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Plus those types of people have typically invested their money and have a nice chunk of change sitting in their accounts. They aren't living paycheck to paycheck if they have million dollar homes.
Plus they have a nice network and will be able to land on their feet by pulling a few strings.
" Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is living the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper) and Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law (Kevin Costner) that does not play to his executive skill set, and perhaps -- the realization that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal. With humor, pathos, and keen observation, writer-director John Wells ("ER," "The West Wing," and "Southland") introduces us to the new realities of American life.
What do you do when all the stuff you hold on to—that stuff people always told you mattered—is taken away? What do you do when you lose all those trappings you worked so hard for, that are supposed to be little emblems of success and achievement? These questions permeate The Company Men, the moving new feature film from acclaimed writer, producer and director, John Wells.
At first glance The Company Men seems inspired by the headlines. Indeed, the September 21st cover of TIME entitled "Out of Work in America," profiles dozens of Americans, now ten percent of the working population, hit the hardest by the current economic recession. They are, in essence, representatives of the lead character, Bobby Walker, struggling to rise above the frustration and embarrassment to find their way again.
Where The Company Men delivers well-beyond its newsworthy subject matter, is its astute exploration of the human spirit, not as a predictable or maudlin "man triumphs over tough odds" story but in the gripping push and pull of those at every level of the economic ladder trying to reconnect with the things that matter most in life."
The blow to the economy is greater because they can no longer afford private schools, luxury travel or high end services. The impact of several multimillion dollar homes, which take years to sell in the best of times, going on the market is huge.
Because over here wages are falling, along with benefits and anything else possible. We are fighting the race to the bottom, and your one health condition away from loosing everything you've worked your whole live for. The question is, why stay? My boss told me a few days ago when I asked, how do people retire in Germany where everything is so expensive and taxes are high? He said companies there take care of their workers and provide nice pension plans. How many workers here get pensions? Race to the bottom here, because companies can't provide high quality products. All they do is provide everything as cheap as possible by trimming wages and benefits. Sound like the kind of companies you want to work for?
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