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Just lost my job thanks to COVID-19, who else ?
daqq:
Sorry to hear about about your job. We'll see what happens world wide :(
Good luck to all affected, will see how it pans out here.
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on March 26, 2020, 11:33:26 pm ---Sucks that companies are so greedy. So many people getting laid off over something temporary.
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While I'm sure that there are companies that are 'greedy', many just rely on a constant throughput, and, in normal times that's a reasonable-ish way of doing business. Sadly, not everyone (companies and individuals) has the reserves to function for a few months without an income, nor did they think that such a thing is necessary.
Until a few months ago, a lot of the world economy was running in YOLO mode and being rewarded for it by success. Thereby creating a glorious society full of wonders that can shatter at a moments notice and will require an insane amount of work to stabilize.
Electro Detective:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 27, 2020, 12:55:25 am ---
If the C thing doesn't dry up and blow away SOON, buckle up for an epic 1000+ pages of wail and woe,
posted by countless shafted EEVblog members reporting job losses and business belly ups
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--- Quote from: Bud on March 27, 2020, 01:08:48 am ---
If it were not you shitting in every C thread, they would be 10x smaller.
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Your math is flawed sir, you imply they'll lose 10x less jobs and business fails if I don't comment? ???
Please post the pie charts and colored bar graphs to prove that :popcorn:
Unlike some, tossing stale troll bait my way, I GENUINELY care what WILL happen to ALL EEVblog members, that WILL or already have been shafted by these lockdowns and panic circus,
with so far only conflicting and contradictory 'expert' waffle and BS statistics to back it up.
Rest assured, as before, the cash grabbers pushing this hard will not be out of pocket or a job,
nor will they publicly apologize later for bending the truth or 'we didn't know better' :-[
Just wait and see when this blown up fiasco eventually DITA, and most people are semi-destitute
with handout drained governments and local councils so far in the red that they'll never recover any time soon
Greybeards and old schoolers here should be commenting on this, not advanced ankle biters, as they've copped it before,
Come on guys, cat got your tongue
or it's just easier to play along and not rock the boat ? :scared: :scared:
Zero999:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 27, 2020, 09:58:53 am ---
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on March 27, 2020, 12:55:25 am ---
If the C thing doesn't dry up and blow away SOON, buckle up for an epic 1000+ pages of wail and woe,
posted by countless shafted EEVblog members reporting job losses and business belly ups
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: Bud on March 27, 2020, 01:08:48 am ---
If it were not you shitting in every C thread, they would be 10x smaller.
--- End quote ---
Your math is flawed sir, you imply they'll lose 10x less jobs and business fails if I don't comment? ???
Please post the pie charts and colored bar graphs to prove that :popcorn:
Unlike some, tossing stale troll bait my way, I GENUINELY care what WILL happen to ALL EEVblog members, that WILL or already have been shafted by these lockdowns and panic circus,
with so far only conflicting and contradictory 'expert' waffle and BS statistics to back it up.
Rest assured, as before, the cash grabbers pushing this hard will not be out of pocket or a job,
nor will they publicly apologize later for bending the truth or 'we didn't know better' :-[
Just wait and see when this blown up fiasco eventually DITA, and most people are semi-destitute
with handout drained governments and local councils so far in the red that they'll never recover any time soon
Greybeards and old schoolers here should be commenting on this, not advanced ankle biters, as they've copped it before,
Come on guys, cat got your tongue
or it's just easier to play along and not rock the boat ? :scared: :scared:
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Just ignore troll posts like that.
I did see that post awhile ago. I apologise for allowing myself to get distracted and not reporting it to the moderator.
floobydust:
Last week US unemployment claims hits 3.3M and Canada is at almost 1M. Stock market rallies :palm:
It's an economic collapse we are witnessing and EE's are high up the food chain, we rely on a lot of underlying basics to do what we do.
I haven't heard about my contract yet, I'll know in April and fully expect it to halt for months, just due to the financial panic alone.
Company A can't make their stuff for Company B who uses it for Company C to make products for company D. The domino-effect is also happening so there is another wave coming.
VK3DRB:
Sorry to hear you are stood down.
Remember we are just resource to companies, as I discovered after 19 years with IBM Australia. I was a top performer, but myself and hundreds of others were sold off to startup as IBM cheated me out of $40K of my retirement savings and offered me a 30% discount on an overpriced PC as a golden handshake. The IBM executives worship the god of Mammon, demonstrated by their greed. Loyalty in the end is a one way street.
I have worked for a few other companies since, some excellent, some not so good, but I now run my own consultancy, designing PCB hardware and doing firmware. I am my own boss and love not having to be an employee reporting to some spin doctor doing something I don't want to do (except the tax paperwork). Work may or may not dry up for me. That being said, I am very busy at the moment with about a few month's work still. I just got a call from a company asking me to be involved with designing equipment to test respirators of all things.
I suggest as a plan B, look at your 26 years worth of skills and figure out how to capitalise on them. Work might be slow at the start (partly due to the virus) but it will increase over time. You might want to learn a new skill that builds on an old one. Or if the company you worked for for 26 years rehires and wants you back, make sure they don't try to screw you. Get all your entitlements back. Or consult to them at consultancy rates.
You have paid your taxes for 26 years. Your government owes it to you to help you out in the tough times.
I wish you and any other electronics people all the best if you are stood down. Things might look dim now, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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