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Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow Bolder
New York Times ^
| June 11,2016
| Julia Preston
Posted on 06/11/2016 1:16:30 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: the_individual2014
Executives have one loyalty and that’s their bonuses.
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posted on
06/11/2016 5:23:46 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
To: Hojczyk
Now some of the workers who were displaced are starting to speak out, despite severance agreements prohibiting them from criticizing their former employers.I'd have more sympathy for them if they stuck to their principles and DIDNT accept the hush money.
To: HiTech RedNeck
High population density makes people go somewhat insane.
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posted on
06/11/2016 5:28:58 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
To: Hojczyk
You will note that 60 Minutes and the other “investigative programs” haven’t done a single program about these situations. No “faces covered and voices disguised” to get the story out .... just the same old MSM pimps and whores!!!
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posted on
06/11/2016 6:21:57 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
To: WeatherGuy
Money is money; they need it to feed themselves and their families.
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posted on
06/11/2016 6:56:24 PM PDT
by
CorporateStepsister
(I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I did a "road trip" that lasted from June 21, 2009 to Sept 14, 2014. It was supposed to be 2 to 5 weeks. Obama crashed all my contract work. The alternative required being physically on site in a spin-dial room. I saw my wife and kids for a week in June and a week between Christmas and New Year's Day. One exception...I had to go home for a couple weeks in May 2012 to bury my oldest son. I retained my job, but took a big income hit to pay for my out of town living costs and higher state income taxes in CA. I returned home to Idaho in Sept 2014 as my wife was starting her battle with breast cancer. I was immediately reduced to 12 hours a week of paid work and lost my medical coverage. That persisted until Dec 2014. Not much fun. Have been back in the saddle working from home since then.
I didn't enjoy the force separation from my family. Frankly, I think much worse is ahead with a collapsing economy and currency. I want to remain as close to home as possible so I'm not stranded when it goes.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:14:31 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Myrddin
Family may have to learn how to be nomads when business becomes scarce and far between.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:35:36 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: RetiredTexasVet
Well of course... but in turn who’s foolish for sitting and waiting for them to do it?
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:36:34 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Myrddin
I am so very sorry about your son, your wife, and the job thing.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:37:31 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: combat_boots
It’s certainly a pilgrimage experience, at best.
Not that we don’t look back with smiles upon our own pilgrim forebears. What’s old is new again.
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posted on
06/11/2016 7:41:10 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: markman46
Exactly! And not many realize it.
ANY job that can be done cheaper in a foreign country will be shipped there after we train our replacements.
Drives me nuts when people like Trump cite manufacturing jobs as being stolen when in fact it is ANY job that an American company can outsource - you name it.
And we have Bill Gates saying that Americans are not educated enough in STEM yet he opens schools in other countries and trains those citizens.
To: WeatherGuy
People have to eat. They have kids, mortgages, rent, bills, etc.
To: markman46
IIRC, H&R Block was sending tax work to India. Imagine the data security issues with THAT (on top of the job losses)...
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posted on
06/11/2016 8:45:34 PM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Lower Deck
I’d think it would be possible for some person of sufficient means to replace the severance packages for a few of these employees which would allow them to tell their stories. These stories might even make a good campaign ad. :=)
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posted on
06/11/2016 8:57:06 PM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: HarleyLady27
All due respect Harley Lady27 but this former liberal has been telling conservatives this for years. Long before Mr. Trump came along. You want to shut a liberal up? Don’t waste your breath trying to talk sense to them You’d have better luck talking to your dog not to pee on the carpet. When it comes to dealing with liberals punch them in the mouth. Literally. Smack the crap out of them. It’s what they did to conservatives in San Jose. It’s what they always do, if they’re not planting bombs someplace.
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posted on
06/11/2016 10:02:49 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
To: ozzymandus
“You cant criticize your former employer? I think the 1st Amendment says something about that”
Respectfully, no. The First Amendment says:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”.
The Congress is making no law, in this case. Thank you.
‘
To: combat_boots
The last 8 years have been trying. The financial crash before Obama was inaugurated wiped out $500k (over half) of my retirement savings/investments of 20 years duration. There is little choice but to adapt. We did. Just celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary last Thursday.
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posted on
06/11/2016 11:36:37 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: HiTech RedNeck
Family may have to learn how to be nomads when business becomes scarce and far between.A couple of my co-workers followed my lead. They kept their families in a stable home/school arrangement and went on the road to keep the household financed. It's much easier for one person to do that than dragging a family around. Smart phones and interstate banking have made that level of mobility more reasonable.
Clif High (web bots) anticipates a breakup of the USA into regional republics following a currency collapse. Rather than a nomadic lifestyle, the future would be making a new career/vocation around what remains viable in your region.
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posted on
06/11/2016 11:47:58 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: american colleen
And we have Bill Gates saying that Americans are not educated enough in STEM yet he opens schools in other countries and trains those citizens. Bill Gates is a hypocrite. He is very pro taxes for the peons of Washington state, while doing all he can to avoid any taxes for his companies, and, I am sure, himself.
To: kearnyirish2
protected health and tax info.. not good
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posted on
06/12/2016 10:21:35 AM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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