Do you know anyone who has been laid off in the last few weeks?

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

We've had quite a few lay offs at the company lately. They got rid of all the temps and part-timers and a few of the office workers now have to help out on the floor as well.

Hubby is the 3d shift supervisor and has two operators left on his shift. I don't know what we'll do if they decide to just shut down his shift...

I work in a plastics injection molding place, btw.

Anyone hiring? I have experience as a receptionist and a dish washer >.> LOL

[ELW 5]

I work at the County level in CA and due to heavy budget cuts, about 100 people were laid off recently. A couple of county electricians were doing repairs in our department a few weeks ago (request had been in for over a year, but not enough workers to do the requests), both of them got laid off. All county vacancies were canceled, everyone was told to get rid of the extra help (temp/part time) employees and each department has to cut 10% of their costs in any way they choose (including handing out pink slips).

[jundp 191]

Wow, I'm sorry for all this misfortune that many VJers are having.

I feel quite blessed to be in a field where I am somewhat assured stability.

But since P is hoping to find work in computer science here in Seattle, maybe I should be worried?

Yeah we have Microsoft, Google, and Boeing, but that doesn't mean much...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

We haven't had any layoff's just yet (other than the one's earlier in the year) but we stopped hiring. A new round of lay-offs is potentially coming as well. It's kind of funny how that always works: You have lay-offs and then - within a month or two - you get into crisis mode trying to hire qualified people.

[Reba 2]

there's another furniture factory here in Morganton closing by the end of the year and moving production to China or something. They're keeping on the office staff only. 521 people will be hitting the streets in less than a month. And we're already one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, so they'll be on the books a good long while. Unless they move out of this state to look for work.

[bostonparis 0]

My company just had huge huge huge layoffs. Over 2,000. Fortunately my job was spared.