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Topic: State of affairs
Lily0923 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 20429	Sat 08/30/08 08:00 AM
My friend works at Roadways headquarters in Akron and he told me yesterday they laid off 300 people with no warning... Told them before lunch and escouted them out. WTF is going on with this economy?

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Sat 08/30/08 08:04 AM
On the brink of meltdown.

MLG40 Joined Sat 10/07/06 Posts: 501	Sat 08/30/08 08:05 AM
My friend works at Roadways headquarters in Akron and he told me yesterday they laid off 300 people with no warning... Told them before lunch and escouted them out. WTF is going on with this economy? Just one word... Politics

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 08/30/08 08:06 AM
My friend works at Roadways headquarters in Akron and he told me yesterday they laid off 300 people with no warning... Told them before lunch and escouted them out. WTF is going on with this economy? Wow, that sucks.

Lily0923 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 20429	Sat 08/30/08 08:07 AM
It's really scary. the job market sucks in Akron right now anyways.

Mayhem_J Joined Mon 07/21/08 Posts: 14265	Sat 08/30/08 08:07 AM
And this is when the term "Postal" comes into play.

BobbyJ Joined Fri 02/22/08 Posts: 1368	Sat 08/30/08 08:12 AM Edited by BobbyJ on Sat 08/30/08 08:13 AM
It's not politics, it's called economic globalization. Instead of just a few countries having all the jobs and wealth, which is what the U.S. enjoyed for many years, the jobs and wealth are being spread out. That means eventually, we will all be on a level economic playing field, world-wide. The high-standard of living enjoyed here in the U.S. will one day soon be no better than it is anywhere else in the world. The downside? Things are going to get a lot worse. Once our economy bottoms out, it will remain at that much lower level.

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Sat 08/30/08 08:12 AM
It's really scary. the job market sucks in Akron right now anyways. Aren't they holding the Republican Convention in Ohio?

BobbyJ Joined Fri 02/22/08 Posts: 1368	Sat 08/30/08 08:14 AM
It's really scary. the job market sucks in Akron right now anyways. Aren't they holding the Republican Convention in Ohio? I think you can blame all the Republicrats. Umm, who was it that passed and signed NAFTA? How soon we forget!

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 08/30/08 08:16 AM
It's not politics, it's called economic globalization. Instead of just a few countries having all the jobs and wealth, which is what the U.S. enjoyed for many years, the jobs and wealth are being spread out. That means eventually, we will all be on a level economic playing field, world-wide. The high-standard of living enjoyed here in the U.S. will one day soon be no better than it is anywhere else in the world. The downside? Things are going to get a lot worse. Once our economy bottoms out, it will remain at that much lower level. Until then, it means many people here losing their jobs and finding it difficult to find new ones. It also means we will be training the teams where the work is outsourced over and over and over because many of them take the knowledge they get from training and find better paying jobs.

lavos28 Joined Sat 10/27/07 Posts: 1196	Sat 08/30/08 08:19 AM
yeah my best friend vanessa was laid off from her job yesterday

Goofball73 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 33913	Sat 08/30/08 08:20 AM
My friend works at Roadways headquarters in Akron and he told me yesterday they laid off 300 people with no warning... Told them before lunch and escouted them out. WTF is going on with this economy? One day all of us will either work for Wal Mart or McDonalds......it is gonna happen.

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Sat 08/30/08 08:21 AM
it's a bAd PaRtY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NyKQhhT3nw

Lily0923 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 20429	Sat 08/30/08 08:22 AM Edited by Lily0923 on Sat 08/30/08 08:22 AM
My friend works at Roadways headquarters in Akron and he told me yesterday they laid off 300 people with no warning... Told them before lunch and escouted them out. WTF is going on with this economy? One day all of us will either work for Wal Mart or McDonalds......it is gonna happen. Doesn't it seem funny that those companies are doing well, but the rest of them are going into the toilet?

beachbum069 Joined Mon 04/07/08 Posts: 14325	Sat 08/30/08 08:25 AM
You just have to find a job that will always be needed. I have one of them.

tngxl65 Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6189	Sat 08/30/08 08:25 AM
The really sad part to me is that companies are so quick to cut people today. Public companies are under such pressure to bring shareholder value. Few companies anymore will step back and say "Hey, we want to do whatever we can to try and keep these people. Maybe we can all pull together, find a way to break even for a few years and see if all or most of us can make it through this". Corporations are about making the bottom line, not about people and family. And frankly, it's 'their' company, not mine so I really don't have much right to complain. I just think it's a shame.

tngxl65 Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6189	Sat 08/30/08 08:26 AM Edited by tngxl65 on Sat 08/30/08 08:29 AM
Double... no, triple post

BobbyJ Joined Fri 02/22/08 Posts: 1368	Sat 08/30/08 08:26 AM
Franklin Roosevelt created the middle class in the U.S. Prior to his tenure, it was only rich and poor classes or the haves and have nots. The middle-class is fast disappearing and we will again be a country of haves and have nots. Along with a lower economy, the U.S. will be losing it's stature as the most powerful country in the world. It takes tax dollars to support a powerful country. As people make less money, the government will have no money from taxes to support; a war machine, people that are down and out (unemployment/welfare), and many government services. The current generation will be the first U.S. generation that will have a life worse than the preceeding generation.

tngxl65 Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6189	Sat 08/30/08 08:27 AM Edited by tngxl65 on Sat 08/30/08 08:29 AM
triple post

1956deluxe Joined Thu 12/06/07 Posts: 8559	Sat 08/30/08 08:31 AM
I think the worst is yet to come.