Frosty
Hard-core CEG'er
I'm just wondering if anyone else is feeling the effects of the slow economy these days?
At the beginning of the month my work announced a round of layoffs, based on performance evals. Well, that got rid of most of the slackers/useless people. We've had a few fridays off since then (plantwide) and the week we had the bad snowstorm we had wed-thurs-friday off. Now today they announced another round of layoffs again based on performance evals. Now they're going to start getting into the employees that actually get things done. I know I will still be around..that I'm not worried about, but I've been at this company for just about 5 years and it's NEVER been this slow!! For the last couple years at this time we were usually working mandatory OT on the weekends!
BTW-the company I work for makes vinyl fencing (the housing market has tanked, both for remodeling and new starts) and we make plastic extrusions for many manufacturing areas from Kentucky Trailer to Whirlpool. It seems like all of our customers have taken the hit as well. All I can say is I hope it won't last too much longer or I will have to dip into my house savings to get the SVT done
At the beginning of the month my work announced a round of layoffs, based on performance evals. Well, that got rid of most of the slackers/useless people. We've had a few fridays off since then (plantwide) and the week we had the bad snowstorm we had wed-thurs-friday off. Now today they announced another round of layoffs again based on performance evals. Now they're going to start getting into the employees that actually get things done. I know I will still be around..that I'm not worried about, but I've been at this company for just about 5 years and it's NEVER been this slow!! For the last couple years at this time we were usually working mandatory OT on the weekends!
BTW-the company I work for makes vinyl fencing (the housing market has tanked, both for remodeling and new starts) and we make plastic extrusions for many manufacturing areas from Kentucky Trailer to Whirlpool. It seems like all of our customers have taken the hit as well. All I can say is I hope it won't last too much longer or I will have to dip into my house savings to get the SVT done