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maginnovision:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 23, 2020, 07:56:12 am ---
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 04:24:13 am ---My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month.
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What industry?

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Entertainment in Hollywood(Movies and TV both foreign and domestic). They're almost entirely unable to get things done right now due to California going into shutdown #2. The original paycheck protection plan was the only reason it took this long. It would probably be a total closure if it weren't for some states still trying to get things done although the work is very minimal. I personally suspect that if the CEO didn't have other businesses they would've closed completely but this was his first business and he probably doesn't want to see it be another covid death.

My wife is pretty upset because some people she knew had significant life events coming up(weddings, kids, etc...) And this will definitely put a damper on all of that.

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 03:04:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 23, 2020, 07:56:12 am ---
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 04:24:13 am ---My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month.
--- End quote ---

What industry?

--- End quote ---

Entertainment in Hollywood(Movies and TV both foreign and domestic). They're almost entirely unable to get things done right now due to California going into shutdown #2. The original paycheck protection plan was the only reason it took this long. It would probably be a total closure if it weren't for some states still trying to get things done although the work is very minimal. I personally suspect that if the CEO didn't have other businesses they would've closed completely but this was his first business and he probably doesn't want to see it be another covid death.

My wife is pretty upset because some people she knew had significant life events coming up(weddings, kids, etc...) And this will definitely put a damper on all of that.

--- End quote ---

Sucks!  :(

Apparently California just today passed New York as the state with the highest number of Covid19 cases.  Exponential functions are a b!tch...



tom66:
The USA really is a bizarre test case for what happens when you basically stick your fingers in your ears for several months and pretend COVID is not a thing.  Whaddya know, cases climb even faster.

I think the sad thing is if they had locked down really hard for 2-3 months instead of the weak-willed lockdown where some states still had bars and restaurants open, they would have been in a situation similar to the UK, and would be cautiously reopening with screening at the borders and social distancing/mask requirements.

But now they've turned into one of a few countries in the world, that every other country wants to ban tourism and visits to.

maginnovision:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 23, 2020, 08:31:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 03:04:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 23, 2020, 07:56:12 am ---
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 04:24:13 am ---My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month.
--- End quote ---

What industry?

--- End quote ---

Entertainment in Hollywood(Movies and TV both foreign and domestic). They're almost entirely unable to get things done right now due to California going into shutdown #2. The original paycheck protection plan was the only reason it took this long. It would probably be a total closure if it weren't for some states still trying to get things done although the work is very minimal. I personally suspect that if the CEO didn't have other businesses they would've closed completely but this was his first business and he probably doesn't want to see it be another covid death.

My wife is pretty upset because some people she knew had significant life events coming up(weddings, kids, etc...) And this will definitely put a damper on all of that.

--- End quote ---

Sucks!  :(

Apparently California just today passed New York as the state with the highest number of Covid19 cases.  Exponential functions are a b!tch...

--- End quote ---

Yea, CA is pretty big. I've talked about this here before but in LA we've basically never left lockdown since March(I could be wrong I was stuck in bed for 2 months  starting mar 17) but lots of other counties have including most around LA. There is also an issue that even if they were to hard enforce lockdowns we literally don't have enough police to manage it. Even worse I also got work through her company. The manufacturing companies I work with are mostly holding off on anything non critical too.

One shop laid off 50% of their techs(the Indies I work with are holding on so far) most manufacturing companies have cut most or all temps(varies but still a significant number of people) to manage social distancing and costs. CA is probably going to be in trouble come the next year, we're going to have a massive deficit.

I forgot to mention Disneyland. They brought a ton of people back in anticipation of a "reopening"(the plans were bad even if the lockdown didn't return) that never happened and they aren't getting rid of them again. Park is a money pit right now.

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 11:08:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on July 23, 2020, 08:31:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 03:04:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 23, 2020, 07:56:12 am ---
--- Quote from: maginnovision on July 23, 2020, 04:24:13 am ---My wife was just told by her CEO that they're letting go of ~85% of their employees. They've all been working from home and I think they find out at the end of the month.
--- End quote ---

What industry?

--- End quote ---

Entertainment in Hollywood(Movies and TV both foreign and domestic). They're almost entirely unable to get things done right now due to California going into shutdown #2. The original paycheck protection plan was the only reason it took this long. It would probably be a total closure if it weren't for some states still trying to get things done although the work is very minimal. I personally suspect that if the CEO didn't have other businesses they would've closed completely but this was his first business and he probably doesn't want to see it be another covid death.

My wife is pretty upset because some people she knew had significant life events coming up(weddings, kids, etc...) And this will definitely put a damper on all of that.

--- End quote ---

Sucks!  :(

Apparently California just today passed New York as the state with the highest number of Covid19 cases.  Exponential functions are a b!tch...

--- End quote ---

Yea, CA is pretty big. I've talked about this here before but in LA we've basically never left lockdown since March(I could be wrong I was stuck in bed for 2 months  starting mar 17) but lots of other counties have including most around LA. There is also an issue that even if they were to hard enforce lockdowns we literally don't have enough police to manage it. Even worse I also got work through her company. The manufacturing companies I work with are mostly holding off on anything non critical too.

One shop laid off 50% of their techs(the Indies I work with are holding on so far) most manufacturing companies have cut most or all temps(varies but still a significant number of people) to manage social distancing and costs. CA is probably going to be in trouble come the next year, we're going to have a massive deficit.

I forgot to mention Disneyland. They brought a ton of people back in anticipation of a "reopening"(the plans were bad even if the lockdown didn't return) that never happened and they aren't getting rid of them again. Park is a money pit right now.

--- End quote ---

Things are looking grim, for sure.  I'm not sure all this impending pain is baked into the cake yet,  in terms of the impact this will all have....

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