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Old 04-19-2010, 09:18 AM
 
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Unisys cutting 229 jobs as it shuts down Austin operations
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:26 AM
 
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I heard about this last week. My brother and his girlfriend both work for Unisys and they are both trying to find new jobs.
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:31 AM
 
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Did they have the option of relocation?
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:50 AM
 
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Feel bad for the people caught up in this. This about sums up the Austin economy the good jobs are scarce and getting scarcer.

Seems to dovetail into some new bleak information coming out:

Wave of commercial foreclosure postings hits Central Texas
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:54 AM
 
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Did they have the option of relocation?
If they did, there is no way they are going to relocate. Both of their families (parents, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews) live here. I think they were told that they can work through August.
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