Have any Rats had to deal with downsizing or layoffs yet?

[SnakeLH2006]

No. Snake is a good employee, but hours are getting cut hardcore and my firm just hired 2 new peeps that know may same job from the same branch (same job as mine). Where are the hours gonna go now? Just pissed. Hours cut with similar peeps at my same work station. Thank god I got 8.5 years in. Although they cut peeps with 10+ recently, but Snake is far better off as an employee skillwise than them, but just sucks when you compete with co-workers/friends for hours-bonuses....as this economy at least in the US is shit.

[GrnBay007]

No layoffs yet, but our district is starting the new fiscal year with a 700,000 + deficit. History will most likely repeat itself and they will ask if anyone wants to take time off without pay before they consider layoffs.

[Bretsky]

I believe our President when he tells me how many jobs he's saving/creating each month, so I am confident that all of you are making this up in an attempt to make him look like a liar.

hope and change baby; hope and change

[GrnBay007]

I guess it was partially true the Midwest was behind in feeling the affects of the economic crunch.

As a State employee, we are being handed the burden of balancing the state budget ( ) in an effort to refrain from raising taxes. Members are voting this week to pass a memorandum to take 5 days off unpaid and loss of states deferred comp match. They say it will save hundreds of jobs. Problem is it's only a band aid to cover the budget until July....then there will likely be layoffs anyway. Nice to be a state employee when times are good, but not so nice when times are bad.

[mraynrand]

You got to pay more attention to what's going on, 7. Gov't jobs and teachers are doing the best in this economy - and any other special interests that are getting payback for election efforts. You think it's bad in the govt? Try some other sectors. (note: I just realized you wrote STATE - those can be much worse). Check out the fed jobs. Wesley Mouch is handing them out as long as the tax base holds up and/or the treasury can print the dollars.

[GrnBay007]

You got to pay more attention to what's going on, 7. Gov't jobs and teachers are doing the best in this economy - and any other special interests that are getting payback for election efforts. You think it's bad in the govt? Try some other sectors. (note: I just realized you wrote STATE - those can be much worse). Check out the fed jobs. Wesley Mouch is handing them out as long as the tax base holds up and/or the treasury can print the dollars.

Yeah, should have moved on to the Feds long ago, and could have but that's a long story lol. I don't mean to sound ungrateful either....happy to still have a job w/ good benefits. If this memorandum vote doesn't pass they say there will be 400+ layoffs in our Dept. Because of time in I won't be part of the lay off, just the sucky after effects of it. They are leading people to believe if they vote yes and take unpaid time off they will be saving jobs but that only helps till July 1st and then those jobs will be gone anyway.

[MichiganPackerFan]

Yes, I went through a hard one. It came out of nowhere: I was out of the building within 45 minutes waving goodbye with one finger. Four years as a CPA in a Big 4 firm and you're more expendable than toilet paper, and used for about the same purpose. Oh, and I had signed the contract for our wedding reception the day before. So in addition to the job hunt, we had to pay for the wedding and celebration while being unemployed. Luckily I have a great resume and a decade of work experience, so I was only on the market for a couple of months. I feel for those who have been there longer (like so many people I know in Michigan). Anyway, we resurfaced on the east coast and are getting things back together. Technically not MichiganPackerFan anymore

[Scott Campbell]

I sure wish I'd get laid off. Ski season is almost here.

[mraynrand]

Yes, I went through a hard one.

I sure wish I'd get laid

I thought this thread was about downsizing!