Company wide meeting

[Bo B Bunny]

I just read there are 85 more jobs coming to your area!! WOOHOOO!!!

 

[Wabbitdad12]

In the paper last week, there were about 5 company's looking to relocate here and use some of the RV plants buildings, around 300-500 jobs.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

That's AWESOME~

at least there might be some positives coming!

 

[BethM]

I'm glad the news wasn't as bad as it could have been.

At the Christmas party for my work last year, the CEO announced that they didn't "plan" on any layoffs for this year. (But not hiring for any new positions.) The business is still ok, I guess, but it is getting a bit worrisome. We usually have 4-6 days of overtime at the end of January, and we only had one day of it this year. Last week and this week they're offering unpaid Voluntary Time Off, up to 10 people per day in two different departments. :nerves1 So far, they've had enough volunteers that they haven't had to cut hours across the department, though.
I was annoyed at all the people who cheered and were so happy that there wasn't much overtime. I guess they don't connect fewer hours worked with less work to do. New mini-catalog is coming out soon, though, so hopefully that will drum a bit of work.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

BethM, I hope things continue to be o.k. I am thankful each day I have a job and it is nerve wracking wondering. My wife is still looking and probably will be for quite some time. I am hoping to supplement the budget with getting money from plasma donating.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Beth, what type of work do you do? My hubby lost a lot of his OT this past year and that's a huge reason we are having more trouble. It cost us A LOT.

Dave, can Karen look into that factory job coming there?

 

[Wabbitdad12]

She will be.

 

[BethM]

Bo B Bunny wrote:

Beth, what type of work do you do? My hubby lost a lot of his OT this past year and that's a huge reason we are having more trouble. It cost us A LOT.

I work for a direct-marketing/party company (like Tupperware or Pampered Chef) that sells jewelry.It's based here in the Kansas City area; I work in the warehouse. (The company is only 11/12 years old, and I've been there 5 years now.) I do a variety of things, there. My priority job is sending out packages to US Territories and to overseas US Military bases, making sure all the customs paperwork is in order. We never got *tons* of overtime there, but I could usually count on some when there were special promotions and around holidays.
My husband works there, too, in the IT department.


I used to work part-time at the local Staples warehouse, too, in the evenings. I did that for 3 years. I quit right before the economy started to get really bad, last April. At that time, gas had gotten so expensive, and Staples is a little out of town, I wasn't making a whole lot after I put gas in my car. Also, it had gotten really hard to keep up, working 12/13 hours per day, plus drive time. No time for anything else, and I was just exhausted constantly. So the money was a trade-off for the time. If I had known how bad the economy would get, I would have stuck around there a while longer.

 

[BethM]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

BethM, I hope things continue to be o.k. I am thankful each day I have a job and it is nerve wracking wondering. My wife is still looking and probably will be for quite some time. I am hoping to supplement the budget with getting money from plasma donating.

Thanks, I hope things continue to be ok for you, too. And good luck to your wife. It's tough out there.
I am also really thankful to have a job. Every day there's someone at work who complains about not wanting to be there, or wanting to work less. I don't think they quite understand how bad it is in some places.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Your right about that. Sometimes I am not happy about what the company does, but I just remember I am still working 40 hours a week and thankful for that.

 

[Bassetluv]

Of course I am unfashionably late in reading this thread, but am relieved to hear it was good news and not bad! I think there's a great many people walking on pins and needles these days (including where I work). My son is still looking for work since he was laid off just before Christmas.

The last job I was at, over 12 years ago now, was a retail building supply store. The way I found out the store was closing down was through an error. I was the Inventory Controller and Al, who used to work in my department but switched to sales, was sitting in my office one day while I was upstairs doing a stock check. He came running up the stairs in a rush and he said, "You'll never guess the phone call I just took". I had no idea what he was talking about, so he explained.
At the time, we had a guy from our head office visiting the store, which wasn't unusual to happen every now and then. That guy's name was Al too...and when the store phone rang, the Al that I worked with happened to pick it up. The voice on the other end asked for Al, so naturally he responded, "Speaking". Well, the voice on the other end started into this long-winded schpiel, and he ended with, 'So do you think we should close the doors to the store now, or wait until after Christmas?' Poor Al...he sat there for a moment and then said quietly, "Um...I think you have the wrong Al...just a minute and I'll connect you". And the head office guy on the other end never said a word. And that's when Al ran upstairs to tell me. Of course in the long run losing that job turned out to be one of the best things to happen to me, but sure didn't seem like it at the time.


Anyway, I'm really really glad it wasn't bad news for you guys, wabbitdad!! (Oh, and as an aside, your new president will be in my fair city on Thursday...lol...us Canadians aren't used to all of the security! The Secret Service has been in town for the past week arranging everything...apparently they will be shutting down airspace for a few hours, they're in the process right now of welding manhole covers on the motorcade route shut, snipers will be on the rooftops... As one of our local dj's joked, you guys take all of these precautions to keep your head of state safe, whilst here anyone can walk up to the Prime Minister's house and knock on the door.
I'd love to see Obama too, but will be working...and the security is so tight that most of the public actually won't see him anyway. Ah well...)

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Bassetluv wrote:

(Oh, and as an aside, your new president will be in my fair city on Thursday...lol...us Canadians aren't used to all of the security! The Secret Service has been in town for the past week arranging everything...apparently they will be shutting down airspace for a few hours, they're in the process right now of welding manhole covers on the motorcade route shut, snipers will be on the rooftops... As one of our local dj's joked, you guys take all of these precautions to keep your head of state safe, whilst here anyone can walk up to the Prime Minister's house and knock on the door.
I'd love to see Obama too, but will be working...and the security is so tight that most of the public actually won't see him anyway. Ah well...)

Yea, whats up with all the security! Canadians love everyone!

 

[pumpkinandwhiskersmom]

My husband works for Penn State, and they've already announced that there will be no raises this year. A lot of people in his office were griping and complaining, but we're just glad he still has a job. We went through layoffs in the late '80s, and it was horrible. Sometimes I think people don't realize what it's like, because it's not been this way for so long.

How's your jaw doing?

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Much much better, thank you. I can finally start to eat crunchy food again, bread and oatmeal was getting old, although the donuts were good!

I am hoping to go back to college this fall and get a associates degree in computer aided design. It will be a help now and would make me more marketable in the future.

 

[Bassetluv]

Yea, whats up with all the security! Canadians love everyone!

LOL...most of the security is the U.S. Secret Service. Our mounties just stand there and clean up the poop left by their horses.

Well, I went to work yesterday and guess what...we all received an email saying the president was here and we were all required to attend. Not good news.

We just found out that the division I work for is history as of next year. They're going to try and keep running it as a not-for-profit org, but it will no longer be part of the government...and many of the employees may be let go in the process, sometime between now and then. *sigh*

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I am so sorry to here that.

 

[pumpkinandwhiskersmom]

I'm so sorry to hear of the company upheaval, Bassetluv. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. :hug2: