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Oh No, Times must be tight
ChadTower:
So far my employer hasn't been hit that hard. We're going from exceeding projections every quarter to solid projected growth. We're in one of the few sectors that is still strong in the US (Pharmacy). We're all keeping our fingers crossed that it stays at small growth as that's still a hell of a lot in this market.
Dartful Dodger:
I work for a small company and we're doing really well, but I'm not confident or sure how long this is going to last. A huge production house just closed in Chicago and through my company I went to its auction. I could see why the bigger companies are failing. They had 7 Avid rooms each room had a giant plasma TV for the clients to watch and the cost of the furniture for each room was more than the cost of the furniture in my whole house. They had different styles and they all looked like they were designed for MTV.
A guy I kow that worked for that company said that whenever they'd hire a new editor they'd give him a huge budget so he could redesign his office.
We picked up some good equipment cheap, but we also bought some luxury items for the office, which I feel is making the same mistakes they did.
Clients no longer have the money for the presentation, they just want to pay for the end product.
I'm glad I have a job, I know people that have been looking for almost a year. Every company I see that goes under is another batch of people looking for my next job.
Ummon:
--- Quote from: Singapura on January 13, 2009, 12:14:56 am ---I've worked in financial restructuring and recovery for a few years and the thing I noticed is that financial problems almost always put a huge strain on personal relationships. I haven't kept score but I would say in the majority of cases where the bank had to foreclose, the marriage ended before the case was closed. I have nothing to complain about income wise (just got a new job with a 30% raise) but my wife is worried just as much. I know it would me a lot easier to be single again but where's the fun in that? ::)
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Depends on whether you want to suffer. I've come to find I HAVE to live alone. If no friends, I do things with myself, and love it. If friends, then that's a bonus. I currently have friends, who also have pets or/and kids, no less who like me. In fact, I don't even have to try to make time with them: yesterday, I was in another part of town, and one of my friends (an ex, actually) happened to drive alongside with her daughter, so I followed them to where they were going close by, and stopped for minute for hi and hugs. Serendipity.
Ultimately, if the 'open source' ideology is taken to a logical conclusion, and with the continued development and ubiquity of micro-technologies, further automation, and a certain measure of birth control, there will be the possibility for a new kind of society - one where there are no schools, no work to be done, and where there are no 'parents', but a collective of people all supporting each other mentally and emotionally. And these problems won't exist. It all depends on whether you want to suffer.
ChadTower:
In Soviet Russia, people not have suffering. Suffering has people.
RayB:
The problem with utopian ideals is: There are always going to be jack-asses.
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