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I can deal with the first two items, but when my coffee starts getting shakey....woah, time to take action!
Of course I'm kidding folks...
Ah, I have the solution for your java worries . You attend with us at the cool local owned funky coffee shops that we attend.
This way you can help the locals out and help Charlotte from a coffee recession
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Ah, I have the solution for your java worries . You attend with us at the cool local owned funky coffee shops that we attend.
This way you can help the locals out and help Charlotte from a coffee recession
That'll work!
I love the "cool funky" (I like that phrase) coffee shops in Asheville (which I happen to love by the way). I'd love to find similar places in and around Charlotte. Anyway that's a different thread
This article on cnn states 6350 jobs cut. There are jobs being cut across the board in many companies.
Living in the KC area where Sprint Nextel is based (Overland Park, KS), there have been layoff's throughout the last 10 years on and off of 1,000+ locally each time, one time I believe it was 3000+ and I have never notice a strong negative impact on the economy. In Jan 2008, 4000+ people were laid off from Sprint nationwide (I know it's not 6,350), many from the KC area and the economy here is stilll doing pretty good.
Yes, it sucks if you are one of the people getting laid off and the job market is tight right now, but the numbers aren't as bad as the sound.
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This article on cnn states 6350 jobs cut. There are jobs being cut across the board in many companies.
Living in the KC area where Sprint Nextel is based (Overland Park, KS), there have been layoff's throughout the last 10 years on and off of 1,000+ locally each time, one time I believe it was 3000+ and I have never notice a strong negative impact on the economy. In Jan 2008, 4000+ people were laid off from Sprint nationwide (I know it is 6,350), many from the KC area and the economy here is stilll doing pretty good.
Yes, it sucks if you are one of the people getting laid off and the job market is tight right now, but the numbers aren't as bad as the sound.
It took an entire 3 minutes for that article to be published and then to be posted here. Wow. Ken Thompson was right, 2008 is a pretty bad year!
This article on cnn states 6350 jobs cut. There are jobs being cut across the board in many companies.
Living in the KC area where Sprint Nextel is based (Overland Park, KS), there have been layoff's throughout the last 10 years on and off of 1,000+ locally each time, one time I believe it was 3000+ and I have never notice a strong negative impact on the economy. In Jan 2008, 4000+ people were laid off from Sprint nationwide (I know it is 6,350), many from the KC area and the economy here is stilll doing pretty good.
Yes, it sucks if you are one of the people getting laid off and the job market is tight right now, but the numbers aren't as bad as the sound.
Yep. And having lived there (KCMO) I knew people who got laid off - and many of them got re-hired at Sprint in different divisions - and not just once - several times. My next door neighbor was in marketing management - her whole dept. got whacked (from cell division) and then they all applied (to land-line division, I guess) and most got their jobs back - but it took over 10 months. In any case, it didn't greatly impact the economy - and the region is very similar to CLT . . . as far as city size (altho KCMO's MSA may be larger).
And now, here in CLT, my next door neighbor works for BofA (has, for over 20 years). She has gotten laid off several times - and then re-hired later in a different department all together - but again - took over a year. She is just waiting to see if her dept. is gonna get sliced and diced again. It happens. Terrible for each individual if it happens, but most seasoned bank employees are fully aware - it sure can happen.
We’ve had this discussion a million times. Folks don’t seem to get that the big banks in Charlotte employ people “worldwide”. Wachovia has thousands of people in cities outside of Charlotte; I think about 6,000 each in places like Atlanta and Philly.
The best thing for Wachovia now is that they get it all out in the open. And for all the negative ninnies watching Wachovia’s stock price…
And fyi, both big bank's will more than likely announce more layoffs prior the end of the year, look for announcements in the 4th quarter....but they do that every year at that time, so get all your "ooo's and ahh's" out now.
Yep. And having lived there (KCMO) I knew people who got laid off - and many of them got re-hired at Sprint in different divisions - and not just once - several times. My next door neighbor was in marketing management - her whole dept. got whacked (from cell division) and then they all applied (to land-line division, I guess) and most got their jobs back - but it took over 10 months. In any case, it didn't greatly impact the economy - and the region is very similar to CLT . . . as far as city size (altho KCMO's MSA may be larger).
And now, here in CLT, my next door neighbor works for BofA (has, for over 20 years). She has gotten laid off several times - and then re-hired later in a different department all together - but again - took over a year. She is just waiting to see if her dept. is gonna get sliced and diced again. It happens. Terrible for each individual if it happens, but most seasoned bank employees are fully aware - it sure can happen.
I was going to mention the re-hire part - but I didn't know if it would be applicable in the banking world. It is an on-going news story here. Sprint is laying off workers - starts to sound like a broken record. Point is large layoffs have been happening in different sectors throughout the last 15 - 20 + years or more probably, even during a strong economy - so although this is not a positive for Wachovia and the Charlotte area - overreacting to how bad of a sign it is - is probably unwarranted - no need to panic
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