Posted on 09/10/2009 2:36:39 PM PDT by Kartographer
Deere & Co. (DE) will put 367 employees on indefinite layoff at its East Moline, Ill., factory later this month due to reduced demand.
The world's largest maker of farm equipment has been shedding jobs at several of its factories by a few hundred employees at a time throughout the year because of the demand slump. Still, the figures have been relatively small, as Deere has over 50,000 employees.
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Hope! Change!
Union workers?
Wait, so the harvester of green shoots that become crops has to lay off people?
Is there something I’m missing here?
I’m so glad the “Stimulus” is working.
But it’s all OK because Deere has about 50,000 employees. Therefore, the stimulus is working.
Thank Obama that all those other jobs were saved. We need to kiss the ground Obama walks on for allowing the other people to still be employed.
Union workers?
Perhaps they were identified by the union as ‘unreliable’ due to unsavory political inclinations.
“But its all OK because Deere has about 50,000 employees. Therefore, the stimulus is working.”
Wow, saving those 49,633 jobs is one darned impressive feat. All by himself he did it?
Yep, by Obama's math, he just saved 49,633 jobs!!!!
That’s another 50,000 jobs saved!!!!
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Globalism!!
Socialism!!
Heading to India. They asked for change and the dumb bastards got it.
Seed company Monsanto plans deeper staff cuts
In June, Monsanto had said it was cutting about 4 percent of its staff, or about 900 jobs. The new target of 8 percent indicates the St. Louis-based company is cutting about 1,736 jobs.
General Motors Co. needs to lay off about 1,000 white-collar workers this month because only 1,900 accepted early retirement and buyout offers, the automaker said Wednesday.
The outsourcing model is a failure.
Yeah, but what's new and exciting about THAT?
For today's managers to get excited and motivated about something, it must come with an accompanying new buzzword.
Just think of how cutting-edge you'll sound at your next party when you go on and on about the benefits of INsourcingTM © ® !
But we only had a half million people filing initial claims for unemployment! /s
Obama’s amazing. Just yesterday he reduced the number of people without health insurance by 16 million! We had been stuck at 46 million for months by his own reckoning until last night when he revealed that we’re suddenly down to 30 million. /s
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