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Dartful Dodger:
I feel like I'm living in opposite world.  People working for big solid companies(and the government) are losing their jobs while people in small companies can't take a vacation because there's to much work.

Last month we lost a bid on a job.  The owner of the company told me it was sort of a mixed blessing. We have more work than we can handle now, if we won the bid we'd have to hire more people and with the way the economy is, he wasn't sure if there would be work for those people after the project was over.  

Our contact for that job told us we were their second choice.  A HUGE software company won the bid.

We are a 10 person production house and we are going after the same jobs as this major software company.  I think that's what really scares me about this.  I liked the big fish in a little pond feeling, but now I feel like we're swimming in the ocean.  

If we become to big we might topple over like these other companies.

mountain:
I found out a month ago that my employer was reducing it's contribution towards our medical benifits, "due to the economic downturn"... My contribution is jumping from $250 a month to $685! The per year deductable went up over 200%, the co-pays went from $15/$15 to $25/$50. Oh yeah, we also lost our vision and dental entirely. WTF!

Time to start my own side business I guess  ;)

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: mountain on March 11, 2009, 02:39:04 pm ---My contribution is jumping from $250 a month to $685! The per year deductable went up over 200%...

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 :o

mountain:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 11, 2009, 03:06:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: mountain on March 11, 2009, 02:39:04 pm ---My contribution is jumping from $250 a month to $685! The per year deductable went up over 200%...

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 :o

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Yeah, that what the whole company said!  :o :o :angry:

ChadTower:

That's the type of jump that makes people have to drop coverage.  Blech.  I'd hate to see that happen here in MA - we aren't allowed to drop health coverage.  Being without health insurance is punishable by a heavy fine come tax return time.

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