First Wave of Layoffs about to hit shore

[peanut]

Phew! Good news for now at least. Hang in there! You know what to do, and you can do it. Take care!

Grayce, sorry to hear about your DH. Thanks for chiming in. I think EI can't start counting that four to six weeks to the first cheque till he applies for EI though...and gets the ball rolling. We had severance, but I recall there being a problem because DH wasn't down at the EI office right away after he was unemployed. But maybe rules have changed now. Like I said, thanks for chiming in! Hope your DH finds work soon.

[jamie79]

sending your family good thoughts

[Nature Dakini]

There was a meeting at work, and there will be layoffs next week. There is no indication of how many, or who yet. Dh said that in a closed meeting, they are talking non-ticketed staff, support staff, and apprentices are the first to go, as well as any marked troublemakers(they have a few). They are using it as an excuse to cull those out, as policy makes it next to impossible to fire.

So dh is safe for this round. His department is still busy, he had a machine down today(aka - rush order NOW). So that is good, for him.

Round 2 he should still be fine, as he's very versatile, but if there's a round 3.... scary.

The company went from 16 orders a month, to 3 in some departments, so it's being hit hard. They are only 1 of 2 companies in North America that do re manufacturing on these machine parts, so you'd think they'd be safe.

But with no construction, no infrastructure... they are being hit hard too. He's been there 8 years.

I'm terrified!

Looks like there is money for construction and infrastructure repair/updates in the Stimulus bill...our state is really thrilled, so it should help you guys out wherever you are, too. Good luck!