any companies laying off ?

[zed255]

Re: any companies laying off ?

We are just now cut to a 3 day work week, but only a 25% pay reduction. Not earning anything for on-call standby now either, though still get paid if called out. No merit increase this year at all. Better than unemployment but still a significant hit. Thankfully we no longer have a mortgage to pay or we would be in emergency mode. This is slated to run our first quarter to the end of June, evaluated on an ongoing basis.

The missus may not get any summer contracts at all, so that is another bridge to cross.

[fshead]

Re: any companies laying off ?

I am self employed and luckily had 3-4 used machine sales a month ago which took the sting out of a bad april.........
I usually make the bulk of my money for the year the 1st quarter of the year so it will be what will be.
I am alive and my lungs are ok so i aint complaining..................
stay safe

[davel]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Large numbers of redundancies at Ricoh in OZ. After 42 years on Ricoh gear am now unemployed. Don't know how they are going to handle the work after shutdowns as they cant keep up with the work now.

[tsbservice]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Large numbers of redundancies at Ricoh in OZ. After 42 years on Ricoh gear am now unemployed. Don't know how they are going to handle the work after shutdowns as they cant keep up with the work now.

This is bad news, I feel sorry for you. Someone with that much experience in the field shouldn't be seeking for work.

[fshead]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Large numbers of redundancies at Ricoh in OZ. After 42 years on Ricoh gear am now unemployed. Don't know how they are going to handle the work after shutdowns as they cant keep up with the work now.

sorry to hear that but keep the faith...
if a company does not appreciate your knowledge someone else will..
OR go out on your own...........
dont lose the faith as hard times are where the cream rises to the top.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Large numbers of redundancies at Ricoh in OZ. After 42 years on Ricoh gear am now unemployed. Don't know how they are going to handle the work after shutdowns as they cant keep up with the work now.

Ricoh in the local area has withdrawn support from reliable experienced business firms.

They in turn have issued Ricoh services contracts out to substandard inexperienced popup outlets.
Those outlets are wanting experience Techs to jump ship and pickup the experience knowledge void missing from the new fledgling stores. It appears if you are young out of University you can instantly know years of experience about business equipment. Because "THEY'VE BEEN TO UNI". Text-book tradesmens out of Uni have instant knowledge an experience every person believes that......

Don't they?...

[tech28]

Re: any companies laying off ?

There is no amount of money that can buy you experience, take it from experience,

[fshead]

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We cut our salary by 50%

WTF
THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT BUYING SAFETY MASK INDUSTRY IS DOING WELL/////
HOW are the FUNERAL PARLORS doing with your keen insight??????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????
IF you had i clue i would doubt it

[NeoMatrix]

Re: any companies laying off ?

In The UK we are lucky our employees can go on "furlough" our government will pay 80% of our wages.

Re Gov't loans:

Loan sharks did the same thing during the great depression. The loan shark pay back interest rate crippled many people.

Do you believe gov'ts loan money from the privately own reserve banks of the each country only to have that debt wiped clean by the reserve banks????

Wait for the popluation to recover from Covid virus and watch for the strange new levy or tax rules that come about to remove the Covid debit money out of working class circulation and back to the reserve banks with huge huge interest. AKA Loan sharks...

[allan]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Re Gov't loans:

Loan sharks did the same thing during the great depression. The loan shark pay back interest rate crippled many people.

Do you believe gov'ts loan money from the privately own reserve banks of the each country only to have that debt wiped clean by the reserve banks????

Wait for the popluation to recover from Covid virus and watch for the strange new levy or tax rules that come about to remove the Covid debit money out of working class circulation and back to the reserve banks with huge huge interest. AKA Loan sharks...

Yea we are nothing more than things to farm with for them.
Mooo

[NeoMatrix]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Yea we are nothing more than things to farm with for them.
Mooo

Human resources,chattel, cannon fodder.

No matter what belief system people attain too, that belief itself is just neural synaptic patterns running around in water molecules of someones cranium.
We all die an rot into the ground the same as every one else, and those synaptic brain patterns that have people elevated above all else, dies with the body in a fleeting glimpse. That elevated life-long driven belief, in the last moment of life, pertains and equates to nothing.

[toddanderson]

Re: any companies laying off ?

My guy that works in California, Kyocera said they just announce
30% layoff and everyone else will have a 15% pay reduction.

[oldtech]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Human resources,chattel, cannon fodder.

No matter what belief system people attain too, that belief itself is just neural synaptic patterns running around in water molecules of someones cranium.
We all die an rot into the ground the same as every one else, and those synaptic brain patterns that have people elevated above all else, dies with the body in a fleeting glimpse. That elevated life-long driven belief, in the last moment of life, pertains and equates to nothing.

So you say, and I will fight for your right to speak it.
I do believe differently and that's all I'll say.

[zed255]

Re: any companies laying off ?

Three day work week and all other restrictions will remain in place for the next quarter, end of September. We are also offered an incentive to leave the company if our individual situation makes this desirable.

[Tricky]

Re: any companies laying off ?

In The UK we are lucky our employees can go on "furlough" our government will pay 80% of our wages.

Re Gov't loans:

Loan sharks did the same thing during the great depression. The loan shark pay back interest rate crippled many people.

Do you believe gov'ts loan money from the privately own reserve banks of the each country only to have that debt wiped clean by the reserve banks????

Wait for the popluation to recover from Covid virus and watch for the strange new levy or tax rules that come about to remove the Covid debit money out of working class circulation and back to the reserve banks with huge huge interest. AKA Loan sharks...

We shall see.