them on ebay. Say what you want about ebay, but I think that it's great. I don't beleive the hype of those infomercials, about how you can make millions, but I have a freind back in Iowa that has over 5000 old record albums listed currently. He makes enough that he quit his good paying state job. Another freind of mine here in Tucson, searches Craigslist twice a day for good deals and flips everything on ebay. He doesn't work and is paying for his girlfreind to go to the UofA. My recent venture is hauling back 6 18ft trailers from Dallas and selling them locally for a $600.00 profit each. I have made 4 trips and sold 23 trailers in the last 3 months. This is all because I couldn't find a nice steel bed car trailer at a decent price in Tucson. I know these type of ventures are not for everybody, but there are a million ways to make money, you just have to find something that interests you and that you have a passion about. Maybe its selling vacumn cleaners or opening up an ice cream shop, anything is possible. Good luck in whatever you decide to pursue.

Lowprofile

#31
June 22, 2007, 10:32:09 PM
Quote from: Ponch ® on June 22, 2007, 11:23:09 AM
Quote from: Lowprofile on June 22, 2007, 01:46:19 AM
. I work when I want for who I want. 

Damn...I didn't know Randy Moss was a member here! :icon_smile_big:


Thats just how I Roll Bro....... O0 :apimp: :D

I think you got the right Idea Strat.........take some time off, chill out for awhile, figure out what you really want to do with this part of your life......Change can be Good!  :2thumbs:
"Its better to live one day as a Lion than a Lifetime as a Lamb".

      "The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on."

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1993 Dodge Ram Charger
1998 Freightliner Classic XL

Brock Samson

#32
June 22, 2007, 11:16:38 PM
thanks guys. you all raise some interesting points and ideas,..  :scratchchin:
i knew many of you had been thru this before, some more than once...
funny, how attached i am to what job i have, & toys i own.  :shruggy:
it really calls into play my faith in a higher power...
I heard once men define themselves by their work while women tend to most value their relationships.
i am so blessed to have my health and good friends, your not gonna find me pouting about this.  :icon_smile_wink:
It's Grand Adventure & I belive I will come out of this alot better for it...  :yesnod:

still takin tips if ya' wanna share...   :popcrn:

thanks ! 

2Gunz

#33
June 23, 2007, 05:52:44 AM


Ive never been laid off, however about 8 years ago I had to make the agonizing
decision to quit my full time job.

It was stressing me out for like 12 bucks an hour. So I just up and quit.

No new job, no prospects, no f'ing clue what I was going to do.
But for my sanity I had to leave.

I now make $45 - 55 an hour, have a bright future and will soon start making more money.
And better yet, I REALLY like my job.

Best thing I ever done for my career period.


My advice.....  When one door closes nail that bitch shut and look for the next open one and
never look back.

And another interesting observation about work and the money part. You will make however much
you can convince other people that you are worth.

If ya think you are are worth $12 bucks an hour thats what you will make.
If you think you are worth $50 bucks an hour thats what you will make.

Within reason of course, but you get the idea.


And me personally I wouldnt go lolly gaggin around killing time in a camper.

Get a new job as soon as you can, good jobs are hard to get and it could
take a long time to find something.

So save the cash, get a job, and on your first vacation time do something
extra nice with your saved money.



TK73

#34
June 23, 2007, 10:17:27 AM
The Army is hiring; room, board, monthly check, travel expenses paid, free training, clothing allotment, medical...
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Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

Charger1973

#35
June 23, 2007, 11:41:58 AM
Quote from: TK73 on June 23, 2007, 10:17:27 AM
The Army is hiring; room, board, monthly check, travel expenses paid, free training, clothing allotment, medical...

They even toss in a tax free vacation to sunny Iraq!   :2thumbs:

68chrgrwife

#36
June 23, 2007, 01:58:07 PM
Quote from: TK73 on June 23, 2007, 10:17:27 AM
The Army is hiring; room, board, monthly check, travel expenses paid, free training, clothing allotment, medical...

Unfortunatly I think Dave is too old for that...even for reserves.....
MOPAR OR NO CAR BABY!
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2008 DODGE CHARGER
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dkn1997

#37
June 23, 2007, 03:57:24 PM
As depressing as it is, think about all of the people who lose jobs without buyouts or severance...you will get a better job.  My brother got canned after 15 years at the same place.  He had really grown to hate that job towards the end.  He got a new job, a bit less money, but he loves it. 

RECHRGED

Big Lebowski

#38
June 23, 2007, 04:19:14 PM
  Try being a remodeling carpenter, we get laid off after every job. That's why being self employed is so cool, because you can keep your own work lined up.
    The last jack ass I worked for always came at lunch time to harass us. After a 5 min. lunch break, he says "Well are you ladies gonna sit in the shade all day or get back to work?"...So I said..."Oh I don't know, I might go play the back nine at that golf course down there." So he said..."Well that can be arranged" And he did, he..."laid me off" that afternoon.
     I took it well by saying..."F U you cranky old slave driver, I've quit better jobs than this. 6 am to 6 pm. w/ no lunch break in 98* mountain air. Go F#^$ yourself." as I walked out.
                                  That's the attitude to have about being laid off, screw them.
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Brock Samson

#39
June 23, 2007, 04:54:07 PM
well i got a few ideas i'm fleashing out,..
but i want to make sure my reach doesn't exceed my grasp...  :icon_smile_wink:
and as for "Lollygagging"  :smilielol:  i get where your commin from 2 gunz, but after 37 years of workin' i think  :scratchchin: i deserve some R & R...
even if it's only a month or six weeks...    :shruggy:

Big Lebowski

#40
June 23, 2007, 05:31:25 PM
  Ever seen the movie Office Space?..."They they they got my stapler...they moved my desk again...I didn't get my paycheck...that's the final straw"  :D
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

jasonfromIKILLYA

#41
June 24, 2007, 10:05:52 PM
Quote from: Big Lebowski on June 23, 2007, 05:31:25 PM
  Ever seen the movie Office Space?..."They they they got my stapler...they moved my desk again...I didn't get my paycheck...that's the final straw"  :D

"damn it feel good to be a gangsta"

CLASSIC movie!
"Great souls have always received violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Einstein

Mean 318

#42
June 24, 2007, 10:50:47 PM
yes I was last year. The human resources lady decided I was a "risk" to keep on since I was attending college. mind you that my school schedule and work schedule never caused a problem. nor did I ever miss a day or come in late. I plan on working there for at least 5 years. My boss also asked her numerous times what it would take to be able to keep me. But I had enough cash put away to take a month and a half off, buy my carb and build my trans!

Brock Samson

#43
June 24, 2007, 11:09:21 PM
i don't think they can legaly let you go for attending classes if the schedules work...  :shruggy:
wanna sue?..

Rocky

#44
June 25, 2007, 02:30:01 AM
Quote from: Brock Samson on June 24, 2007, 11:09:21 PM
i don't think they can legaly let you go for attending classes if the schedules work...  :shruggy:
wanna sue?..

But he was deemed a "risk".

Where do I get one of these BS consulting jobs?

Brock Samson

#45
June 25, 2007, 09:21:51 AM
 :lol:  there's a book called "Consulting for Dummies" you don't have to read it, ya' just have to flip through it... .... :scratchchin:

Brock Samson

#46
July 03, 2007, 11:07:36 AM
  So it's finally here, my last after 25 years...   :eek2:
   But it's not bad,  i got a great buyout with a year's salary and 18 mos cobra (health plan with Kaiser) plus my severance.
  Meanwhile,.. The paper in San Jose yesterday laid off over 40 folks and they just got pink slips,..   :-\
     I allready got some great leads on other jobs,.. And overall I think it's good I broaden my horizons...   :2thumbs:
  Thanks for your support folks, it's been kinda' scary but your experiance and tips and advice did alot to encourage me.
  So, it's all good!  :icon_smile_big:

PocketThunder

#47
July 03, 2007, 01:47:28 PM
Does this mean your going to Carlisle this weekend?
"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

BMOTOXSTAR

#48
July 03, 2007, 01:59:49 PM
 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
73' Dodge Rallye Charger 400/4BBL
06' Dodge Ram Quad Cab 4X4 HEMI
15' Dodge Dart 2.7 SXT

Rocky

#49
July 03, 2007, 02:02:35 PM
Time to put that hitch on your car and get a little trailer.  Go out on the road and then write your book  "Travles with Charger"  :cheers:

dodgecharger-fan

#50
July 03, 2007, 02:04:30 PM
Good deal!

Now, go someplace where they can give you a decent phone to work with!

ROSSERMED

#51
July 03, 2007, 02:18:25 PM
Things happen for a reason Bro. Just keep on keepin'on :2thumbs:
Ben

Neal_J

#52
July 03, 2007, 03:25:41 PM
So sorry to hear, Dave.  I heard the report on the Merc layoffs this morning on KTVU and thought of you.

Hang in there and remember that when one door closes, another always opens.  Stay upbeat, amigo.

Your pal,

Neal

Neal_J

#53
July 03, 2007, 03:28:42 PM
Oh yea, I almost forgot one very impotant thing: 

STEAL YOUR WEIGHT IN OFFICE SUPPLIES on the way out!~

Neal
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