NFT: The economy, the recession and your job.

[BigVE]

How goes it? I work for a company that builds mono-clave sterilizers. We sell to all types of medical facilities that include laboratories, hospitals, clinics and MANY universities. The writing is on the wall with my employer...sales are way down with nothing big on the horizon. A few layoffs have already happened and then today we just got a memo about all wages/salaries for 2009 being froze at the 2008 rate and that the company would suspend their matching 401k contributions. After the 1st qtr it looks very lean. Who knows what the future holds but for right now we are holding our breath and hoping our sales team can pull through. Very few jobs are recession proof....how is yours?

[munkey]

Originally Posted by BigVE

Is this Harry or Lloyd?

One of my favorites:

Harry: I can't believe we drove around all day, and there's not a single job in this town. There is nothing, nada, zip!
Lloyd: Yeah! Unless you wanna work forty hours a week.

[KcFanInGA]

I havent been able to find a job since December 08. If anyone knows anyone in GA my kids would love to eat!! Nah, we are ok but not for long, seriously ChiefsPlanet, lend me a hand if you can.

[Iowanian]

How many places have you applied in the month of April?

Which city, what skills?

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by Scaga

Yeah....try working for Cessna Aircraft.
Yet another round of layoffs yesterday (1600 out the door) and another 600-700 coming in the end of June. Then we get 4 weeks off.

Still got a paycheck so I'm one of the lucky ones!

I'm in the aerospace world, too. We had a 12% reduction about six weeks ago (5000 employee company). The rest of us are having to work longer hours to keep up with new projects. It really sucks. We don't rely too much on general aviation which has really been stung, but some good, smart people were let go. Some of them earning 100K+/year plus excellent benefits. I know that's a huge void for them to try to fill.

[KcFanInGA]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

How many places have you applied in the month of April?

Which city, what skills?

For April, 15 jobs so far. Cartersville GA is my city, but I'd drive a loooong way to get a check right now. Unfortunately, I am not finished with college yet, so that hinders me a bit, my skills are in manufacturing (railroad cars, tires, etc.) and retail/customer service. i'd appreciate any leads people. Go Chiefs!